2012 US Code
Title 49 - Transportation
Subtitle IV - INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION (§§ 10101 - 16106)
Part A - RAIL (§§ 10101 - 11908)
Chapter 109 - LICENSING (§§ 10901 - 10910)
Section 10906 - Exception

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 49 - TRANSPORTATION
SUBTITLE IV - INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
PART A - RAIL
CHAPTER 109 - LICENSING
Sec. 10906 - Exception
Containssection 10906
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAdded Pub. L. 104-88, title I, §102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 827.
Statutes at Large References92 Stat. 1406
109 Stat. 827
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 95-473, Public Law 104-88

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LICENSING - 49 U.S.C. § 10906 (2012)
§10906. Exception

Notwithstanding section 10901 and subchapter II of chapter 113 of this title, and without the approval of the Board, a rail carrier providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under this part may enter into arrangements for the joint ownership or joint use of spur, industrial, team, switching, or side tracks. The Board does not have authority under this chapter over construction, acquisition, operation, abandonment, or discontinuance of spur, industrial, team, switching, or side tracks.

(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, §102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 827.)

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 10907 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, §102(a).

A prior section 10906, Pub. L. 95–473, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1406, related to offering abandoned rail properties for sale for public purposes, prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, §102(a). See section 10905 of this title.

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