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23 U.S.C. § 306 — Mapping

submitted 68 years ago by Pub. L. 85-767 to r/title-23-HIGHWAYS · 172 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary of Transportation must encourage the use of photo-based mapping methods and private companies for highway mapping work. The Secretary must also guide states toward using private surveyors, and check each year that states follow that guidance.

(a) In General. When carrying out this title, the Secretary must, wherever practical, allow the use of photogrammetric (photo-based) mapping methods and let commercial companies do this work. (b) Guidance. The Secretary must issue guidance pushing states to use private-sector surveying and mapping companies as much as practical. This guidance must recommend roles for state governments and private companies, including: (1) writing standards and specifications; (2) researching mapping tools and passing new technology to the private sector; (3) giving states technical help, coordination, and oversight; and (4) suggesting ways states can use private companies more. (c) Implementation. The Secretary must create a process to check, once a year, whether each state is following the guidance from subsection (b).
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(a)In General.—

In carrying out the provisions of this title, the Secretary shall, wherever practicable, authorize the use of photogrammetric methods in mapping, and the utilization of commercial enterprise for such services.

(b)Guidance.—

The Secretary shall issue guidance to encourage States to utilize, to the maximum extent practicable, private sector sources for surveying and mapping services for projects under this title. In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall recommend appropriate roles for State government and private mapping and surveying activities, including—

(1)

preparation of standards and specifications;

(2)

research in surveying and mapping instrumentation and procedures and technology transfer to the private sector;

(3)

providing technical guidance, coordination, and administration of State surveying and mapping activities; and

(4)

recommending methods for increasing the use by the States of private sector sources for surveying and mapping activities.

(c)Implementation.—

The Secretary shall develop a process for the oversight and monitoring, on an annual basis, of the compliance of each State with the guidance issued under subsection (b).

Source credit: (Pub. L. 85–767, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 913; Pub. L. 104–59, title III, § 321, Nov. 28, 1995, 109 Stat. 590; Pub. L. 112–141, div. A, title I, § 1517(a), July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 574.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1958Enacted · Pub. L. 85-767 · 72 Stat. 913
  • 1995Amended · Pub. L. 104-59 · 109 Stat. 590
  • 2012Amended · Pub. L. 112-141 · 126 Stat. 574

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 85-767 on 1958-08-27.

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