State highway agency

State highway agency means that department, commission, board, or official of any State charged by its laws with the responsibility for highway construction. The termStateis considered equivalent toState highway agencyif the context so implies.

Source

23 CFR § 230.202

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Scoping language

Minority Business Enterprise, as used in this subpart, refers to all small businesses which participate in the Federal-aid highway program as a minority business enterprise (MBE), women business enterprise (WBE), or disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE), all defined under 49 CFR part 23. This expanded definition is used only in this subpart as a simplified way of defining the firms eligible to benefit from this supportive services program.

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