Bill Text: NY S06520 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes towns to repair state roads and provides for the state to pay towns for such repairs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S06520 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S06520-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6520 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to authorizing towns to repair state roads The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 12 of the highway law, as amended 2 by section 3 of part B of chapter 494 of the laws of 2009, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 1. (a) The maintenance and repair of improved state highways in towns 5 and incorporated villages, exclusive, however, of the cost of maintain- 6 ing and repairing bridges having a span in excess of twenty feet shall 7 be under the direct supervision and control of the commissioner and he 8 or she shall be responsible therefor. The cost of such maintenance and 9 repair shall be borne wholly by the state and be paid from moneys appro- 10 priated therefor by the legislature. Such maintenance and repair may be 11 done in the discretion of the commissioner either directly by the 12 department or by contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder at a 13 public letting after due advertisement, and under such rules and regu- 14 lations as the commissioner may prescribe. The commissioner shall also 15 have the power to adopt such system as may seem expedient so that each 16 section of such highways shall be effectively and economically 17 preserved, maintained and repaired. 18 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi- 19 sion or any other provision of law, a town, acting by and through its 20 legislative body, may, upon notice to the commissioner, repair state 21 roads lying within the boundaries of such town. The state shall pay to 22 such town, not less than twice annually, the total sum of moneys 23 expended by such town for the repair of such state roads. The commis- 24 sioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for 25 the implementation of this paragraph. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11887-01-9S. 6520 2 1 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 2 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 3 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 4 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 5 completed on or before such date.