23 C.F.R. § 1252.5 Procedures.
Title 23 - Highways
(a) P&A tasks and related costs shall be described in the P&A module of the State's Highway Safety Plan. The State's matching share shall be determined on the basis of the total P&A costs in the module. Federal participation shall not exceed 50 percent (or the applicable sliding scale) of the total P&A costs. A State shall not use NHTSA funds to pay more than 50 percent of the P&A costs attributable to NHTSA programs nor use FHWA funds to pay more than 50 percent of the P&A costs attributable to FHWA programs. In addition, the Federal contribution for P&A activities shall not exceed 10 percent of the total funds in the State received under 23 U.S.C. 402. (b) FHWA and NHTSA funds may be used to pay for the Federal share of P&A costs up to the amounts determined by multiplying the Federal share by the ratio between the P&A costs attributable to FHWA programs and the P&A costs attributable to NHTSA programs. For example: A State's total P&A costs are $40,000. The State's share is 50 percent or $20,000. To pay the remaining $20,000, the State first ascertains the amount spent out of the total costs for each agency's programs, then applies the ratio between these two amounts to the $20,000. If $36,000 of the total costs are spent for NHTSA programs and $4,000 for FHWA programs, the ratio would be 9/1 and the corresponding allocation of the Federal share would be $18,000 to NHTSA and $2,000 to FHWA. (c) A State at its option may allocate salary and related costs of State highway safety agency employees to one of the following: (1) The administration and planning functions in the P&A module; (2) The program management functions in one or more Program modules; or (3) A combination of administration and planning functions in the P&A module and the program management functions in one or more program modules. (d) If an employee is principally performing administration and planning functions under a P&A module, the total salary and related costs may be allocated to the P&A module. If the employee is principally performing program management functions under one or more program modules, the total salary and related costs may be charged directly to the appropriate module(s). If an employee is spending time on a combination of administration and planning functions and program management functions, the total salary and related costs may be charged to the appropriate module(s) based on the actual time worked under each module. If the State highway safety agency elects to allocate costs based on acutal time spent on an activity, the State highway safety agency must keep accurate time records showing the work activities for each employee. The State's record keeping system must be approved by the appropriate FHWA and NHTSA officials. (e) Those tasks and related costs contained in the P&A module, not defined as P&A costs under §1252.2(d) of this part, are not subject to the planning and administration cost matching requirement. [45 FR 47145, July 14, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 15121, Apr. 8, 1982]
Title 23: Highways
PART 1252—STATE MATCHING OF PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION COSTS
§ 1252.5 Procedures.
