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[CITE: 49USC10744]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
                              PART A--RAIL
 
                           CHAPTER 107--RATES
 
                       SUBCHAPTER III--LIMITATIONS
 
Sec. 10744. Continuous carriage of freight

    A rail carrier providing transportation or service subject to the 
jurisdiction of the Board under this part may not enter a combination or 
arrangement to prevent the carriage of freight from being continuous 
from the place of shipment to the place of destination whether by change 
of time schedule, carriage in different cars, or by other means. The 
carriage of freight by those rail carriers is considered to be a 
continuous carriage from the place of shipment to the place of 
destination when a break of bulk, stoppage, or interruption is not made 
in good faith for a necessary purpose, and with the intent of avoiding 
or unnecessarily interrupting the continuous carriage or of evading this 
part.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 
821.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 10745 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).
    A prior section 10744, Pub. L. 95-473, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1391, 
related to liability for payment of rates, prior to the general 
amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a). See sections 
10743 and 13706 of this title.
