2021 US Code
Title 49 - Transportation
Subtitle V - Rail Programs
Part E - Miscellaneous
Chapter 285 - Commuter Rail Mediation
Sec. 28501 - Definitions

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Citation 49 U.S.C. § 28501 (2021)
Section Name §28501. Definitions
Section Text

In this chapter—

(1) the term "Board" means the Surface Transportation Board;

(2) the term "capital work" means maintenance, restoration, reconstruction, capacity enhancement, or rehabilitation work on trackage that would be treated, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as a capital item rather than an expense;

(3) the term "commuter rail passenger transportation" has the meaning given that term in section 24102;

(4) the term "public transportation authority" means a local governmental authority (as defined in section 5302) established to provide, or make a contract providing for, commuter rail passenger transportation;

(5) the term "rail carrier" means a person, other than a governmental authority, providing common carrier railroad transportation for compensation subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under chapter 105;

(6) the term "segregated fixed guideway facility" means a fixed guideway facility constructed within the railroad right-of-way of a rail carrier but physically separate from trackage, including relocated trackage, within the right-of-way used by a rail carrier for freight transportation purposes; and

(7) the term "trackage" means a railroad line of a rail carrier, including a spur, industrial, team, switching, side, yard, or station track, and a facility of a rail carrier.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 110–432, div. B, title IV, §401(a), Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4955; amended Pub. L. 117–58, div. C, §30001(b)(4), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 890.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS

2021—Par. (4). Pub. L. 117–58 substituted "section 5302" for "section 5302(a)(6)".

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 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 V - RAIL PROGRAMS
PART E - MISCELLANEOUS
CHAPTER 285 - COMMUTER RAIL MEDIATION
Sec. 28501 - Definitions
Contains section 28501
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 122 Stat. 4955
135 Stat. 890
Public Law References Public Law 110-432, Public Law 117-58
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