A bill to amend 1993 PA 354, entitled “Railroad code of 1993,” (MCL 462.101 to 462.451) by adding sections 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, and 285.
Requires the installation and maintenance of wayside detector systems on Michigan railroads to improve safety and prevent derailments, assign new oversight duties to the Office of Rail, and mandate a derailment report by 2028, with associated state costs but no local fiscal impact.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Reported with substitute S-2
Referred to the Committee of the Whole