49 CFR § 578.3 - Applicability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s578.3"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 578.3 - Applicability."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "578.3"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "578"
part_name: "CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES"
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authority: "Pub. L. 92-513, Pub. L. 94-163, Pub. L. 98-547, Pub. L. 101-410, Pub. L. 102-388, Pub. L. 102-519, Pub. L. 104-134, Pub. L. 109-59, Pub. L. 110-140, Pub. L. 112-141, Pub. L. 114-74, Pub. L. 114-94 (49 U.S.C. 30165, 30170, 30505, 32308, 32309, 32507, 32709, 32710, 32902, 32912, 33114, and 33115); delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.81, 1.95."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 5169, Feb. 4, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
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# 578.3 Applicability.

This part applies to civil penalties for violations of Chapters 301, 305, 323, 325, 327, 329, and 331 of Title 49 of the United States Code or a regulation prescribed thereunder. This part applies to civil penalty factors under section 30165(c) of Title 49 of the United States Code. This part also applies to the criminal penalty safe harbor provision of section 30170 of Title 49 of the United States Code.

[81 FR 10527, Mar. 1, 2016]