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[CITE: 49USC13505]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
 PART B--MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
 
                        CHAPTER 135--JURISDICTION
 
               SUBCHAPTER I--MOTOR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION
 
Sec. 13505. Transportation furthering a primary business

    (a) In General.--Neither the Secretary nor the Board has 
jurisdiction under this part over the transportation of property by 
motor vehicle when--
        (1) the property is transported by a person engaged in a 
    business other than transportation; and
        (2) the transportation is within the scope of, and furthers a 
    primary business (other than transportation) of the person.

    (b) Corporate Families.--
        (1) In general.--Neither the Secretary nor the Board has 
    jurisdiction under this part over transportation of property by 
    motor vehicle for compensation provided by a person who is a member 
    of a corporate family for other members of such corporate family.
        (2) Definition.--In this section, ``corporate family'' means a 
    group of corporations consisting of a parent corporation and all 
    subsidiaries in which the parent corporation owns directly or 
    indirectly a 100 percent interest.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 861.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 10524 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).
