Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/1245

 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

119 STAT. 1227

(e) TRANSITION.— (1) IMPLEMENTATION.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall approve obligations of funds apportioned under section 104(b)(5) of title 23, United States Code (as added by subsection (b)), to carry out section 148 of that title, only if, not later than October 1 of the second fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, a State has developed and implemented a State strategic highway safety plan as required pursuant to section 148(c) of that title. (2) INTERIM PERIOD.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Before October 1 of the second fiscal year after the date of enactment of this Act and until the date on which a State develops and implements a State strategic highway safety plan, the Secretary shall apportion funds to a State for the highway safety improvement program and the State may obligate funds apportioned to the State for the highway safety improvement program under section 148 for projects that were eligible for funding under sections 130 and 152 of that title, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act. (B) NO STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN.—If a State has not developed a strategic highway safety plan by October 1, 2007, the State shall receive for the highway safety improvement program for each subsequent fiscal year until the date of development of such plan an amount that equals the amount apportioned to the State for that program for fiscal year 2007.

23 USC 148 note. Deadline.

SEC. 1402. WORKER INJURY PREVENTION AND FREE FLOW OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.

Deadline. Regulations. 23 USC 401 note.

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations to decrease the likelihood of worker injury and maintain the free flow of vehicular traffic by requiring workers whose duties place them on or in close proximity to a Federal-aid highway (as defined in section 101 of title 23, United States Code) to wear high visibility garments. The regulations may also require such other worker-safety measures for workers with those duties as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. SEC. 1403. TOLL FACILITIES WORKPLACE SAFETY STUDY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a study on the safety of highway toll collection facilities, including toll booths, to determine the safety of the facilities for the toll collectors who work in and around the facilities, including consideration of— (1) the effect of design or construction of the facilities on the likelihood of vehicle collisions with the facilities; (2) the safety of crosswalks used by toll collectors in transit to and from toll booths; (3) the extent of the enforcement of speed limits in the vicinity of the facilities; (4) the use of warning devices, such as vibration and rumble strips, to alert drivers approaching the facilities; (5) the use of cameras to record traffic violations in the vicinity of the facilities; (6) the use of traffic control arms in the vicinity of the facilities;

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