Bill Text: NY A05430 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5430 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Eliminates, for highways in the Adirondack park, the requirement for the approval and consent of the state authority having jurisdiction over state land when the location of a highway on such land is altered or changed, or use of such highway is discontinued.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to transportation [A05430 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05430-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5430
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 9, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. STEC, CROUCH, FINCH -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to changing the location of
          highways over certain lands owned and occupied by  the  state  in  the
          Adirondack park
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 212 of the highway law, as amended by  chapter  161
     2  of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
     3    §  212.  Changing  location  of  highways over certain lands owned and
     4  occupied by the state. 1. If a highway  passes  over  or  through  lands
     5  wholly  owned and occupied by the state, the location of such portion of
     6  such highway as passes through such lands may be altered and changed, or
     7  the same may be abandoned or the use thereof as a  highway  discontinued
     8  with the consent and approval of the state authority having jurisdiction
     9  or  control  over  such  lands  by  an  order  directing  such change in
    10  location, abandonment or discontinuance.  Such  order  shall  contain  a
    11  description  of  that  portion  of the highway the location of which has
    12  been changed, abandoned or discontinued, and a description  of  the  new
    13  location  thereof, if any, and shall be filed in the office of the state
    14  authority having control of such lands.
    15    2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any highway with-
    16  in the Adirondack park, as defined in subdivision one of section  9-0101
    17  of the environmental conservation law.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00224-01-7