[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 Thus, Part 344 is obsolete.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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