2012 US Code
Title 49 - Transportation
Subtitle IV - INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION (§§ 10101 - 16106)
Part B - MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS (§§ 13101 - 14916)
Chapter 147 - ENFORCEMENT; INVESTIGATIONS; RIGHTS; REMEDIES (§§ 14701 - 14711)
Section 14701 - General authority
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, 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 B - MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS CHAPTER 147 - ENFORCEMENT; INVESTIGATIONS; RIGHTS; REMEDIES Sec. 14701 - General authority |
Contains | section 14701 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, §103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 904. |
Statutes at Large References | 109 Stat. 904 119 Stat. 1759 |
Public Law References | Public Law 104-88, Public Law 109-59 |
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(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, §103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 904.)
Prior ProvisionsProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 11701 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, §102(a).
Effective DateChapter effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 701 of this title.
Consumer Complaint InformationPub. L. 109–59, title IV, §4214, Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1759, provided that:
“(a)
“(1) establish (A) a system for filing and logging consumer complaints relating to household goods motor carriers for the purpose of compiling or linking complaint information gathered by the Department of Transportation and the States with regard to such carriers, (B) a database of the complaints, and (C) a procedure for the public to have access, subject to section 552(a) of title 5, United States Code, to aggregated information and for carriers to challenge duplicate or fraudulent information in the database;
“(2) issue regulations requiring each motor carrier of household goods to submit on a quarterly basis a report summarizing—
“(A) the number of shipments that originate and are delivered for individual shippers during the reporting period by the carrier;
“(B) the number and general category of complaints lodged by consumers with the carrier;
“(C) the number of claims filed with the carrier for loss and damage in excess of $500;
“(D) the number of such claims resolved during the reporting period;
“(E) the number of such claims declined in the reporting period; and
“(F) the number of such claims that are pending at the close of the reporting period; and
“(3) develop a procedure to forward a complaint, including the motor carrier bill of lading number, if known, related to the complaint to a motor carrier named in such complaint and to an appropriate State authority (as defined in section 14710(d) of title 49, United States Code) in the State in which the complainant resides.
“(b)
[For definitions of “carrier”, “household goods”, “motor carrier”, and “Secretary” as used in section 4214 of Pub. L. 109–59, set out above, see section 4202(a) of Pub. L. 109–59, set out as a note under section 13102 of this title.]
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