2021 US Code
Title 49 - Transportation
Subtitle V - Rail Programs
Part A - Safety
Chapter 205 - Signal Systems
Sec. 20503 - Amending regulations and changing requirements
| 49 U.S.C. § 20503 (2021) | |||||||||
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The Secretary of Transportation may amend a regulation or change a requirement applicable to a railroad carrier for installing, maintaining, inspecting, or repairing a signal system under this chapter— (1) when the carrier files with the Secretary a request for the amendment or change and the Secretary approves the request; or (2) on the Secretary's own initiative for good cause shown. |
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(Pub. L. 103–272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 884.) |
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In this section, before clause (1), the text of 49 App.:26(c) (words before 2d proviso) is omitted as executed. The words "The Secretary of Transportation may amend . . . change" are substituted for "and approved by the Secretary of Transportation" and "the Secretary may . . . revise, amend, or modify" for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "regulation or . . . a requirement applicable to a railroad carrier for installing, maintaining, inspecting, or repairing a signal system under this chapter" are substituted for "rules, standards, and instructions herein provided for" and "rules, standards, and instructions prescribed by him under this subsection" for clarity, for consistency in the revised title, and because of the restatement. Clause (1) is substituted for "such railroad may from time to time change . . . but such change shall not take effect and the new rules, standards, and instructions be enforced until they shall have been filed with" for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "and as revised, amended, or modified they shall be obligatory upon the railroad after a copy thereof shall have been served as above provided" are omitted as being superseded by 5:ch. 5, subch. II. |
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| Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE V - RAIL PROGRAMS PART A - SAFETY CHAPTER 205 - SIGNAL SYSTEMS Sec. 20503 - Amending regulations and changing requirements |
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| 24 Stat. 379 41 Stat. 498 50 Stat. 836 54 Stat. 919 80 Stat. 939 102 Stat. 635 108 Stat. 884 |
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| Public Law 89-670, Public Law 100-342, Public Law 103-272 |
