49 CFR § 207.2 - Definitions.

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title: "49 CFR § 207.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "207.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "207"
part_name: "RAILROAD POLICE OFFICERS"
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regulatory_source: "59 FR 6587, Feb. 11, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
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# 207.2 Definitions.

As used in this part:

(a) *Railroad police officer* means a peace officer who is commissioned in his or her state of legal residence or state of primary employment and directly employed by or contracted by a railroad to enforce state laws for the protection of railroad property, personnel, passengers, and/or cargo.

(b) *Commissioned* means that a state official has certified or otherwise designated a railroad employee as qualified under the licensing requirements of that state to act as a railroad police officer in that state.

(c) *Property* means rights-of-way, easements, appurtenant property, equipment, cargo, facilities, and buildings and other structures owned, leased, operated, maintained, or transported by a railroad.

[59 FR 6587, Feb. 11, 1994, as amended at 81 FR 88132, Dec. 7, 2016]