Bill > HB0121

This bill modifies Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 65-6-133, which governs the commissioning of railroad police officers, by changing the authority responsible for approving and commissioning these officers from the governor to the commissioner of safety. Specifically, the bill removes all references to the "governor" in the existing law and replaces them with "commissioner of safety" or simply "commissioner" in Sections 65-6-133(a) and 65-6-133(b). This means that railroad companies will now apply to the commissioner of safety, rather than the governor, to have their agents or employees commissioned as railroad police officers. The change shifts the administrative responsibility for railroad police officer authorization from the state's chief executive to a specific department head within the state government. The bill will take effect immediately upon becoming law, as stated in Section 3, with the rationale that the public welfare requires this change.

Transportation and Infrastructure

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