Bill Text: NY S01527 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the department of transportation to study the cost of administering utility projects in state highway rights of way.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S01527 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01527-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1527

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 12, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT directing the department of transportation to study the  cost  of
          administering  utility  projects  in  state highway rights of way; and
          providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration there-
          of

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The department of transportation is authorized and directed
     2  to  study  the  cost  to  the department of transportation to administer
     3  utility projects in the state highway rights of way.   Such study  shall
     4  separately  review,  but  not  be  limited to, water, gas, electric, and
     5  fiber optic projects.
     6    § 2. On or before April 1, 2024, the  commissioner  of  transportation
     7  shall  deliver a copy of the findings of the study conducted pursuant to
     8  section one of this act to the governor, the temporary president of  the
     9  senate,  the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate,
    10  and the minority leader of the assembly.
    11    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided  that  this  act
    12  shall  expire  and be deemed repealed on the thirtieth day following the
    13  delivery of the report to the governor and the legislature  as  provided
    14  for in section two of this act; provided that the commissioner of trans-
    15  portation shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the
    16  occurrence of the delivery of such report to the governor and the legis-
    17  lature  in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely
    18  effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New
    19  York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of  the
    20  legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05235-01-3