Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails
- APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER
- CONDITIONAL SALE OF EQUIPMENT
- 705.030 - Contract reserving title or lien as security for full payment.
- 705.040 - Lease containing stipulation for conditional sale of equipment at termination of lease.
- 705.050 - Validity of contract for conditional sale.
- 705.060 - Contract recorded with Secretary of State; recording of declaration of full payment; fees.
- DAMAGES FOR LIVESTOCK KILLED BY RAILROADS
- 705.150 - Liability for negligent killing or injuring livestock; prima facie evidence of negligence.
- 705.160 - Settlement of claim within 90 days; action for recovery; assignment of claim.
- 705.170 - Fenced right-of-way to be equipped with passageways and gates; responsibility of railroad.
- 705.180 - Employee to report killing or injuring of livestock.
- 705.190 - Owner or operator of railroad to provide notice upon injuring or killing livestock; notice to be posted at stations and forwarded to State Department of Agriculture; contents of notice.
- 705.200 - Penalties.
- EMPLOYEES
- 705.210 - Employees’ hours of employment limited; penalties.
- 705.220 - Railroad police: Appointment; responsibility for actions; wearing of badge.
- 705.230 - Unlawful compulsion or requirement of purchase of uniform or apparel as condition of continued employment; penalty.
- 705.240 - Engineer required to be able to read timetables and ordinary handwriting; penalty.
- 705.250 - Intoxication and other violations of duties; penalties.
- EQUIPMENT
- 705.360 - Headlights on locomotive; penalty.
- 705.370 - Emergency first-aid kits: Contents prescribed by Commission; reports when used or missing; penalties.
- 705.380 - Windshield made of safety glass, electric headlamps, wiper and other equipment required on motor car used for transporting employees; penalty.
- FENCES AND GUARDS FOR LIVESTOCK
- FOREIGN CORPORATIONS
- LIABILITY OF RAILROADS TO EMPLOYEES AND DEPENDENTS IN CASESOF PERSONAL INJURY OR WRONGFUL DEATH
- 705.260 - “Common carrier” defined.
- 705.270 - Liability for injury to or death of employee.
- 705.280 - Contributory negligence of employee not to bar recovery; diminution of damages by jury; violation by employer of safety statute.
- 705.290 - Risk of employment not assumed where injury or death results from negligence of employer’s officers or employees or defect in equipment.
- 705.300 - Question of causation for jury’s determination.
- 705.310 - Fact of injury or death presumptive evidence of want of care by employer.
- 705.320 - Contract or regulation of employer exempting employer from liability void; setoff by employer in action.
- 705.330 - Survival of right of action.
- LIABILITY OF RAILROADS TO PASSENGERS IN CASES OF PERSONALINJURY
- MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND CRIMES
- 705.430 - Penalty for unlawful failure to ring bell or sound whistle at crossing.
- 705.440 - Illegal rates and charges; penalty.
- 705.450 - Penalty for willful obstruction or delay of train.
- 705.460 - Penalty for unlawful obstruction or destruction of track, equipment or devices.
- 705.480 - Tampering with railroad property; penalty.
- MONORAILS
- 705.610 - Definitions.
- 705.650 - “Monorail” defined.
- 705.660 - “Operator” defined.
- 705.665 - “Owner” defined.
- 705.680 - Installation and operation authorized in county whose population is 400,000 or more; authority of owner or operator.
- 705.690 - Installation and operation of monorail is not public work; monorail is not public utility within meaning of chapter 704
- 705.695 - County or city authorized to grant franchise or enter into agreement for installation and operation; franchise or agreement with county or city required before beginning construction; franch
- 705.700 - Requirements for agreement or ordinance granting franchise for installation and operation.
- PROTECTION OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES FROM DISCHARGE OR LOSS OFEMPLOYMENT
- RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND FRANCHISES
- SALE OR LEASE OF PROPERTY AND FRANCHISES
- STATE PLAN FOR SERVICE BY RAIL
- 705.421 - Department of Transportation to develop state plan for service by rail.
- 705.423 - Power of Department of Transportation to accept money, enter into agreements and act as agent for county or city.
- 705.425 - State program for preservation of lines of railroad on which service has been discontinued: Establishment; admission of lines to program; allowance for taxes on property admitted.
- 705.427 - Contract for acquisition and operation of track and other property of lines of railroad.
- 705.428 - Contract for construction, improvement or rehabilitation of track and other property of lines of railroad.
- SUPER SPEED GROUND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
- 705.4291 - Legislative declaration. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Super Speed Ground Transportation System connecting sout
- 705.4292 - Definitions. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Super Speed Ground Transportation System connecting southern Califor
- 705.4293 - California-Nevada Super Speed Ground Transportation Commission: Creation; membership; terms and reappointment of members; Chair. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Go
- 705.42935 - Designation of Commission as agency of State of Nevada for certain purposes. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Sup
- 705.4294 - Power of Commission to take certain actions regarding Super Speed Ground Transportation System; requirements for approval of route and terminals. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the dat
- 705.4295 - Power of Commission to incorporate in Nevada or California; admissibility of proceedings, records and acts of Commission; immunity from liability for members, agents and employees of Commis
- 705.42955 - Power of Commission to issue bonds, notes, obligations or other evidences of borrowing; authorized sources of payment or security; financing agreements; refund of obligations; no authority
- TRANSPORTATION OF LIVESTOCK