23 U.S.C. § 141 : US Code - Section 141: Enforcement of requirements

Search 23 U.S.C. § 141 : US Code - Section 141: Enforcement of requirements

(a) Each State shall certify to the Secretary before January 1 of
each year that it is enforcing all State laws respecting maximum
vehicle size and weights permitted on the Federal-aid primary
system, the Federal-aid urban system, and the Federal-aid secondary
system, including the Interstate System in accordance with section
127 of this title. Each State shall also certify that it is
enforcing and complying with the provisions of section 127(d) of
this title and section 31112 of title 49.
(b)(1) Each State shall submit to the Secretary such information
as the Secretary shall, by regulation, require as necessary, in his
opinion, to verify the certification of such State under subsection
(b) of this section.
(2) If a State fails to certify as required by subsection (b) of
this section or if the Secretary determines that a State is not
adequately enforcing all State laws respecting such maximum vehicle
size and weights, notwithstanding such a certification, then
Federal-aid highway funds apportioned to such State for such fiscal
year shall be reduced by amounts equal to 10 per centum of the
amount which would otherwise be apportioned to such State under
section 104 of this title.
(3) If within one year from the date that the apportionment for
any State is reduced in accordance with paragraph (2) of this
subsection the Secretary determines that such State is enforcing
all State laws respecting maximum size and weights, the
apportionment of such State shall be increased by an amount equal
to such reduction. If the Secretary does not make such a
determination within such one-year period, the amounts so withheld
shall be reapportioned to all other eligible States.
(c) The Secretary shall reduce the State's apportionment of
Federal-aid highway funds under section 104(b)(4) in an amount up
to 25 per centum of the amount to be apportioned in any fiscal year
beginning after September 30, 1984, during which heavy vehicles,
subject to the use tax imposed by section 4481 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, may be lawfully registered in the State
without having presented proof of payment, in such form as may be
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, of the use tax imposed
by section 4481 of such Code. Amounts withheld from apportionment
to a State under this subsection shall be apportioned to the other
States pursuant to the formulas of section 104(b)(4) and shall be
available in the same manner and to the same extent as other
Interstate funds apportioned at the same time to other States.