Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 11 — Bridges Over Navigable Waters
§ 514. Submission and approval of general plans and specifications
Statutory text
After the service of an order under this subchapter, it shall be the duty of the bridge owner to prepare and submit to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, within a reasonable time as prescribed by the Secretary, general plans and specifications to provide for the alteration of such bridge in accordance with such order, and for such additional alteration of such bridge as the bridge owner may desire to meet the necessities of railroad or highway traffic, or both. The Secretary may approve or reject such general plans and specifications, in whole or in part, and may require the submission of new or additional plans and specifications, but when the Secretary shall have approved general plans and specifications, they shall be final and binding upon all parties unless changes therein be afterward approved by the Secretary and the bridge owner.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 76–409 § 4 · 54 Stat. 497
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 514
June 21, 1940, ch. 409, § 4, 54 Stat. 498
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 21, 1940, ch. 409, § 4, 54 Stat. 498Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4. submission and approval of general plans and specifications It shall be the duty of the bridge owner to prepare and submit to the Secretary, within ninety days after service of his order, general plans and specifications to provide for the alteration of such bridge in accordance with such order, and for such additional alteration of such bridge as the bridge owner may desire to meet the Rejection or approval. necessities of railroad or highway traffic, or both. The Secretary may approve or reject such general plans and specifications, in whole or in part, and may require the submission of new or additional plans and specifications, but when the Secretary shall have approved general plans and specifications, they shall be final and binding upon all parties unless changes therein be afterward approved by the Secretary and the bridge owner.Water Resources Development Act of 1976
Pub. L. 94–587 § 119 · 90 Stat. 2917
Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 514
Pub. L. 94–587 substituted provision for preparation and submission of general plans and specifications within a reasonable time as prescribed by the Secretary after the service of an order for provision for such action within ninety days after service of his order
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 94–587 substituted provision for preparation and submission of general plans and specifications within a reasonable time as prescribed by the Secretary after the service of an order for provision for such action within ninety days after service of his order.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 119. Section 4 of the Act of June 21, 1940, as amended (54 Stat, 498; 33 U.S.C. 514), is amended in the first sentence by striking out “It shall be the duty of the bridge owner to prepare and submit to the Secretary, within ninety days after service of his order” and inserting in lieu thereof “After the service of an order under this Act, it shall be the duty of the bridge owner to prepare and submit to the Secretary of Transportation, within a reasonable time as prescribed by the Secretary”.Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015
Pub. L. 114–120 title III § 306(b)(4)(B) · 130 Stat. 27
Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 514
Pub. L. 114–120 substituted “Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating” for “Secretary of Transportation”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 114–120 substituted “Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating” for “Secretary of Transportation”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(B) in section 4 (33 U.S.C. 514), by striking “Secretary of Transportation” and inserting “Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating”;
3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments1976–2016 · 2 rounds
2016
Pub. L. 114–120 substituted “Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating” for “Secretary of Transportation”.
1976
Pub. L. 94–587 substituted provision for preparation and submission of general plans and specifications within a reasonable time as prescribed by the Secretary after the service of an order for provision for such action within ninety days after service of his order.
Credits
1940–2016 · 3 acts
- 1940June 21, 1940, ch. 409, § 4, 54 Stat. 498
- 1976Pub. L. 94–587, § 119, , 90 Stat. 2924
- 2016Pub. L. 114–120, title III, § 306(b)(4)(B), , 130 Stat. 55.
Show as published
(June 21, 1940, ch. 409, § 4, 54 Stat. 498; Pub. L. 94–587, § 119, , 90 Stat. 2924; Pub. L. 114–120, title III, § 306(b)(4)(B), , 130 Stat. 55.)