Volume 72 · 596
Public Law 85–640
Relating to the procedure for altering certain bridges over navigable waters.
Approved August 14, 1958
Statutory text
AN ACT
Relating to the procedure for altering certain bridges over navigable waters.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Act
Bridges.
of June 21, 1940, entitled “An Act to provide for the alteration of certain bridges over navigable waters of the United States, for the apportionment of the cost of such alterations between the United States and the owners of such bridges, and for other purposes” (54 Stat. 497),
as amended by the Act of July 16, 1952 (66 Stat. 732), is hereby further amended as follows:
By amending the first sentence of section 5 to read as follows:
Bids.
“After approval of such general plans and specifications by the Secretary, and after notification of such approval, the bridge owner shall, in such manner and within such times as the Secretary may prescribe, take bids for the alteration of such bridge in accordance with such general plans and specifications.”
By adding the following after the word “provided” at the end of section 5: “: Provided, That where funds have been appropriated for part only of a project, the bridge owner may take bids for part only of the work. In the event the bridge owner proceeds with the alteration through the taking of successive partial bids, the bridge owner shall, if required by the Secretary, submit a revised guaranty of cost after bids are accepted for successive parts of the work.”
By adding the following after the word “navigation” at the
Apportionment of cost.
end of section 6: “: And provided further, That where the bridge owner proceeds with the alteration on a successive partial bid basis the Secretary is authorized to issue an order of apportionment of cost for the entire alteration based on the accepted bid for the first part of the alteration and an estimate of cost for the remainder of the work. The Secretary is authorized to revise the order of apportionment of cost, to the extent he deems reasonable and proper, to meet any changed conditions.”
By amending the first two sentences of section 7 to read as
Partial payments.
follows: “Following approval by the Secretary of the general plans and specifications for the alteration of such bridge, the guaranty with respect to the cost thereof, the fixing of the proportionate shares thereof as between the United States and the bridge owner and approval of the commencement of the alteration, the Chief of Engineers may make partial payments as the work progresses to the extent that funds have been appropriated.”
Approved August 14, 1958.