Volume 73 · 63
Public Law 86–35
To amend section 108(a) of title 23 of the United States Code to Increase the period in which actual construction shall commence on rights-of-way acquired in anticipation of such construction from five years to seven years, and for other purposes.
Approved May 29, 1959
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 108(a) of title 23 of the United States Code to Increase the period in which actual construction shall commence on rights-of-way acquired in anticipation of such construction from five years to seven years, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the second
sentence of subsection (a) of section 108 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended by striking out “five years” and inserting in lieu thereof “seven years”.
Sec. 2.
Each Agreement entered into before the date of enactment of this Act by the Secretary of Commerce and a State highway department under authority of section 110(a) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, or section 108(a) of title 23 of the United States Code
shall be deemed to provide for actual construction of a road on such rights-of-way within a period of seven years following the fiscal year in which such request was made.
Approved May 29, 1959.