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[CITE: 49USC20132]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE V--RAIL PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--SAFETY
 
                          CHAPTER 201--GENERAL
 
               SUBCHAPTER II--PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF SAFETY
 
Sec. 20132. Visible markers for rear cars

    (a) General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe 
regulations and issue orders that may be necessary to require that--
        (1) the rear car of each passenger and commuter train has at 
    least one highly visible marker that is lighted during darkness and 
    when weather conditions restrict clear visibility; and
        (2) the rear car of each freight train has highly visible 
    markers during darkness and when weather conditions restrict clear 
    visibility.

    (b) Preemption.--Notwithstanding section 20106 of this title, 
subsection (a) of this section does not prohibit a State from continuing 
in force a law, regulation, or order in effect on July 8, 1976, related 
to lighted markers on the rear car of a freight train except to the 
extent it would cause the car to be in violation of this section.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 873.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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20132(a)..............................  45:431(g) (1st sentence cls.     Oct. 1
6, 1970, Pub. L. 91-458, 84 Stat.
                                         (2), (3)).                       971, 
Sec.  202(g) (1st sentence cls.
                                                                          (2), 
(3), last sentence); added July
                                                                          8, 19
76, Pub. L. 94-348, Sec.  5(b),
                                                                          90 St
at. 820.
20132(b)..............................  45:431(g) (last sentence).
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    In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words ``within 180 days 
after July 8, 1976'' are omitted as expired.
