2013 US Code
Title 45 - Railroads
Chapter 16 - REGIONAL RAIL REORGANIZATION (§§ 701 - 797m)
Subchapter III - CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION (§§ 741 - 748)
Section 742 - Powers and duties of Corporation
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 45 - RAILROADS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 45 - RAILROADS CHAPTER 16 - REGIONAL RAIL REORGANIZATION SUBCHAPTER III - CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION Sec. 742 - Powers and duties of Corporation |
| Contains | section 742 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 93-236, title III, §302, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 Stat. 1005. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 87 Stat. 1005 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 93-236 |
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The Corporation shall have all of the powers and is subject to all of the duties vested in it under this chapter, in addition to the powers conferred upon it under the laws of the State or States in which it is incorporated and the powers of a railroad in any State in which it operates. The Corporation is authorized and directed to—
(a) acquire rail properties designated in the final system plan to be transferred or conveyed to it;
(b) operate rail service over such rail properties except as provided under sections 744(e) and 791(d)(3) of this title;
(c) rehabilitate, improve, and modernize such rail properties; and
(d) maintain adequate and efficient rail services.
So long as 50 per centum or more, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, of the outstanding indebtedness of the Corporation consists of obligations of the Association or other debts owing to or guaranteed by the United States, the Corporation shall not engage in activities which are not related to transportation.
(Pub. L. 93–236, title III, §302, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 Stat. 1005.)
ABOLITION OF UNITED STATES RAILWAY ASSOCIATION AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS AND SECURITIESSee section 1341 of this title.
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