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Title 49 — Transportation

Chapter 59 — Intermodal Safe Container Transportation

§ 5908. Relationship to other laws

Statutory text

Nothing in this chapter affects—

(1)

chapter 51 (relating to transportation of hazardous material) or the regulations promulgated under that chapter; or

(2)

any State highway weight or size law or regulation applicable to tractor-trailer combinations.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Intermodal Safe Container Transportation Amendments Act of 1996

    Pub. L. 104–291 title II § 209(a) · 110 Stat. 3452

    Enacted · 49 U.S.C. § 5908

    (Added Pub. L. 104–291, title II, § 209(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3458.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Added Pub. L. 104–291, title II, § 209(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3458.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) In General.— Chapter 59 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “§ 5908. Relationship to other laws “Nothing in this chapter affects— “(1) chapter 51 (relating to transportation of hazardous material) or the regulations promulgated under that chapter; or “(2) any State highway weight or size law or regulation applicable to tractor-trailer combinations.”.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 104–291, title II, § 209(a), , 110 Stat. 3458.)

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