Assembly Actions -
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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to transportation |
Apr 12, 2011 |
held for consideration in transportation |
Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to transportation |
Assembly Bill A616
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SAYWARD
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Janet Duprey
Gary Finch
Joseph Giglio
multi-Sponsors
Clifford Crouch
2011-A616 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Transportation
- Law Section:
- Highway Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง205-b, Hway L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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A1101
2011-A616 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 616 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SAYWARD, DUPREY, FINCH, GIGLIO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to access roads to state forest preserve lands or lands under the jurisdiction of the environ- mental conservation department THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 205-b of the highway law, as added by chapter 203 of the laws of 1976, the opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 121 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows: S 205-b. Qualified abandonment of certain town highways. 1. Abandon- ment of town highways which are access roads to state forest preserve lands or lands now owned or hereafter acquired by the state and held under the jurisdiction of the department of environmental conservation shall be qualifiedly abandoned in the following manner and shall have the following effect: a. upon written notice to the department of environmental conserva- tion, the town shall follow the procedure provided for in subdivision two of section two hundred five of this [chapter] ARTICLE; b. the resolution of abandonment shall provide that even though the responsibility of maintenance of the road by the town shall cease, there shall remain a public easement over such road in perpetuity; c. the department of environmental conservation shall have the right to maintain such road if it so desires; d. no one, including the owner of adjoining land, may fence any portion of such road, with or without gates; e. the town, at any time, shall have the right to resume jurisdiction over such road for any purpose; f. the title to such road shall remain with the town. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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