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[CITE: 49USC14902]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
 PART B--MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
 
                CHAPTER 149--CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES
 
Sec. 14902. Civil penalty for accepting rebates from carrier

    A person--
        (1) delivering property to a carrier providing transportation or 
    service subject to jurisdiction under chapter 135 for transportation 
    under this part or for whom that carrier will transport the property 
    as consignor or consignee for that person from a State or territory 
    or possession of the United States to another State or possession, 
    territory, or to a foreign country; and
        (2) knowingly accepting or receiving by any means a rebate or 
    offset against the rate for transportation for, or service of, that 
    property contained in a tariff required under section 13702;

is liable to the United States for a civil penalty in an amount equal to 
3 times the amount of money that person accepted or received as a rebate 
or offset and 3 times the value of other consideration accepted or 
received as a rebate or offset. In a civil action under this section, 
all money or other consideration received by the person during a period 
of 6 years before an action is brought under this section may be 
included in determining the amount of the penalty, and if that total 
amount is included, the penalty shall be 3 times that total amount.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 915.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 11902 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 14913 of this title.
