-CITE- 49 USC CHAPTER 285 - COMMUTER RAIL MEDIATION 01/03/2012 (112-90) -EXPCITE- TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE V - RAIL PROGRAMS PART E - MISCELLANEOUS CHAPTER 285 - COMMUTER RAIL MEDIATION -HEAD- CHAPTER 285 - COMMUTER RAIL MEDIATION -MISC1- Sec. 28501. Definitions (!1) 28502. Surface Transportation Board mediation of trackage use requests. 28503. Surface Transportation Board mediation of rights-of-way use requests. 28504. Applicability of other laws. 28505. Rules and regulations. -FOOTNOTE- (!1) So in original. Probably should be followed by a period. -End- -CITE- 49 USC Sec. 28501 01/03/2012 (112-90) -EXPCITE- TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE V - RAIL PROGRAMS PART E - MISCELLANEOUS CHAPTER 285 - COMMUTER RAIL MEDIATION -HEAD- Sec. 28501. Definitions -STATUTE- 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(a)(6)) 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- (Added Pub. L. 110-432, div. B, title IV, Sec. 401(a), Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4955.) -End- -CITE- 49 USC Sec. 28502 01/03/2012 (112-90) -EXPCITE- TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE V - RAIL PROGRAMS PART E - MISCELLANEOUS CHAPTER 285 - COMMUTER RAIL MEDIATION -HEAD- Sec. 28502. Surface Transportation Board mediation of trackage use requests -STATUTE- 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. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 110-432, div. B, title IV, Sec. 401(a), Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4955.) -REFTEXT- REFERENCES IN TEXT 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. -End- -CITE- 49 USC Sec. 28503 01/03/2012 (112-90) -EXPCITE- TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE V - RAIL PROGRAMS PART E - MISCELLANEOUS CHAPTER 285 - COMMUTER RAIL MEDIATION -HEAD- Sec. 28503. Surface Transportation Board mediation of rights-of-way use requests -STATUTE- 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. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 110-432, div. B, title IV, Sec. 401(a), Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4956.) -REFTEXT- REFERENCES IN TEXT 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. -End- -CITE- 49 USC Sec. 28504 01/03/2012 (112-90) -EXPCITE- TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE V - RAIL PROGRAMS PART E - MISCELLANEOUS CHAPTER 285 - COMMUTER RAIL MEDIATION -HEAD- Sec. 28504. Applicability of other laws -STATUTE- 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. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 110-432, div. B, title IV, Sec. 401(a), Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4956.) -End- -CITE- 49 USC Sec. 28505 01/03/2012 (112-90) -EXPCITE- TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE V - RAIL PROGRAMS PART E - MISCELLANEOUS CHAPTER 285 - COMMUTER RAIL MEDIATION -HEAD- Sec. 28505. Rules and regulations -STATUTE- 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. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 110-432, div. B, title IV, Sec. 401(a), Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4956.) -REFTEXT- REFERENCES IN TEXT 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. -End- -CITE- 49 USC SUBTITLE VI - MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS 01/03/2012 (112-90) -EXPCITE- TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE VI - MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS -HEAD- SUBTITLE VI - MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS -MISC1- PART A - GENERAL Chapter Sec. 301. Motor Vehicle Safety 30101 303. National Driver Register 30301 305. National Motor Vehicle Title Information System 30501 PART B - COMMERCIAL 311. Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety 31101 (!1) 313. Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators 31301 315. Motor Carrier Safety 31501 317. Participation in International Registration Plan and International Fuel Tax Agreement 31701 PART C - INFORMATION, STANDARDS, AND REQUIREMENTS 321. General 32101 323. Consumer Information 32301 325. Bumper Standards 32501 327. Odometers 32701 329. Automobile Fuel Economy 32901 331. Theft Prevention 33101 AMENDMENTS 1997 - Pub. L. 105-102, Sec. 2(17), Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 2205, substituted "National Motor Vehicle Title Information System" for "National Automobile Title Information System" in item for chapter 305. -FOOTNOTE- (!1) So in original. Probably should be "31100". -End- -CITE- 49 USC PART A - GENERAL 01/03/2012 (112-90) -EXPCITE- TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE VI - MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS PART A - GENERAL -HEAD- PART A - GENERAL -End-