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Crist Vetoes Railroad Bill

Posted Jun 13, 2007 by Catherine Dolinski, Tallahassee Bureau

Updated Jun 13, 2007 at 06:26 PM

As discussion opened in the full House on property tax reform, Gov. Charlie Crist announced that he had vetoed a controversial bill that would have lifted the state’s requirement that railroads post “no trespassing” signs on their tracks and other property in order to to be able to press charges against trespassers.

“Many citizens treat railroad rights-of-way as public domain,” Crist wrote in his veto message. “A trespass sign provides notice that the property is privately owned … Furthermore, many rail lines run through populous areas and some run contiguous to residential property. Often a ‘no trespassing sign’ is the only thing that stops people, especially our young generation, from walking the railroad tracks.

“While I understand that railroad companies bear a burden in posting, replacing and maintaining signs over great expanses of railroad property, I believe that human lives outweighs that burden,” he wrote.