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SB1423: Mobile work camps; establishes standards therefor provided by railroad company for employees.
Chief Patron
Sen.
Louise Lucas (D-18)
Louise Lucas
(D-18)
Served: 1992–
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Status
Bill is Dead
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Summary
Mobile camps for railroad employees. Establishes standards for a mobile camp provided by a railroad company for maintenance of way employees. The Board of Health is required to adopt regulations concerning mobile camps.
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Comments
This is actually kind of interesting. I'd never heard of such a thing as a mobile camp for railroad employees. It seems that railroad maintenance crews, who just follow the tracks along fixing problems as they find them, are often housed each night by the railroad in terrible circumstances -- no heat, running water, beds, etc. This bill would prevent that.
Turns out that both Illinois and Indiana have considered similar bills recently, though to what end I don't know.