Responsible local officials

Responsible local officials means -
(1) In urbanized areas, principal elected officials of general purpose local governments acting through the Metropolitan Planning Organization designated by the Governor, or
(2) In rural areas and urban areas not within any urbanized area, principal elected officials of general purpose local governments.

Source

23 CFR § 470.103

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Scoping language

Except as otherwise provided in this part, terms defined in 23 U.S.C. 101 are used in this part as so defined.

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