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[CITE: 49USC14102]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
 PART B--MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
 
                   CHAPTER 141--OPERATIONS OF CARRIERS
 
                   SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
 
Sec. 14102. Leased motor vehicles

    (a) General Authority of Secretary.--The Secretary may require a 
motor carrier providing transportation subject to jurisdiction under 
subchapter I of chapter 135 that uses motor vehicles not owned by it to 
transport property under an arrangement with another party to--
        (1) make the arrangement in writing signed by the parties 
    specifying its duration and the compensation to be paid by the motor 
    carrier;
        (2) carry a copy of the arrangement in each motor vehicle to 
    which it applies during the period the arrangement is in effect;
        (3) inspect the motor vehicles and obtain liability and cargo 
    insurance on them; and
        (4) have control of and be responsible for operating those motor 
    vehicles in compliance with requirements prescribed by the Secretary 
    on safety of operations and equipment, and with other applicable law 
    as if the motor vehicles were owned by the motor carrier.

    (b) Responsible Party for Loading and Unloading.--The Secretary 
shall require, by regulation, that any arrangement, between a motor 
carrier of property providing transportation subject to jurisdiction 
under subchapter I of chapter 135 and any other person, under which such 
other person is to provide any portion of such transportation by a motor 
vehicle not owned by the carrier shall specify, in writing, who is 
responsible for loading and unloading the property onto and from the 
motor vehicle.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 890.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 11107 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 14704 of this title.
