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[USC02] 49 USC SUBTITLE V, PART E: MISCELLANEOUS
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49 USC SUBTITLE V, PART E: MISCELLANEOUS
From Title 49—TRANSPORTATIONSUBTITLE V—RAIL PROGRAMS
1994—Pub. L. 103–440, title I, §103(a)(1), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4616, redesignated part D of this subtitle as part E.
CHAPTER 283—STANDARD WORK DAY
§28301. General
(a) Eight Hour Day.—In contracts for labor and service, 8 hours shall be a day's work and the standard day's work for determining the compensation for services of an employee employed by a common carrier by railroad subject to subtitle IV of this title and actually engaged in any capacity in operating trains used for transporting passengers or property on railroads from—
(b) Application.—Subsection (a) of this section—
(1) does not apply to—
(2) does apply to an independently owned and operated railroad less than one hundred miles in length—
(Added Pub. L. 104–287, §5(56)(A), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3394.)
28301 45:65. Sept. 3, 5, 1916, ch. 436, §1, 39 Stat. 721.
(uncodified). Sept. 3, 5, 1916, ch. 436, §§2, 3, 39 Stat. 721.
In subsection (a), the word "determining" is substituted for "reckoning" for clarity. The words "who are not or may hereafter be employed" are omitted as surplus. In clause (1), the words "or territory" are omitted because the existing territories of the United States are now connected to the United States by rail. In clause (2), the words "or possession of the United States" are added for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.
The text of sections 2 and 3 of the Act of September 3, 5, 1916 (ch. 436, 39 Stat. 721), is omitted to eliminate executed provisions.
§28302. Penalties
A person violating section 28301 of this title shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
28302 45:66. Sept. 3, 5, 1916, ch. 436, §4, 39 Stat. 722.
The words "shall be guilty of a misdemeanor" are omitted, and the words "shall be fined under title 18" are substituted for "shall be fined not less than $100 and not more than $1,000", for consistency with title 18. The words "upon conviction" are omitted as surplus.
CHAPTER 285—COMMUTER RAIL MEDIATION
Surface Transportation Board mediation of trackage use requests.
Surface Transportation Board mediation of rights-of-way use requests.
§28501. Definitions
(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(a)(6)) 1 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.
(Added Pub. L. 110–432, div. B, title IV, §401(a), Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4955.)
Section 5302, referred to in par. (4), was amended generally by Pub. L. 112–141, div. B, §20004, July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 623, and, as so amended, no longer contains a subsec. (a). However, the term "local governmental authority" is defined elsewhere in that section.
§28502. Surface Transportation Board mediation of trackage use requests
If, after a reasonable period of negotiation, a public transportation authority cannot reach agreement with a rail carrier to use trackage of, and have related services provided by, the rail carrier for purposes of commuter rail passenger transportation, the public transportation authority or the rail carrier may apply to the Board for nonbinding mediation. The Board shall conduct the nonbinding mediation in accordance with the mediation process of section 1109.4 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of this section.
The date of enactment of this section, referred to in text, is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–432, which was approved Oct. 16, 2008.
§28503. Surface Transportation Board mediation of rights-of-way use requests
If, after a reasonable period of negotiation, a public transportation authority cannot reach agreement with a rail carrier to acquire an interest in a railroad right-of-way for the construction and operation of a segregated fixed guideway facility to provide commuter rail passenger transportation, the public transportation authority or the rail carrier may apply to the Board for nonbinding mediation. The Board shall conduct the nonbinding mediation in accordance with the mediation process of section 1109.4 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of this section.
(Added Pub. L. 110–432, div. B, title IV, §401(a), Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4956.)
§28504. Applicability of other laws
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit a rail transportation provider's right under section 28103(b) to enter into contracts that allocate financial responsibility for claims.
§28505. Rules and regulations
Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Board shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this chapter.