{"identifier":"/us/usc/t49/s22702","title":49,"num":"\u00a7\u202f22702.","heading":"Authority","text":"\u00a7\u202f22702.\nAuthority\n(a)\nIn General.\u2014\nEach State may prepare and maintain a State rail plan in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.\n(b)\nRequirements.\u2014\nThe Secretary shall establish the minimum requirements for the preparation and periodic revision of a State rail plan, including that a State shall\u2014\n(1) establish or designate a State rail transportation authority to prepare, maintain, coordinate, and administer the plan;\n(2) establish or designate a State rail plan approval authority to approve the plan;\n(3) submit the State\u2019s approved plan to the Secretary of Transportation for review; and\n(4) revise and resubmit a State-approved plan no less frequently than once every 4 years for acceptance by the Secretary.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t49/s22702.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s22702","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f22702."},{"t":"heading","text":"Authority"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s22702/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In General.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"Each State may prepare and maintain a State rail plan in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s22702/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Requirements.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Secretary shall establish the minimum requirements for the preparation and periodic revision of a State rail plan, including that a State shall\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s22702/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" establish or designate a State rail transportation authority to prepare, maintain, coordinate, and administer the plan;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s22702/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" establish or designate a State rail plan approval authority to approve the plan;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s22702/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" submit the State\u2019s approved plan to the Secretary of Transportation for review; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s22702/b/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" revise and resubmit a State-approved plan no less frequently than once every 4 years for acceptance by the Secretary.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}