49 USC § 10906 - Exception

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identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s10906"
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title: "49 USC § 10906 - Exception"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "10906"
section_name: "Exception"
chapter_number: 109
chapter_name: "LICENSING"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "RAIL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 827.)"
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# § 10906. Exception

Notwithstanding section 10901 and subchapter II of chapter 113 of this title, and without the approval of the Board, a rail carrier providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under this part may enter into arrangements for the joint ownership or joint use of spur, industrial, team, switching, or side tracks. The Board does not have authority under this chapter over construction, acquisition, operation, abandonment, or discontinuance of spur, industrial, team, switching, or side tracks.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 827.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in  prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by .

A prior section 10906, , , , related to offering abandoned rail properties for sale for public purposes, prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by . See .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

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