Reading Room Document

Ineligibility of New Jersey Transit Corporation Board Member for Appointment to Amtrak Board of Directors

A public member of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Transit Corporation constitutes a representative of rail management under section 411(a) of the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997 and is therefore ineligible for appointment to the Amtrak Board of Directors. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/19636/download.

July 30, 1998