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[CITE: 49USC13705]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
 PART B--MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
 
                  CHAPTER 137--RATES AND THROUGH ROUTES
 
Sec. 13705. Requirements for through routes among motor carriers 
        of passengers
        
    (a) Establishment; Reasonableness.--A motor carrier providing 
transportation of passengers subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I 
of chapter 135 shall establish through routes with other carriers of the 
same type and shall establish individual and joint rates applicable to 
them. Such through route must be reasonable.
    (b) Prescribed by Board.--When the Board finds it necessary to 
enforce the requirements of this section, the Board may prescribe 
through routes and the conditions under which those routes must be 
operated for motor carriers providing transportation of passengers 
subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I of chapter 135.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 872.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
sections 10703 and 10705 of this title prior to the general amendment of 
this subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).
