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PUBLIC LAW 93-643-JAN. 4, 1975
which they can effectively utilize will be assured; and that all Federal programs offering assistance for mass transportation (including the programs under title 23, United States Code, the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973, and this Act) effectively implement this policy. (b) Subsection (b) of section 165 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 282) is amended to read as follows: "(b) The Secretary of Transportation shall require that projects receiving Federal financial assistance under (1) subsection (a) or (c) of section 142 of title 23, United States Code, (2) paragraph (4) of subsection (e) of section 103, title 23, United States Code, or (3) section 147 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 shall be planned. designed, constructed, and operated to allow effective utilization by elderly or handicapped persons who, by reason of illness, injury, age, congenital malfunction, or other permanent or temporary incapacity or disability, including those who are nonambulatory wheelchairbound and those with semiambulatory capabilities, are unable without special facilities or special planning or design to utilize such facilities and services effectively. The Secretary shall not approve any program or project to which this section applies which does not comply with the provisions of this subsection requiring access to public mass transportation facilities, equipment, and services for elderly or handicapped persons." VEHICLE SIZES AND WEIGHTS
SEC. 106. (a) Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking out "eighteen thousand pounds carried on any one axle, or with a tandem-axle weight in excess of thirty-two thousand pounds, or with an overall gross weight in excess of seventy-three thousand two hundred and eighty pounds," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "twenty thousand pounds carried on any one axle, including all enforcement tolerances; or with a tandem axle weight in excess of thirty-four thousand pounds, including all enforcement tolerances; or with an overall gross weight on a group of two or more consecutive axles produced by application of the following formula: W = 5 0 o ( ^ j - h 12N + 36) where W=overall gross weight on any group of two or more consecutive axles to the nearest 500 pounds, L=distance in feet between the extreme of any group of two or more consecutive axles, and N = n u m ber of axles in group under consideration, except that two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load of 34,000 pounds each providing the overall distance between the first and last axles of such consecutive sets of tandem axles is thirty-six feet or more: Provided, That such overall gross weight may not exceed eighty thousand pounds, including all enforcement tolerances,". (b) The first sentence of section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting immediately after "July 1, 1956," the following: "except in the case of the overall gross weight of any group of two or more consecutive axles, on the date of enactment of the Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974,". The third sentence of such section is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "except in the case of the overall gross weight of any group of two or more consecutive axles, on the date of enactment of the FederalAid Highway Amendments of 1974.".
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