49 U.S.C. § 10907
Section 10907 · Railroad development
Viewing 49 U.S.C. § 10907 as in effect on October 17, 1978. The text changed in 1 later edition (most recent December 29, 1995).
View current version →(a) Notwithstanding sections 10901 and 10902 and subchapter III of chapter 113 of this title, and without the approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission, a rail carrier providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under subchapter I of chapter 105 of this title may enter into arrangements for the joint ownership or joint use of spur, industrial, team, switching, or side tracks.
(b) The Commission does not have authority under sections 10901–10906 of this title over—
(1) the construction, acquisition, operation, abandonment, or discontinuance of spur, industrial, team, switching, or side tracks if the tracks are located, or intended to be located, entirely in one State; or
(2) a street, suburban, or interurban electric railway that is not operated as part of a general system of rail transportation.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
In subsection (a), the words “contracts, agreements, or other” are omitted as surplus. The last sentence of 49:1a(1) is omitted because of article VI of the Constitution.