Bill Text: NY A10090 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires the department of transportation to annually prepare and submit to the legislature certain highway pavement and bridge condition reports.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-24 - print number 10090a [A10090 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10090-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10090--A IN ASSEMBLY March 10, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring the department of transportation to annually prepare and submit to the legislature certain highway pavement and bridge condition reports The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 14 of the transportation law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 36 to read as follows: 3 36. To prepare and submit reports on highway pavement and bridge 4 conditions, capital program letting and implementation, capital program 5 accomplishments, and non-MTA downstate suburban and upstate transit 6 capital programs. The commissioner shall be responsible for issuing the 7 following reports in a searchable electronic format accessible to users 8 to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the 9 assembly, the chair of the senate transportation committee, the chair of 10 the assembly transportation committee, the chair of the senate finance 11 committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee: 12 (a) On or before June first, two thousand twenty and by June first of 13 each year thereafter, a report for each forthcoming state fiscal year 14 detailing the department's on-state system capital projects and off- 15 state system local capital projects, as defined in subdivision two-a of 16 section two of the state finance law, planned for the forthcoming fiscal 17 year including projects receiving funds pursuant to New York works. Such 18 report shall include projects expected to be advertised for public bid 19 in the respective state fiscal year, including estimated letting dates 20 by department region. The report shall also include a project 21 description, proposed month of letting, project identification number, 22 and project cost estimates. Such report shall present project letting 23 details by department region, within region by funding source, within 24 funding source by capital program category (pavement preservation, pave- 25 ment reconstruction, bridge preservation, bridge rehabilitation or 26 replacement, safety, mobility, and other), and within capital program EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15558-03-0A. 10090--A 2 1 category by project phase (scoping, preliminary engineering, right-of- 2 way, final design and construction). After completion of each quarter, 3 the department shall issue a report, including the actual letting dates 4 and contract amounts for each project accompanied by the same informa- 5 tion. The report shall also compare changes in planned construction 6 lettings with actual project lettings, changes in project costs of more 7 than twenty-five percent for projects exceeding fifteen million dollars 8 and the contributing factors for such project cost changes, changes in 9 project letting schedules of more than twelve months and contributing 10 factors for such changes in letting schedules, and the estimated number 11 of jobs created by each project. 12 (b) On or before June first, two thousand twenty and by June first of 13 each year thereafter, an accomplishment report for the prior state 14 fiscal year detailing the amount of funding obligated for major capital 15 program categories including: pavement preservation, pavement recon- 16 struction, bridge preservation, bridge rehabilitation or replacement, 17 safety, and mobility. Such capital report shall present details by 18 department region, within region by funding source, within funding 19 source by capital program category and within capital program category 20 by project phase, including by scoping, preliminary engineering, right- 21 of-way, final design and construction phase. 22 (c) On or before June first, two thousand twenty and by June first of 23 each year thereafter, a highway pavement and bridge condition report 24 that details conditions of state highway pavement by department region 25 and statewide condition goals for pavement, the condition of state and 26 locally owned bridges by county and the statewide condition goals for 27 bridge conditions, as well as the respective goals for each of these 28 classes for the previous three years. 29 (d) On or before June first, two thousand twenty and by June first of 30 each year thereafter, a report detailing the allocation and disbursement 31 for the prior state fiscal year of funds appropriated for public trans- 32 portation providers within the metropolitan commuter transportation 33 district that exclude the metropolitan transportation authority and its 34 subsidiaries, and for public transportation providers outside the metro- 35 politan commuter transportation district. The report on fund use shall 36 indicate the amount of funds allocated and disbursed to each respective 37 transportation provider by capital element, including, but not limited 38 to: rolling stock and buses, passenger stations, track, line equipment, 39 line structures, signals and communications, power equipment, emergency 40 power equipment and substations, shops, yards, maintenance facilities, 41 depots and terminals, service vehicles, security systems, electrifica- 42 tion extensions, and unspecified, miscellaneous and emergency. Further, 43 the department shall conduct a needs assessment for each public trans- 44 portation provider that includes but is not limited to: vehicle age and 45 condition, facility and equipment state of good repair, consistency with 46 federal and state system safety plans, and availability of federal and 47 local resources to complete a project. 48 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
