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[CITE: 49USC723]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                SUBTITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
                 CHAPTER 7--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
 
                      SUBCHAPTER II--ADMINISTRATIVE
 
Sec. 723. Service of notice in Board proceedings

    (a) Designation of Agent.--A carrier providing transportation 
subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under subtitle IV shall 
designate an agent in the District of Columbia, on whom service of 
notices in a proceeding before, and of actions of, the Board may be 
made.
    (b) Filing and Changing Designations.--A designation under 
subsection (a) shall be in writing and filed with the Board. The 
designation may be changed at any time in the same manner as originally 
made.
    (c) Service of Notice.--Except as otherwise provided, notices of the 
Board shall be served on its designated agent at the office or usual 
place of residence in the District of Columbia of that agent. A notice 
of action of the Board shall be served immediately on the agent or in 
another manner provided by law. If that carrier does not have a 
designated agent, service may be made by posting the notice in the 
office of the Board.
    (d) Special Rule for Rail Carriers.--In a proceeding involving the 
lawfulness of classifications, rates, or practices of a rail carrier 
that has not designated an agent under this section, service of notice 
of the Board on an attorney in fact for the carrier constitutes service 
of notice on the carrier.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title II, Sec. 201(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 
937.)
