Rhode Island General Laws 39-8-1.2. Definitions
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(1) “Private crossings” shall mean and refer to those crossings over railroad tracks at grade that have been established by written agreement between the railroad, the tracks of which are being crossed, and the party or parties who are given exclusive right of passage over the private crossing.
(2) “Public crossings” shall mean and refer to those crossings of railroad tracks at grade that have been laid out or built with the consent of the commission expressed in writing as provided in § 39-8-3, or have been designated as public crossings by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
History of Section.
P.L. 1969, ch. 240, § 10.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 39-8-1.2
- Commission: means the public utilities commission. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2
- in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Public crossings: shall mean and refer to those crossings of railroad tracks at grade that have been laid out or built with the consent of the commission expressed in writing as provided in § 39-8-3, or have been designated as public crossings by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-8-1.2
- Railroad: means and includes every railroad other than a street railway, by whatsoever power, operated for public use in the conveyance in this state of persons or property for compensation, with all bridges, ferries, tunnels, switches, spurs, tracks, stations, wharves, and terminal facilities of every kind, used, operated, controlled, leased, or owned by or in connection with any railroad. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2