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Code · U.S. Code · Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION · CHAPTER 213— PENALTIES · SUBCHAPTER I— CIVIL PENALTIES · § 21304

§ 21304. Willfulness requirement for penalties against individuals

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A civil penalty under this subchapter may be imposed against an individual only for a willful violation. An individual is deemed not to have committed a willful violation if the individual was following the direct order of a railroad carrier official or supervisor under protest communicated to the official or supervisor. The individual is entitled to document the protest.
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 893.)
The word “official” is added the 2d time it appears for consistency in this section.
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  • Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e)
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