Bill Text: NY A03222 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3222 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to maintaining bridges over the canal system in a manner to not impede commercial motor vehicles.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to transportation [A03222 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03222-Introduced.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          3222
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. NORRIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation
        AN  ACT  to amend the canal law, in relation to maintaining bridges in a
          manner to not impede commercial motor vehicles
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section 62 of the canal law, as amended by chapter 335 of
     2  the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 62. Maintenance by state of certain bridges over the  canal  system.
     4  All highway or pedestrian, lift or movable bridges over the canal system
     5  other  than  highway bridges connecting parts of a state highway hereto-
     6  fore constructed as a part of  the  barge  canal  improvement  shall  be
     7  reconstructed,  improved,  maintained and repaired at the expense of the
     8  state, [if in the opinion of the  commissioner  of  transportation,  the
     9  public  convenience  requires  such  bridges  to  be maintained where no
    10  alternate crossing has been provided] in a manner so as  not  to  impede
    11  commercial  motor  vehicles  as defined in subdivision four-a of section
    12  two of the transportation law.  In the event the commissioner of  trans-
    13  portation  determines that any such bridge is no longer required for the
    14  convenience of the public, he shall have power to close, remove or relo-
    15  cate such  bridge,  provided  at  least  one  public  hearing  shall  be
    16  conducted  in the community or communities where the bridge to be closed
    17  or removed is located.  The commissioner of  transportation  shall  have
    18  the supervision and direction of such reconstruction, improvement, main-
    19  tenance,  repair,  closing, removing or relocation. All bridges over the
    20  canal system other than  lift,  movable,  pedestrian  or  state  highway
    21  bridges  heretofore  constructed  as part of the barge canal improvement
    22  shall be reconstructed, improved, maintained and repaired at the expense
    23  of the state under the supervision and direction of the commissioner  of
    24  transportation, if, in his opinion, the public convenience requires that
    25  each  such bridge shall be continued as a bridge for highway traffic. In
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02352-01-9

        A. 3222                             2
     1  the event the commissioner of transportation is requested by any munici-
     2  pality to reconstruct or improve any such bridge, he is hereby empowered
     3  to do so, provided,  however,  that  prior  to  such  reconstruction  or
     4  improvement  the  municipality enters into a written agreement that such
     5  bridge thereafter shall become a part of the highway system  or  systems
     6  which  it may connect and the maintenance, repair, improvement, replace-
     7  ment or closing of any such bridge shall be governed by  the  provisions
     8  of the highway law, except that any such bridges situate in a city shall
     9  be maintained, repaired, improved, replaced or closed in the same manner
    10  and  subject  to the provisions of any special law which may apply or to
    11  the same provisions of law as apply to other streets and bridges in such
    12  city or in the case of such bridges situate in a village,  such  bridges
    13  shall  be maintained, repaired, improved, replaced or closed in the same
    14  manner and subject to the same provisions  of  law  as  apply  to  other
    15  streets  and bridges in such village. Any bridge over the New York state
    16  canal system or abandoned part thereof which  joins  parts  of  a  state
    17  highway shall be under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of transpor-
    18  tation and deemed to be part of the state highway system and such bridg-
    19  es  shall be constructed, reconstructed, improved, maintained, repaired,
    20  closed or relocated pursuant to the provisions of the  highway  law  and
    21  the  cost  of  such  work  shall  be  paid  from  moneys  available  for
    22  construction, reconstruction,  improvement,  maintenance  or  repair  of
    23  state highways.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.