ICC Termination Act of 1995

The ICC Termination Act of 1995 is a United States federal law enacted in 1995 that abolished the Interstate Commerce Commission and simultaneously created its successor agency, the Surface Transportation Board.^[1]^[2]

On December 1, 2020, Oklahoma City federal judge Charles B. Goodwin referred to this Act when he declared unconstitutional a 2019 State of Oklahoma law preventing trains from blocking streets for longer than 10 minutes; declaring, in part:^[3]

. . . a state or local government can address grade-level railroad crossing issues in a manner that does not run afoul of federal law . . . But a statute that tells railroad companies how long they may stop their trains — for whatever ends — intrudes on the territory reserved to the ICCTA.

References[]

^ ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub.L. 104–88 (text) (PDF), 109 Stat. 803; 1995-12-29.
^ U.S. Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C. Overview of the STB Accessed 2010-10-25.
^ Clay, Nolan. "Oklahoma train crossing law ruled unconstitutional". Tulsaworld.com. Tulsa World. Retrieved 2 December 2020.

External links[]

Determination Under the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 - President's Memorandum to the Secretary of Transportation, 2002-11-27

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[1] ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub.L. 104–88 (text) (PDF), 109 Stat. 803; 1995-12-29.

[2] U.S. Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C. Overview of the STB Accessed 2010-10-25.

[3] Clay, Nolan. "Oklahoma train crossing law ruled unconstitutional". Tulsaworld.com. Tulsa World. Retrieved 2 December 2020.

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