2012 US Code
Title 49 - Transportation
Subtitle V - RAIL PROGRAMS (§§ 20101 - 28505)
Part A - SAFETY (§§ 20101 - 21311)
Chapter 201 - GENERAL (§§ 20101 - 20167)
Subchapter II - PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF SAFETY (§§ 20131 - 20167)
Section 20131 - Restricted access to rolling equipment
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 V - RAIL PROGRAMS PART A - SAFETY CHAPTER 201 - GENERAL SUBCHAPTER II - PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF SAFETY Sec. 20131 - Restricted access to rolling equipment |
Contains | section 20131 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 103-272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 872. |
Statutes at Large References | 84 Stat. 971 90 Stat. 820 108 Stat. 872 |
Public Law References | Public Law 91-458, Public Law 94-348, Public Law 103-272 |
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The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations and issue orders that may be necessary to require that when railroad carrier employees (except train or yard crews) assigned to inspect, test, repair, or service rolling equipment have to work on, under, or between that equipment, every manually operated switch, including each crossover switch, providing access to the track on which the equipment is located is lined against movement to that track and secured by an effective locking device that can be removed only by the class or craft of employees performing the inspection, testing, repair, or service.
(Pub. L. 103–272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 872.)
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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20131 | 45:431(g) (1st sentence cl. (1)). | Oct. 16, 1970, Pub. L. 91–458, 84 Stat. 971, §202(g) (1st sentence cl. (1)); added July 8, 1976, Pub. L. 94–348, §5(b), 90 Stat. 820. |
The words “within 180 days after July 8, 1976” are omitted as expired.
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