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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
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  January 23, 2000 and December 4, 2001]
[CITE: 45USC1009]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
          CHAPTER 19--ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE
 
Sec. 1009. Expedited proceedings

    (a) The Commission shall give all proceedings involving the Rock 
Island Railroad preference over all other pending proceedings related to 
rail carriers and make all of its decisions at the earliest practicable 
time.
    (b) The Commission shall, within 100 days of the filing of an 
application (or such shorter period as the court may set) pursuant to 
section 915 of this title, reach a decision on all proceedings filed 
after January 1, 1980, which involve a sale, transfer or lease of any 
line of the Rock Island Railroad to a solvent carrier.

(Pub. L. 96-254, title I, Sec. 111, May 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 404.)

  Abolition of Interstate Commerce Commission and Transfer of Functions

    Interstate Commerce Commission abolished and functions of Commission 
transferred, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104-88, to Surface 
Transportation Board effective Jan. 1, 1996, by section 702 of Title 49, 
Transportation, and section 101 of Pub. L. 104-88, set out as a note 
under section 701 of Title 49. References to Interstate Commerce 
Commission deemed to refer to Surface Transportation Board, a member or 
employee of the Board, or Secretary of Transportation, as appropriate, 
see section 205 of Pub. L. 104-88, set out as a note under section 701 
of Title 49.
