Section 20301 - Definition and nonapplication(a) DEFINITION.-In this chapter, "vehicle" means a car, locomotive, tender, or similar vehicle.(b) NONAPPLICATION.-This chapter does not apply to the following:(1) a train of 4-wheel coal cars.(2) a train of 8-wheel standard logging cars if the height of each car from the top of the rail to the center of the coupling is not more than 25 inches.(3) a locomotive used in hauling a train referred to in clause (2) of this subsection when the locomotive and cars of the train are used only to transport logs.(4) a car, locomotive, or train used on a street railway. Pub. L. 103-272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 881; Pub. L. 104-287, §5(52), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3393.| HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES PUB. L. 103-272 |
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 20301(a) | 45:8 ("trains, locomotives, tenders, cars, and similar vehicles"). | |
| 45:9 (3d sentence). | |
| 20301(b) | 45:6 (1st sentence proviso). | Mar. 2, 1893, ch. 196, §6 (1st sentence proviso), 27 Stat. 532; restated Apr. 1, 1896, ch. 87, 29 Stat. 85. |
| 45:8 (words after 16th comma). | Mar. 2, 1903, ch. 976, §1 (words after 23d comma), 32 Stat. 943. |
Subsection (a) is added to avoid repeating the substance of the definition throughout this chapter.In subsection (b), the words before clause (1) are substituted for "Provided, That nothing in sections 1 to 7 of this title shall apply to" in 45:6 because 45:9, 11, and 16 provide that 45:9 and 11-16 apply to the same vehicles and trains as 45:1-7 apply to. In clause (1), the word "coal" is added for clarity because of the decision of the Supreme Court in Baltimore & Ohio Railway Co. v. Jackson, 353 U.S. 325, 333 (1957) and the legislative history of 45:6 (proviso). See 24 Cong. Rec. 1477 (1893). The text of 45:8 (words after last comma) is omitted as unnecessary because of the definition of "railroad" in section 20102 of the revised title. PUB. L. 104-287This amends 49:20301(b) to clarify the restatement of 45:8 by section 1 of the Act of July 5, 1994 (Public Law 103-272 108 Stat. 881).
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS1996-Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 104-287 added par. (4).
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 104-287 effective July 5, 1994, see section 8(1) of Pub. L. 104-287 set out as a note under section 5303 of this title.