23 U.S.C. § 102 Program Efficiencies

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-34 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/26/2023), except for [P. L. 118-31]
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 23 U.S.C. § 102

(a) ACCESS OF MOTORCYCLES.-No State or political subdivision of a State may enact or enforce a law that applies only to motorcycles and the principal purpose of which is to restrict the access of motorcycles to any highway or portion of a highway for which Federal-aid highway funds have been utilized for planning, design, construction, or maintenance.

(b) SAVINGS PROVISION.-Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of a State or political subdivision of a State to regulate motorcycles for safety.

Cite as 23 U.S.C. § 102

Source: Pub. L. 85-767, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 887; Pub. L. 102-240, title I, §1016(a), Dec. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 1945; Pub. L. 105-178, title I, §§12061206,, 12091206,, 12121206,, 112 Stat. 185, 186, 193, 227; Pub. L. 109-59, title I, §1121(b)(1), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1195; Pub. L. 112-141, div. A, title I, §15021502,, 126 Stat. 561; Pub. L. 117-58, div. A, title I, §11310(a), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 536.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 5/22/2023

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS

2021- Pub. L. 117-58 designated second sentence of subsec. (a) as subsec. (b), inserted heading, and struck out former subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (b) read as follows: "If on-site construction of, or acquisition of right-of-way for, a highway project is not commenced within 10 years (or such longer period as the State requests and the Secretary determines to be reasonable) after the date on which Federal funds are first made available, out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than Mass Transit Account), for preliminary engineering of such project, the State shall pay an amount equal to the amount of Federal funds reimbursed for the preliminary engineering. The Secretary shall deposit in such Fund all amounts paid to the Secretary under this section."

2012-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112-141 substituted "reimbursed for the preliminary engineering" for "made available for such engineering".

2005- Pub. L. 109-59 redesignated subsecs. (b) and (c) as (a) and (b), respectively, and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (a). Text read as follows:

"(1) IN GENERAL.-A State transportation department shall establish the occupancy requirements of vehicles operating in high occupancy vehicle lanes; except that no fewer than 2 occupants per vehicle may be required and, subject to section 163 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, motorcycles and bicycles shall not be considered single occupant vehicles.