1997 U.S. Code
Title 23 - HIGHWAYS
CHAPTER 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 302 - State highway department
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 23 - HIGHWAYS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 23 - HIGHWAYS CHAPTER 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 302 - State highway department |
| Contains | section 302 |
| Date | 1997 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 26, 1998 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 85-767, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 912; Pub. L. 89-574, §11, Sept. 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 770. |
| Statutes at Large References | 72 Stat. 912 80 Stat. 770 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 85-767, Public Law 89-574 |
§302. State highway department
(a) Any State desiring to avail itself of the provisions of this title shall have a State highway department which shall have adequate powers, and be suitably equipped and organized to discharge to the satisfaction of the Secretary the duties required by this title. Among other things, the organization shall include a secondary road unit. In meeting the provisions of this subsection, a State may engage, to the extent necessary or desirable, the services of private engineering firms.
(b) The State highway department may arrange with a county or group of counties for competent highway engineering personnel suitably organized and equipped to the satisfaction of the State highway department, to supervise construction and maintenance on a county-unit or group-unit basis, for the construction of projects on the Federal-aid secondary system, financed with secondary funds, and for the maintenance thereof.
(Pub. L. 85–767, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 912; Pub. L. 89–574, §11, Sept. 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 770.)
Amendments1966—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89–574 authorized States, in meeting the provisions of this subsection, to engage, to the extent necessary or desirable, the services of private engineering firms.
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