STATE OF NEW YORK
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1673
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 15, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to a state transpor-
tation plan
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 15 of the transportation law, subdivision 2 as
2 amended by chapter 524 of the laws of 2005 and subdivision 3 as amended
3 by chapter 1064 of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as follows:
4 § 15. Comprehensive statewide master plan for transportation. 1. The
5 department shall formulate [and from time to time revise] a long-range
6 comprehensive statewide master plan for the balanced development and
7 coordination of adequate, safe and efficient commuter and general trans-
8 portation facilities and services in the state at reasonable cost to the
9 people, including, but not limited to, state and local highways, bridg-
10 es, rapid transit, freight and passenger railroad, omnibus, marine,
11 bicycle, pedestrian and other mass transportation facilities and
12 services, and public use aviation and airport facilities and services[,]
13 whether publicly or privately owned, developed, operated or maintained.
14 Such plan shall include a minimum twenty-year forecast period at the
15 time of adoption, assess long-range needs spanning such period, include
16 a forecast of highway pavement and bridge conditions, and take into
17 consideration:
18 a. the most recent twenty-year transportation plan adopted by each
19 metropolitan planning organization within the state pursuant to subpart
20 C of part 450 of title 23 of the code of federal regulations; and
21 b. the most recent long-range statewide transportation plan and state-
22 wide transportation improvement program developed by the state pursuant
23 to subpart B of part 450 of title 23 of the code of federal regulations.
24 2. The department shall submit such plan to the governor, the tempo-
25 rary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and to the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 department of state on or before September first, [nineteen hundred
2 sixty-eight, and thereafter shall submit appropriate revisions of such
3 plan] two thousand nineteen. The department shall review and update such
4 plan at least every five years to extend the forecast period to at least
5 twenty years, provided that the department may revise such plan at any
6 other time without extending such forecast period. The department shall
7 submit all such revised and updated plans to the governor, the temporary
8 president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and to the depart-
9 ment of state [from time to] at the time [as] such revisions are made.
10 The department of state shall review such plan and such revisions and
11 shall submit a report thereon, together with such recommendations as it
12 may deem appropriate, to the governor, the temporary president of the
13 senate and the speaker of the assembly. Such plan and such revisions
14 shall become effective upon approval by the governor [and], shall serve
15 thereafter as a guide to the public and publicly assisted development of
16 transportation facilities and services in the state, and the department
17 shall maintain hard copies of the most recent version of such plan and
18 revisions thereto on file as a public document in the office of the
19 commissioner and at each regional office of the department.
20 3. In formulating such plan and any such revisions, the department:
21 a. shall conduct [one or more] at least one public [hearings] hearing
22 in each department region;
23 b. may consult with and cooperate with (i) officials of departments
24 and agencies of the state having duties and responsibilities concerning
25 transportation;
26 (ii) officials and representatives of public corporations as defined
27 in [article one, section three of the general corporation] section
28 sixty-five of the general construction law;
29 (iii) officials and representatives of the federal government, of
30 neighboring states and of interstate agencies on problems affecting
31 transportation in this state;
32 (iv) officials and representatives of carriers and transportation
33 facilities and systems in the state; and
34 (v) persons, organizations and groups utilizing, served by, interested
35 in or concerned with transportation facilities and systems in the state;
36 c. may request and receive from any department, division, board,
37 bureau, commission or other agency of the state or any political subdi-
38 vision thereof or any public authority such assistance and data as may
39 be necessary to enable the department to carry out its responsibilities
40 under this section; and
41 d. may make use of and incorporate in the department's plan, any
42 recognized long-range regional plan for transportation, survey or report
43 developed by any public or private agency.
44 4. The department shall maintain on its public website the proposed
45 and adopted long-range comprehensive statewide master plan and all
46 proposed and adopted revisions thereto, and shall provide a means on
47 such website for the public to submit comments thereon to the depart-
48 ment.
49 § 2. Subdivision 13 of section 14 of the transportation law, as added
50 by chapter 420 of the laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows:
51 13. To report from time to time to the governor and make an annual
52 report to the governor and the legislature which shall include its
53 recommendations. Additionally, the commissioner shall submit a report to
54 the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of
55 the assembly, beginning September first, two thousand nineteen and semi-
56 annually thereafter, including a list of those capital projects in the
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1 department's capital program that have experienced major schedule chang-
2 es or major cost changes in letting schedule or construction cost,
3 including projects that were eliminated and projects that were added,
4 since the adoption of the most recent state budget. For each project the
5 report shall include the project identification number and description,
6 original and revised letting dates, and a detailed explanation of why
7 the changes occurred. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term
8 "major schedule changes" is defined as a twelve-month or more delay in
9 the letting date of a project, and the term "major cost changes" is
10 defined as one of the following as applicable: a greater than fifty
11 percent change for projects less than one million dollars, a greater
12 than fifty percent change for projects less than fifteen million
13 dollars, and a greater than twenty-five percent change for projects in
14 excess of fifteen million dollars.
15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.