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 108 STAT. 920 PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 (c) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN ADDITIONAL LAWS.—T h is part and, to the extent consistent with this part, the District of Columbia Business Corporation Act (D.C. Code §29-301 et seq.) apply to Amtrak Commuter. (d) NONAPPLICATION OF RATE, ROUTE, AND SERVICE LAWS. — A State or other law related to rates, routes, or service in connection with rail passenger transportation does not apply to Amtrak Commuter. (e) PREEMPTION RELATED TO EMPLOYEE WORK REQUIRE- MENTS. —^A State may not adopt or continue in force a law, rule, regulation, order, or standard requiring Amtrak Commuter to employ a specified number of individuals to perform a particular task, function, or operation. (f) EXEMPTION FROM ADDITIONAL TAXES.— (1) In this subsection, "additional tax" means a tax or fee— (A) on the acquisition, improvement, ownership, or operation of personal property by Amtrak Commuter; and (B) on real property, except a tax or fee on the acquisition of real property or on the value of real property not attributable to improvements made, or the operation of those improvements, by Amtrak Commuter. (2) Amtrak Commuter is not required to pay an additional tax because of an expenditure to acquire or improve real property, equipment, a facility, or right-of-way material or structures used to provide rail passenger transportation. (g) TAX EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN COMMUTER AUTHORITIES.— A commuter authority with which Amtrak Commuter could have made a contract to provide commuter rail passenger transportation under this chapter but which decided to provide its own rail passenger transportation beginning on January 1, 1983, is exempt, effective October 1, 1981, from paying a tax or fee to the same extent Amtrak is exempt. (h) NONAPPLICATION OF AGREEMENTS FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND TRACKAGE RIGHTS. —An agreement under which financial support was provided on January 2, 1974, to a commuter authority to continue rail passenger transportation does not apply to Amtrak Commuter. However, Amtrak and the Consolidated Rail Corporation retain appropriate trackage rights over rail property owned or leased by the authority. Compensation for the rights shall be reasonable. §24502. Board of directors (a) COMPOSITION.— The board of directors of Amtrak Commuter is composed of the following directors: (1) the President of Amtrak Commuter. (2) one individual from the board of directors of Amtrak selected as a representative of commuter authorities that make contracts with Amtrak Commuter for the operation of commuter rail passenger transportation. (3) 2 individuals selected by the board of directors of Amtrak. (4) 2 individuals selected by commuter authorities for which Amtrak Commuter provides commuter rail transportation under this chapter. However, only one individual shall be selected under this clause if Amtrak Commuter provides the transportation for only one authority.

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