1995 U.S. Code
Title 23 - HIGHWAYS
CHAPTER 1 - FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
Sec. 154 - Repealed. Pub. L. 104-59, title II, §205(d)(1)(B), Nov. 28, 1995, 109 Stat. 577
[§154. Repealed. Pub. L. 104–59, title II, §205(d)(1)(B), Nov. 28, 1995, 109 Stat. 577]
Section, added Pub. L. 93–643, §114(a), Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2286; amended Pub. L. 95–599, title II, §205, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2729; Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, §1108, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 626; Pub. L. 100–17, title I, §174, Apr. 2, 1987, 101 Stat. 218; Pub. L. 102–240, title I, §1029(a), (b), (e), (g), Dec. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 1968–1970, established the national maximum speed limit.
Effective Date of RepealRepeal applicable to State on 10th day following Nov. 28, 1995, except that if legislature of State is not in session on such date and chief executive officer of State declares, before such 10th day, that legislature is not in session and that State prefers applicability date that is after date on which legislature will convene, repeal applicable to State on 60th day following date on which legislature next convenes, see section 205(d)(3) of Pub. L. 104–59, set out as an Effective Date of 1995 Amendment note under section 141 of this title.
Study of Costs and Benefits to States From Repeal of Maximum Speed LimitPub. L. 104–59, title III, §347, Nov. 28, 1995, 109 Stat. 616, provided that: “Not later than September 30, 1997, the Secretary, in cooperation with any State which raises any speed limit in such State to a level above the level permitted under section 154 of title 23, United States Code, as such section was in effect on September 15, 1995, shall prepare and submit to Congress a study of—
“(1) the costs to such State of deaths and injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes; and
“(2) the benefits associated with the repeal of the national maximum speed limit.”