Federal · Title 49 — Transportation
49 U.S.C. § 20138: Tampering with safety and operational monitoring devices
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The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations and issue orders to prohibit the willful tampering with, or disabling of, any specified railroad safety or operational monitoring device. A railroad carrier operating a train on which a safety or operational monitoring device is tampered with or disabled in violation of a regulation prescribed or order issued under subsection (a) of this section is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty under section 21301 of this title . a civil penalty under section 21301 of this title ; suspension from work; and suspension or loss of a license or certification issued under section 20135 of this title .
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