219.23 CROSSING GUARD. If the commissioner of transportation finds in an investigation instituted by the commissioner or upon complaint and after opportunity for hearing, that a crossing guard is necessary to protect life and property at a grade crossing, it shall order the railway company operating the railroad at the crossing to provide a crossing guard and shall specify in the order the hours when the presence of the guard is required. The railway company shall then provide a crossing guard during that time. The crossing guard shall have full control over the traffic at this crossing. History: (4743-9) 1925 c 336 s 9; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1976 c 166 s 26; 1980 c 460 s 15; 1980 c 534 s 29; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1; 1998 c 403 s 29
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