§ 3456. Jurisdiction
Without affecting special provisions of law relating to matters contained in this
section, the Board shall have jurisdiction on due notice to hear, determine, render
judgment, and make orders and decrees in all matters provided for in the charter of
any railroad, or in the statutes of this State relating to railroads, and shall have
like jurisdiction in all matters respecting:
(1) the crossing of one railroad by another;
(2) highway grade crossings and signs, signals, gates, or flaggers at the same;
(3) the construction and maintenance of proper fences, cattle guards, and farm crossings;
(4) to the extent not preempted by federal law, and in order to accommodate the public
and ensure safety and compliance with the law:
(A) the maintenance of the tracks, frogs, switches, gates, signals, culverts, bridges,
and other structures over openings; and
(B) rolling stock and equipment;
(5) the connections, time, and times of connection between connecting roads for the accommodation
of the traveling public and the transportation of merchandise;
(6) the manner of operating railroads and conducting the business thereof so as to be
reasonable and expedient and to promote the security, convenience, and accommodation
of the public and to prevent violations of law and unjust discriminations, usurpations,
or extortions; and
(7) any impediment alongside or adjacent to the rights-of-way of railroads, including
damaged structures, that imperils the safe passage of trains. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1981, No. 166 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 43; 2017, No. 132 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)