PUBLIC LAW 9 4 - 2 1 0 — F E B. 5, 1976 except that the term shall not include the States of Maine, New H a m p s h i r e, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virp n i a. West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois, and the District of Columbia; and " (2) during the period following the second anniversary of the date on which rail properties are conveyed pursuant to such section 303(b)(1), any State in which a carrier by railroad subject to part I of the Interstate Commerce Act maintains any line of railroad, " (o) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the purposes of subsections (f) through (o) of this section not to exceed $360,000,000, without fiscal year limitation. Of the foregoing sums, not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be made available for planning grants during each of the 3 fiscal years ending June 30, 1976; September 30, 1977; and September 30, 1978. I n addition, any appropriated sums remaining after the repeal of section 402 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 are authorized to remain available to the Secretary for purposes of subsections (f) through (o) of this section. Such sums as are appropriated are authorised to remain available until expended.". TERMINATION AND CONTINUATION OF RAIL SERVICES
SEC. 804. Section 304 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 744) is amended to read as follows: "TERMINATION AND CONTINUATION OF RAIL SERVICES
" SEC. 304. (a) DISCONTINUANCE.— (1) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (f) of this section, rail service on rail properties of a railroad in reorganization in the region, or of a person leased, operated, or controlled by such a railroad, which transfers to the Corporation or to profitable railroads operating in the region all or substantially all of its rail properties designated for such conveyance in the final system plan, and rail service on rail properties of a profitable railroad operating in the region which transfers substantially all of its rail properties to the Corporation or to other railroads pursuant to the final system plan, may be discontinued, to the extent such discontinuance is not precluded by the terms of the leases and agreements referred to in section 303(b)(2) of this title, if— " (A) the final system plan does not designate rail service to be operated over such rail properties; " (B) not sooner than 30 days following the effective date of the final system plan, the trustee or trustees of the applicable railroad in reorganization or a profitable railroad give notice in writing of intent to discontinue such service on a date certain which is not less than 60 days after the date of such notice or on the date of any conveyance ordered by the special court pursuant to section 303(b)(1) of this title, whichever is later; and " (C) the notice required by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph is sent by certified mail to the Commission; to the chief executive officer, the transportation agencies, and the government of each political subdivision of each State in which such rail properties are located; and to each shipper who has used such rai 1 service during the previous 12 months. " (2)(A) I f rail properties are not, in accordance with the designations in the final system plan, required to be operated, as a consequence of a recommended arrangement for joint use or operation of
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