Waybill Sample - Statutory Support

Waybill Sample– Statutory Support

49 USC 11144. Records: form; inspection; preservation
(a) The Board may prescribe the form of records required to be prepared or
compiled under this subchapter-(1) by rail carriers and lessors, including records related to movement of
traffic and receipts and expenditures of money; and
(2) by persons furnishing cars to or for a rail carrier providing
transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under this part [49 USCS
§§ 10101 et seq.] to the extent related to those cars or that service.
(b) The Board, or an employee designated by the Board, may on demand and
display of proper credentials-(1) inspect and examine the lands, buildings, and equipment of a rail carrier
or lessor; and
(2) inspect and copy any record of-(A) a rail carrier, lessor, or association;
(B) a person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with a
rail carrier if the Board considers inspection relevant to that person's
relation to, or transaction with, that rail carrier; and
(C) a person furnishing cars to or for a rail carrier if the Board
prescribed the form of that record.
(c) The Board may prescribe the time period during which operating,
accounting, and financial records must be preserved by rail carriers, lessors, and
persons furnishing cars.
49 USC 11145. Reports by rail carriers, lessors, and associations
(a) The Board may require-(1) rail carriers, lessors, and associations, or classes of them
as the Board may prescribe, to file annual, periodic, and special reports with the
Board containing nswers to questions asked by it; and
(2) a person furnishing cars to a rail carrier to file reports with the Board
containing answers to questions about those cars.

(b) (1) An annual report shall contain an account, in as much detail as the Board
may require, of the affairs of the rail carrier, lessor, or association for the 12month period ending on December 31 of each year.
(2) An annual report shall be filed with the Board by the end of the third
month after the end of the year for which the report is made unless the Board
extends the filing date or changes the period covered by the report. The annual
report and, if the Board requires, any other report made under this section, shall
be made under Oath.
49 USC 11901.

General civil penalties
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(e) (1) A person required under subchapter III of chapter 111 of this title to
make, prepare, preserve, or submit to the Board a record concerning
transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under this part that does
not make, prepare, preserve, or submit that record as required under that
subchapter, is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $500
for each violation.
(2) A rail carrier providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of
the Board under this part, and a lessor, receiver, or trustee of that rail carrier,
violating section 11144(b)(1) of this title, is liable to the United States
Government for a civil penalty of $100 for each violation.
(3) A rail carrier providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of
the Board under this part, a lessor, receiver, or trustee of that rail carrier, a
person furnishing cars, and an officer, agent, or employee of one of them,
required to make a report to the Board or answer a question that does not make
the report or does not specifically, completely, and truthfully answer the
question, is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $100
for each violation.
(4) A separate violation occurs for each day a violation under this
subsection continues.
(f) Trial in a civil action under subsections (a) through (e) of this section is in
the judicial district in which the rail carrier has its principal operating office or in a
district through which the railroad of the rail carrier runs.