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Oregon Revised Statutes Oregon Vehicle Code § 824.026

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) The Department of Transportation shall employ at least three full-time railroad inspectors to assist the department as the department may prescribe in:

(a) Inquiring into any neglect or violation of and enforcing any law of this state or any law or ordinance of any municipality thereof relating to railroad safety;

(b) Inquiring into any neglect or violation of and enforcing any rule, regulation, requirement, order, term or condition issued by the department relating to railroad safety; and

(c) Conducting any investigative, surveillance and enforcement activities that the department is authorized to conduct under federal law in connection with any federal law, rule, regulation, order or standard relating to railroad safety.

(2) A railroad inspector may stop and detain any train and the contents thereof that the railroad inspector reasonably believes is being operated in violation of any law, ordinance, rule, regulation, requirement, order, standard, term or condition referred to in subsection (1) of this section.

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