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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-473—OCT. 17, 1978 September 18, 1940, under section 5(21) of the Interstate Commerce Act (37 Stat. 567), as amended, if the order is still in effect. (c) The Commission may take action under this section only after a full hearing. An order entered as a result of the action may be conditioned on giving security for the payment of an amount of money or the discharge of an obligation that is required to be paid or discharged under that order. § 11322. Restrictions on officers and directors (a) A person may hold the position of officer or director of more than one carrier as defined in section 11301(a)(1) of this title only when authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The (Commission may authorize a person to hold the position of officer or director of more than one of those carriers when public or private interests will not be adversely affected. (b) An officer or director of a carrier referred to in subsection (a) of this section may not— (1) receive, for the benefit of that officer or director, a thing of value in relation to the negotiation, hypothecation, or sale of a security issued or to be issued by that carrier; (2) share in the proceeds from the negotiation, hypothecation, or sale of a security issued or to be issued by that carrier; or (3) participate in making or paying dividends of an operating carrier from funds included in a capital account. § 11323. Limitation on ownership of other carriers by freight forwarders (a) A freight forwarder, or a person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with a freight forwarder, providing service subject to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission under subchapter IV of chapter 105 of this title, may not acquire control of a carrier providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under subchapter I, II, or III of that chapter. However, this subsection does not prohibit a carrier providing transportation under subchapter I, II, or III of chapter 105 from acquiring control of another such carrier under subchapter III of this chapter but subject to section 11321. (b^ A director, officer, employee, or agent of a common carrier providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under subchapter I, II, or III of chapter 105 of this title or a person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with one of those carriers, may not, for that person's pecuniary benefit, own, lease, control, or hold stock in a freight forwarder providing service subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under subchapter IV of that chapter. However, this subsection does not prohibit the holding of a director's qualifying shares of stock from which no personal pecuniary benefit is derived by the holder. (c) This subtitle does not prohibit a common carrier providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under subchapter I, II, or III of chapter 105 of this title or a person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with one of those carriers from controlling a freight forwarder. When that control exists, a rate, classification, rule, or practice of one of those carriers may not be found to be unlawful because of the relationship.

92 STAT. 1433 49 USC 5.

49 USC 11322.

49 USC 11323.

Ante, p. 1369. Ante, pp. 1359, 1361, 1365.