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Rh Railroad police officers who are designated by a railroad to be licensed under the laws of this state, while engaged in their employment with the railroad, have the authority of a "law enforcement officer" pursuant to subsection 17 of as defined under section 12.1-01-04 for the purpose of arresting any person committing a felony on railroad property or associated with railroad equipment, or to arrest a person committing a misdemeanor involving railroad property or relating to persons or property being transported by the railroad, or awaiting transportation by the railroad, and have the power of removingmay remove an individual from a train who has no right to be there, or who is engaging in a conduct prohibited by title 12.1.

SECTION 29. AMENDMENT. Section 50-25.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows:

50-25.1-03. Persons required and permitted to report - To whom reported.

1. Any physician, nurse, dentist,; optometrist,; dental hygienist,; medical examiner or coroner,; tier 1 mental health professional, tier 2 mental health professional, tier 3 mental health professional, or tier 4 mental health professional as defined under section 25-01-01; or any other medical or mental health professional, religious practitioner of the healing arts, schoolteacher or administrator, school counselor, addiction counselor, social worker, child care worker, foster parent, police or law enforcement officer, juvenile court personnel, probation officer, division of juvenile services employee, or member of the clergy having knowledge of or reasonable cause to suspect that a child is abused or neglected, or has died as a result of abuse or neglect, shall report the circumstances to the department if the knowledge or suspicion is derived from information received by that personindividual in that person'sindividual's official or professional capacity. A member of the clergy, however, is not required to report such circumstances if the knowledge or suspicion is derived from information received in the capacity of spiritual adviser.

2. Any person having reasonable cause to suspect that a child is abused or neglected, or has died as a result of abuse or neglect, may report such circumstances to the department.

3. A person who hashaving knowledge of or reasonable cause to suspect that a child is abused or neglected, based on images of sexual conduct by a child discovered on a workplace computer, shall report the circumstances to the department.

SECTION 30. AMENDMENT. Section 50-25.2-03 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows:

50-25.2-03. Reporting of abuse or neglect - Method of reporting.

1. Any medical or mental health professional or personnel, law enforcement officer, firefighter, member of the clergy, or caregiver having knowledge that a vulnerable adult has been subjected to abuse or neglect, or who observes a vulnerable adult being subjected to conditions or circumstances that reasonably would result in abuse or neglect, shall report the information to the department or the department's designee or to an appropriate law enforcement agency if the knowledge is derived from information received by that personindividual in that person'sindividual's official or professional capacity. A member of the clergy, however, is not required to report the information if the knowledge is derived from information received in the