23 CFR § 515.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t23/s515.1"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "23 CFR § 515.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 23
title_name: "Highways"
section_number: "515.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "515"
part_name: "ASSET MANAGEMENT PLANS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 1106 and 1203 of Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405; 23 U.S.C. 109, 119(e), 144, 150(c), and 315; 49 CFR 1.85(a)."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 73263, Oct. 24, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "515"
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# 515.1 Purpose.

The purpose of this part is to:

(a) Establish the processes that a State transportation department (State DOT) must use to develop its asset management plan, as required under 23 U.S.C. 119(e)(8);

(b) Establish the minimum requirements that apply to the development of an asset management plan;

(c) Describe the penalties for a State DOT's failure to develop and implement an asset management plan in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 119 and this part;

(d) Set forth the minimum standards for a State DOT to use in developing and operating highway bridge and pavement management systems under 23 U.S.C. 150(c)(3)(A)(i).