2015 US Code
Title 49 - Transportation (Sections 101 - 80504)
Subtitle IV - Interstate Transportation (Sections 10101 - 16106)
Part B - Motor Carriers, Water Carriers, Brokers, and Freight Forwarders (Sections 13101 - 14916)
Chapter 149 - Civil and Criminal Penalties (Sections 14901 - 14916)
Sec. 14912 - Weight-bumping in household goods transportation
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 149 - CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES Sec. 14912 - Weight-bumping in household goods transportation |
| Contains | section 14912 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, §103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 918. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 109 Stat. 918 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 104-88 |
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(a) Weight-Bumping Defined.—For the purposes of this section, "weight-bumping" means the knowing and willful making or securing of a fraudulent weight on a shipment of household goods which is subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I or III of chapter 135.
(b) Penalty.—Whoever has been found to have committed weight-bumping shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, §103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 918.)
PRIOR PROVISIONSProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 11917 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, §102(a).
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