§306 — Title 23 Highways | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must allow using photogrammetric methods (making maps from photos) and hiring private companies for mapping work whenever practical. The Secretary must give guidance that pushes States to use private surveying and mapping services as much as possible. The guidance should say what State and private roles should be in four areas: making standards, doing research and sharing new tech, giving technical help and coordinating work, and finding ways to increase private-sector use. The Secretary must also set up a yearly check to see if each State follows the guidance.

Title 23, §306

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(a)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)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)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).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2012—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–141, § 1517(a)(1), substituted “shall” for “may”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–141, § 1517(a)(2), substituted “State government and” for “State and” in introductory provisions. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 112–141, § 1517(a)(3), added subsec. (c). 1995—Pub. L. 104–59 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2012 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 112–141 effective Oct. 1, 2012, see section 3(a) of Pub. L. 112–141, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 2012 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.

§306 Mapping