{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s55117","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f55117.","heading":"Great Lakes rail route","text":"\u00a7\u202f55117.\nGreat Lakes rail route\n(1) the car ferry is owned by a common carrier by water and operated as part of a rail route with the approval of the Surface Transportation Board;\n(2) the stock of the common carrier by water, or its predecessor, was owned or controlled by a common carrier by rail prior to\nJune 5, 1920\n(3) the stock of the common carrier owning the car ferry is, with the approval of the Board, now owned or controlled by a common carrier by rail; and\n(4) the car ferry is built in and documented under the laws of the United States.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s55117.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s55117","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f55117."},{"t":"heading","text":"Great Lakes rail route","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"Section 55102 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s55102","tail":" does not apply to the transportation of merchandise loaded on a railroad car or to a motor vehicle with or without a trailer, and with its passengers or contents when accompanied by the operator, when the railroad car or motor vehicle is transported in a railroad car ferry operated between fixed terminals on the Great Lakes as part of a rail route, if\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s55117/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the car ferry is owned by a common carrier by water and operated as part of a rail route with the approval of the Surface Transportation Board;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s55117/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the stock of the common carrier by water, or its predecessor, was owned or controlled by a common carrier by rail prior to ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"June 5, 1920","tail":";"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s55117/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the stock of the common carrier owning the car ferry is, with the approval of the Board, now owned or controlled by a common carrier by rail; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s55117/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" the car ferry is built in and documented under the laws of the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}