23 CFR § 669.13 - Effect of failure to certify or to adequately obtain proof-of-payment.

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title: "23 CFR § 669.13 - Effect of failure to certify or to adequately obtain proof-of-payment."
title_number: 23
title_name: "Highways"
section_number: "669.13"
section_name: "Effect of failure to certify or to adequately obtain proof-of-payment."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS"
part_number: "669"
part_name: "ENFORCEMENT OF HEAVY VEHICLE USE TAX"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "23 U.S.C. 141(c) and 315; 49 CFR 1.85."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 25364, July 14, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
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# 669.13 Effect of failure to certify or to adequately obtain proof-of-payment.

If a State fails to certify as required by this regulation or if the Secretary of Transportation determines that a State is not adequately obtaining proof-of-payment of the heavy vehicle use tax as a condition of registration notwithstanding the State's certification, Federal-aid highway funds apportioned to the State under 23 U.S.C. 104(b)(1) for the next fiscal year shall be reduced in an amount up to 8 percent as determined by the Secretary.

[81 FR 32230, May 23, 2016]