A 1145: Relates to the use of locomotive horns at private highway-rail grade crossings; establishes use of locomotive horn in the locomotive engineer's sole judgment, is appropriate in order to prevent imminent injury, death, or property damage.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1145 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the railroad law, in relation to the use of locomotive horns at private highway-rail grade crossings; and to repeal section 53-b of such law relating to ringing bells and blowing whistles at crossings The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 53-b of the railroad law is REPEALED and a new 2 section 53-b is added to read as follows: 3 § 53-b. Use of locomotive horns at crossings. Unless otherwise 4 required by federal law or regulation, at a private highway-rail grade 5 crossing, a locomotive engineer may sound the locomotive horn to provide 6 a warning to animals, vehicle operators, pedestrians, trespassers or 7 crews on other trains in an emergency situation if, in the locomotive 8 engineer's sole judgment, such action is appropriate in order to prevent 9 imminent injury, death, or property damage. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03458-01-5