Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 2.djvu/1074

 96 STAT. 2436

49 USC 10101.

PUBLIC LAW 97-449—JAN. 12, 1983

(b)(1) A person required to make a report to the Secretary, answer a question, or make, prepare, or preserve a record under this chapter about transportation by motor carrier, or an officer, agent, or employee of that person, that (A) does not make the report, (B) does not specifically, completely, and truthfully answer the question, or (C) does not make, prepare, or preserve the record in the form and manner prescribed by the Secretary, is liable to the Government for a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each violation and for not more than $250 for each additional day the violation continues. (2) Tried in a civil action under this subsection is in the judicial district in which (A) the motor carrier has its principal office, (B) the motor carrier was authorized to provide transportation under subtitle IV of this title when the violation occurred, (C) the violation occurred, or (D) the offender is found. Process in the action may be served in the judicial district of which the offender is an inhabitant or in which the offender may be found.

49 USC 522.

§ 522. Reporting and record keeping violations (a) A person required to make a report to the Secretary of Transportation, or make, prepare, or preserve a record, under section 504 of this title about transportation by rail carrier, that knowingly and willfully (1) makes a false entry in the report or record, (2) destroys, mutilates, changes, or by another means falsifies the record, (3) does not enter business related facts and transactions in the record, (4) makes, prepares, or preserves the record in violation of a regulation or order of the Secretary, or (5) files a false report or record with the Secretary, shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both. (b) A person required to make a report to the Secretary, answer a question, or make, prepare, or preserve a record under section 504 of this title about transportation by motor carrier, motor carrier of migrant workers, or motor private carrier, or an officer, agent, or employee of that person, that (1) willfully does not make that report, (2) willfully does not specifically, completely, and truthfully answer that question in 30 days from the date the Secretary requires the question to be answered, (3) willfully does not make, prepare, or preserve that record in the form and manner prescribed by the Secretary, (4) knowingly and willfully falsifies, destroys, mutilates, or changes that report or record, (5) knowingly and willfully files a false report or record with the Secretary, (6) knowingly and willfully makes a false or incomplete entry in that record about a business related fact or transaction, or (7) knowingly and willfully meikes, prepares, or preserves a record in violation of a regulation or order of the Secretary, shall be fined not more than $5,000.

49 USC 523.

§ 523. Unlawful disclosure of information (a) A motor carrier, or an officer, receiver, trustee, lessee, or employee of that carrier, or another person authorized by that carrier to receive information from that carrier, may not knowingly disclose to another person (except the shipper or consignee), and another person may not solicit, or knowingly receive, information about the nature, kind, quantity, destination, consignee, or routing of property tendered or delivered to that carrier without the consent of the shipper or consignee if that information may be used to the detriment of the shipper or consignee or may disclose improperly to a competitor the business transactions of the shipper or consignee.

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