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[CITE: 49USC31504]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
                           PART B--COMMERCIAL
 
                    CHAPTER 315--MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
 
Sec. 31504. Identification of motor vehicles

    (a) General Authority.--The Secretary of Transportation may--
        (1) issue and require the display of an identification plate on 
    a motor vehicle used in transportation provided by a motor private 
    carrier and a motor carrier of migrant workers subject to section 
    31502(c) of this title, except a motor contract carrier; and
        (2) require each of those motor private carriers and motor 
    carriers of migrant workers to pay the reasonable cost of the plate.

    (b) Limitation.--A motor private carrier or a motor carrier of 
migrant workers may use an identification plate only as authorized by 
the Secretary.

(Pub. L. 97-449, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2439, Sec. 3104; renumbered 
Sec. 31504 and amended Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(c), (e), July 5, 1994, 
108 Stat. 745, 1030.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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3104(a)...............................  49:304(a)(3) (last sentence)     Feb. 4
, 1887, ch. 104, 24 Stat. 379,
                                         (related to ``Sec. 324'').       Sec. 
 204(a)(3) (last sentence)
                                                                          (rela
ted to ``Sec. 224''); added Aug.
                                                                          9, 19
35, ch. 498, 49 Stat. 546.
                                        49:304(a)(3a) (last sentence)    Feb. 4
, 1887, ch. 104, 24 Stat. 379,
                                         (related to ``Sec. 324'').       Sec. 
 204(a)(3a) (last sentence)
                                                                          (rela
ted to ``Sec. 224''); added Aug.
                                                                          3, 19
56, ch. 905, Sec.  2, 70 Stat.
                                                                          958.
                                        49:1655(e)(6)(D) (related to     Oct. 1
5, 1966, Pub. L. 89-670, Sec.
                                         ``Sec. 324'').                   6(e)(
6)(D) (related to ``Sec. 224''),
                                                                          80 St
at. 940.
3104(b)...............................  49:304(a)(3) (last sentence)
                                         (related to ``Sec. 324'').
                                        49:304(a)(3a) (last sentence)
                                         (related to ``Sec. 324'').
                                        49:l655(e)(6)(D) (related to
                                         ``Sec. 324'').
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    The section is included to reflect the text of former 49:324 
(related to motor private carriers and motor carriers of migrant 
workers) which is incorporated in the revised title by cross-reference.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-272 renumbered section 3104 of this title as this 
section and amended it generally, restating it without substantive 
change.
