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[CITE: 49USC28102]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE V--RAIL PROGRAMS
 
                          PART E--MISCELLANEOUS
 
                      CHAPTER 281--LAW ENFORCEMENT
 
Sec. 28102. Limit on certain accident or incident liability

    (a) General.--When a publicly financed commuter transportation 
authority established under Virginia law makes a contract to indemnify 
Amtrak for liability for operations conducted by or for the authority or 
to indemnify a rail carrier over whose tracks those operations are 
conducted, liability against Amtrak, the authority, or the carrier for 
all claims (including punitive damages) arising from an accident or 
incident in the District of Columbia related to those operations may not 
be more than the limits of the liability coverage the authority 
maintains to indemnify Amtrak or the carrier.
    (b) Minimum Required Liability Coverage.--A publicly financed 
commuter transportation authority referred to in subsection (a) of this 
section must maintain a total minimum liability coverage of at least 
$200,000,000.
    (c) Effectiveness.--This section is effective only after Amtrak or a 
rail carrier seeking an indemnification contract under this section 
makes an operating agreement with a publicly financed commuter 
transportation authority established under Virginia law to provide 
access to its property for revenue transportation related to the 
operations of the authority.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 940, Sec. 26102; 
renumbered Sec. 28102, Pub. L. 103-440, title I, Sec. 103(a)(1), Nov. 2, 
1994, 108 Stat. 4616.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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26102(a)..............................  45:649(a) (1st sentence).        Oct. 3
0, 1970, Pub. L. 91-518, 84 Stat.
                                                                          1327,
 Sec.  810; added July 6, 1990,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 101-322, Sec.  3, 104 Stat.
                                                                          295.
26102(b)..............................  45:649(a) (last sentence).
26102(c)..............................  45:649(b).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law'', ``whether for compensatory or'', and ``occurring'' are omitted 
as surplus.
    In subsection (c), the words ``an indemnification contract'' are 
substituted for ``coverage'' for clarity.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-440 renumbered section 26102 of this title as this 
section.
