[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 21981-21982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11007]



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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

20 CFR Part 344

RIN 3220-AB13


Contributions Under Special Transition Rule for Public Commuter 
Railroads

agency: Railroad Retirement Board.

action: Final rule; removal.

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summary: The Railroad Retirement Board (Board) hereby amends its 
regulations to remove a temporary rule regarding the computation and 
payment of contributions under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act 
for commuter railroads. The rule is now obsolete.

effective date: May 4, 1995.

addresses: Secretary to the Board, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 Rush 
Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611.

for further information contact: Thomas W. Sadler, Assistant General 
Counsel, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 
60611, (312) 751-4513, TDD (312) 751-4701.

supplementary information: Section 7102(a) of the Railroad Unemployment 
Insurance and Retirement Improvement Act of 1988 (Title VII, Subtitle A 
of Pub. L. 100-647) enacted a special transition rule regarding 
computation and payment of contributions by public commuter railroads 
for calendar years 1989 and 1990. Under the special transition rule, 
each public commuter [[Page 21982]] railroad paid contributions under 
section 8(a) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act in an amount 
equal to the amount of unemployment and sickness benefits paid to its 
employees, plus an additional amount for administrative expenses. The 
Board promulgated Part 344 as a temporary rule (see 54 FR 25846, June 
20, 1989) to explain how it would apply the special transition rule. 
Effective with calendar year 1991, public commuter railroads have been 
paying experience-rated contributions on the same basis as other 
railroad employers. Thus, Part 344 is obsolete.
    The Board has determined that this is not a major rule for purposes 
of Executive Order 12866. Therefore, no regulatory impact analysis is 
required.

List of Subchapter in 20 CFR Part 344

    Railroad employees, Railroad employers, Railroad unemployment 
benefits.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, part 344 of title 20, 
chapter II of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:

PART 344--[REMOVED AND RESERVED]

    1. The authority citation for this part continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 45 U.S.C. 362(i) and 362(l).

    2. Part 344, consisting of Secs. 344.1 through 344.6, is hereby 
removed and reserved.

    Dated: April 26, 1995.

    By Authority of the Board.

    For the Board.
Beatrice Ezerski,
Secretary to the Board.
[FR Doc. 95-11007 Filed 5-3-95; 8:45 am]
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