2014 US Code
Title 49 - Transportation (Sections 101 - 80504)
Subtitle IV - Interstate Transportation (Sections 10101 - 16106)
Part A - Rail (Sections 10101 - 11908)
Chapter 119 - Civil and Criminal Penalties (Sections 11901 - 11908)
Sec. 11906 - General criminal penalty when specific penalty not provided
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE IV - INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION PART A - RAIL CHAPTER 119 - CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES Sec. 11906 - General criminal penalty when specific penalty not provided |
| Contains | section 11906 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, §102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 852; amended Pub. L. 105-102, §2(7), Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 2204. |
| Statutes at Large References | 92 Stat. 1459 109 Stat. 852 111 Stat. 2204 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 95-473, Public Law 104-88, Public Law 105-102 |
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When another criminal penalty is not provided under this chapter, a rail carrier providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under this part, and when that rail carrier is a corporation, a director or officer of the corporation, or a receiver, trustee, lessee, or person acting for or employed by the corporation that, alone or with another person, willfully violates this part or an order prescribed under this part, shall be fined not more than $5,000. The person may be imprisoned for not more than 2 years in addition to being fined under this section. A separate violation occurs each day a violation of this part continues.
(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, §102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 852; amended Pub. L. 105–102, §2(7), Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 2204.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTESPUB. L. 105–102This amends 49:11906 to correct an erroneous cross-reference.
PRIOR PROVISIONSProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 11914 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, §102(a).
A prior section 11906, Pub. L. 95–473, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1459, related to evasion of regulation of motor carriers and brokers, prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, §102(a). See section 14906 of this title.
AMENDMENTS1997—Pub. L. 105–102 substituted "violation of this part" for "violation of this title".
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