{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-railroad-law-61-a","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Railroad Law § 61-a","heading":"Sounding of certain signals on railroad cars by unauthorized persons","body":"§ 61-a. Sounding of certain signals on railroad cars by unauthorized\npersons. A person who shall ring or sound a signal bell or device for\nstarting or stopping a passenger car, of a street or other surface\nrailroad, or subway or elevated railroad, while such car is in use for\nthe transportation of passengers, unless such person be the conductor of\nthe car or a person employed to operate the car, or unless the bell or\ndevice so rung or sounded be one expressly provided for direct use by\npassengers in stopping the car, is guilty of a misdemeanor and\npunishable by a fine of not exceeding twenty-five dollars.","path":["Railroad Law","Article 3. Construction, Operation and Management"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/RRD/61-A","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"2f791ec704dfd5cd9f166d957d350a4c7280526446b8d2c8f54d3ebdfb886f11","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-railroad-law-61","next":"us-ny/n.y.-railroad-law-62"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}