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[CITE: 49USC10906]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
                              PART A--RAIL
 
                         CHAPTER 109--LICENSING
 
Sec. 10906. Exception

    Notwithstanding section 10901 and subchapter II of chapter 113 of 
this title, and without the approval of the Board, a rail carrier 
providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under 
this part may enter into arrangements for the joint ownership or joint 
use of spur, industrial, team, switching, or side tracks. The Board does 
not have authority under this chapter over construction, acquisition, 
operation, abandonment, or discontinuance of spur, industrial, team, 
switching, or side tracks.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 
827.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 10907 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).
    A prior section 10906, Pub. L. 95-473, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1406, 
related to offering abandoned rail properties for sale for public 
purposes, prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 
104-88, Sec. 102(a). See section 10905 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 11702, 11901 of this title.
