69-14-115. Investigation, enforcement, and report concerning railroad safety laws. (1) The commission shall:
     (a) make inquiry into the observance by all railroads within this state of the laws of the United States and of Montana intended to safeguard the lives of the employees of persons or corporations engaged in operating the same;
     (b) lay complaint before the proper state or federal officer, of any infraction of any of such laws; and
     (c) prosecute before the proper court or tribunal any person guilty of violation of the penal provisions thereof.
     (2) The commission shall in an annual report set out what effort it has made to carry out the provisions of this section, with the result thereof, and in detail what steps it has taken to prosecute any violations of any such acts of which it has secured information. A copy of this annual report shall be mailed to the secretary of the department of transportation.

     History: (1)En. Sec. 1, Ch. 115, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 3819, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3819, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 315, L. 1974; Sec. 72-142, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 2, Ch. 115, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 3820, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3820, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 124, L. 1971; Sec. 72-143, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 72-142, 72-143; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 43, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 125, L. 1983.