2017 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle V - Merchant Marine
Part D - Promotional Programs
Chapter 551 - Coastwise Trade
Sec. 55117 - Great Lakes rail route
| 46 U.S.C. § 55117 (2017) | ||||||
| §55117. Great Lakes rail route | ||||||
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Section 55102 of this title does not apply to the transportation of merchandise loaded on a railroad car or to a motor vehicle with or without a trailer, and with its passengers or contents when accompanied by the operator, when the railroad car or motor vehicle is transported in a railroad car ferry operated between fixed terminals on the Great Lakes as part of a rail route, if— (1) the car ferry is owned by a common carrier by water and operated as part of a rail route with the approval of the Surface Transportation Board; (2) the stock of the common carrier by water, or its predecessor, was owned or controlled by a common carrier by rail prior to June 5, 1920; (3) the stock of the common carrier owning the car ferry is, with the approval of the Board, now owned or controlled by a common carrier by rail; and (4) the car ferry is built in and documented under the laws of the United States. |
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(Pub. L. 109–304, §8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1640.) |
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| Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle V - Merchant Marine Part D - Promotional Programs CHAPTER 551 - COASTWISE TRADE Sec. 55117 - Great Lakes rail route |
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| 49 Stat. 154 120 Stat. 1640 |
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| Public Law 109-304 |
