{"identifier":"/us/usc/t49/s28501","title":49,"num":"\u00a7\u202f28501.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f28501.\nDefinitions\nIn this chapter\u2014\n(1) the term \u201cBoard\u201d means the Surface Transportation Board;\n(2) the term \u201ccapital work\u201d means maintenance, restoration, reconstruction, capacity enhancement, or rehabilitation work on trackage that would be treated, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as a capital item rather than an expense;\n(3) the term \u201ccommuter rail passenger transportation\u201d has the meaning given that term in section 24102;\n(4) the term \u201cpublic transportation authority\u201d means a local governmental authority (as defined in section 5302) established to provide, or make a contract providing for, commuter rail passenger transportation;\n(5) the term \u201crail carrier\u201d means a person, other than a governmental authority, providing common carrier railroad transportation for compensation subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under chapter 105;\n(6) the term \u201csegregated fixed guideway facility\u201d means a fixed guideway facility constructed within the railroad right-of-way of a rail carrier but physically separate from trackage, including relocated trackage, within the right-of-way used by a rail carrier for freight transportation purposes; and\n(7) the term \u201ctrackage\u201d means a railroad line of a rail carrier, including a spur, industrial, team, switching, side, yard, or station track, and a facility of a rail carrier.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t49/s28501.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s28501","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f28501."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this chapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s28501/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cBoard\u201d means the Surface Transportation Board;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s28501/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201ccapital work\u201d means maintenance, restoration, reconstruction, capacity enhancement, or rehabilitation work on trackage that would be treated, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as a capital item rather than an expense;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s28501/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201ccommuter rail passenger transportation\u201d has the meaning given that term in section 24102;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s28501/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cpublic transportation authority\u201d means a local governmental authority (as defined in section 5302) established to provide, or make a contract providing for, commuter rail passenger transportation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s28501/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201crail carrier\u201d means a person, other than a governmental authority, providing common carrier railroad transportation for compensation subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under chapter 105;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s28501/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201csegregated fixed guideway facility\u201d means a fixed guideway facility constructed within the railroad right-of-way of a rail carrier but physically separate from trackage, including relocated trackage, within the right-of-way used by a rail carrier for freight transportation purposes; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s28501/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201ctrackage\u201d means a railroad line of a rail carrier, including a spur, industrial, team, switching, side, yard, or station track, and a facility of a rail carrier.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}