2013 US Code
Title 45 - Railroads
Chapter 19 - ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE (§§ 1001 - 1018)
Section 1009 - Expedited proceedings

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 45 - RAILROADS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 45 - RAILROADS
CHAPTER 19 - ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE
Sec. 1009 - Expedited proceedings
Containssection 1009
Date2013
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 2014
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 96-254, title I, §111, May 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 404.
Statutes at Large Reference94 Stat. 404
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 96-254, Public Law 104-88

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Expedited proceedings - 45 U.S.C. § 1009 (2013)
§1009. Expedited proceedings

(a) The Commission shall give all proceedings involving the Rock Island Railroad preference over all other pending proceedings related to rail carriers and make all of its decisions at the earliest practicable time.

(b) The Commission shall, within 100 days of the filing of an application (or such shorter period as the court may set) pursuant to section 915 of this title, reach a decision on all proceedings filed after January 1, 1980, which involve a sale, transfer or lease of any line of the Rock Island Railroad to a solvent carrier.

(Pub. L. 96–254, title I, §111, May 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 404.)

ABOLITION OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Interstate Commerce Commission abolished and functions of Commission transferred, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, to Surface Transportation Board effective Jan. 1, 1996, by section 702 of Title 49, Transportation, and section 101 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 701 of Title 49. References to Interstate Commerce Commission deemed to refer to Surface Transportation Board, a member or employee of the Board, or Secretary of Transportation, as appropriate, see section 205 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 701 of Title 49.

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