---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 1503.603"
title: "49"
number: "1503.603"
heading: "Separation of functions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/1503.603"
---

# §1503.603. Separation of functions.

- (a) Civil penalty proceedings, including hearings, will be prosecuted only by an agency attorney, except to the extent another agency official is permitted to issue and prosecute civil penalties under [§ 1503.421](/cfr/49/1503.421.md) of this part.
- (b) An agency employee engaged in the performance of investigative or prosecutorial functions in a civil penalty action must not, in that case or a factually related case, participate or give advice in a decision by the ALJ or by the TSA decision maker on appeal, except as counsel or a witness in the public proceedings.
- (c) The Chief Counsel or an agency attorney not covered by [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section will advise the TSA decision maker regarding an initial decision or any appeal of a civil penalty action to the TSA decision maker.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority : 6 U.S.C. 1142; 18 U.S.C. 6002; 28 U.S.C. 2461 (note); 49 U.S.C. 114, 20109, 31105, 40113-40114, 40119, 44901-44907, 44939, 46101-46107, 46109-46110, 46301, 46305, 46311, 46313-46314; Pub. L. 110-53 (121 Stat. 266, Aug. 3, 2007) secs. 1408 (6 U.S.C. 1137), 1501 (6 U.S.C. 1151), 1517 (6 U.S.C. 1167), and 1534 (6 U.S.C. 1184).

### Source

Source: 74 FR 36039, July 21, 2009, unless otherwise noted.