# 23 CFR § 515.1: Purpose

> Federal · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-23-515.1

## Section

- **Citation:** 23 CFR § 515.1
- **Heading:** Purpose
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 23—Highways > CHAPTER I—FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION > SUBCHAPTER F—TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT > PART 515—ASSET MANAGEMENT PLANS

## Text

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).

## Nearby sections

- [23 CFR § 515.1 § 515.1 Purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-23-515.1.md)
- [23 CFR § 515.3 § 515.3 Applicability and effective date.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-23-515.3.md)
- [23 CFR § 515.5 § 515.5 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-23-515.5.md)
- [23 CFR § 515.7 § 515.7 Process for establishing the asset management plan.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-23-515.7.md)
- [23 CFR § 515.9 § 515.9 Asset management plan requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-23-515.9.md)
- [23 CFR § 515.11 § 515.11 Deadlines and phase-in of asset management plan development.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-23-515.11.md)
- [23 CFR § 515.13 § 515.13 Process certification and recertification, and annual plan consistency review.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-23-515.13.md)
- [23 CFR § 515.15 § 515.15 Penalties](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-23-515.15.md)
- [23 CFR § 515.17 § 515.17 Minimum standards for developing and operating bridge and pavement management systems](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-23-515.17.md)
- [23 CFR § 515.19 § 515.19 Organizational integration of asset management.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-23-515.19.md)

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