NY State Senate Bill 2011-S3850

Senate Bill S3850

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires thruway authority to reimburse for police, fire and emergency services rendered on the thruway

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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Jan 04, 2012	referred to transportation
Mar 07, 2011	referred to transportation

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2011-S3850 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §360, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:: S3959

2011-S3850 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the New York state thruway authority to reimburse municipalities, volunteer fire companies and volunteer ambulance companies for expenses incurred in rendering fire, police or other emergency services on the thruway.

2011-S3850 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S3850

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
New York state thruway authority to reimburse municipalities,
volunteer fire companies or volunteer
ambulance companies for certain expenses

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Amends section 360 of the Public Authorities Law to provide for
Thruway Authority reimbursement to local government for certain
services rendered as a result of an accident or incident on the
thruway.
Reimbursement would only be required where costs are in excess of two
hundred and fifty dollars.

JUSTIFICATION:
The purpose of this bill is to alleviate ever increasing cleanup and
traffic problem costs to municipalities by placing reimbursement
responsibilities upon the Thruway Authority for services rendered by
a municipality's police and fire departments as well as other
emergency services as a result of accidents or incidents on such a
thruway. This legislation would compel the Authority to not only be
responsible for operation and maintenance of the Thruway in the past,
but also to reimburse the municipality for police, fire or other

emergency services rendered by a municipality. Such occurrences may
be the result of accidents or various incidents at which time
reimbursements will occur when services needed are in excess of, two
hundred and fifty dollars; statement claims must be submitted to the
Authority within ninety days of occurrence thereof. As the law stands
now, some of the costs of paying for cleanup of various accidents and
incidents on said thruway lies with the property taxpayers of
abutting municipalities. At present, problems such as fire fighting
traffic flow blockage, as well as various hazardous waste cleanups
have proved to be very costly to the residents of these communities.
The Thruway Authority should be responsible for these costs
rather than local governments.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
03/07/07 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
01/09/08 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
04/07/09 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
01/06/10 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2011-S3850 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3850

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 7, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. OPPENHEIMER, DIAZ, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered
  printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
  portation

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
  New York state thruway authority to reimburse  municipalities,  volun-
  teer  fire  companies  or  volunteer  ambulance  companies for certain
  expenses

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  360 of the public authorities law, as amended by
chapter 766 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
  S 360. Operation and maintenance. 1. Operation and maintenance by  the
authority of any thruway section or connection or any part thereof or of
a  highway  connection,  the New York state canal system of which it has
assumed jurisdiction shall be performed (a)  by  the  use  of  authority
forces  and equipment at the expense of the authority or by agreement at
the expense of the state or other parties; (b) by contract with  munici-
palities  or independent contractors; (c) at the request of the authori-
ty, by the commissioner and his subordinates in the department of trans-
portation as agents for, and at the expense of the authority, or (d)  by
a combination of such methods.
  2. THE AUTHORITY SHALL, FURTHER, BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO A
MUNICIPALITY,  VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY FOR
POLICE, FIRE OR OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES RENDERED BY  ANY  SUCH  MUNICI-
PALITY,  VOLUNTEER  FIRE  COMPANY  OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY   AS A
RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT ON SUCH THRUWAY, WHERE THE COST TO THE
SUBJECT MUNICIPALITY, VOLUNTEER  FIRE  COMPANY  OR  VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE
COMPANY   FOR PROVISION OF SERVICES AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT OR INCI-
DENT IS IN EXCESS OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS. FOR THE PURPOSES HEREOF,
THE VALUE OF SERVICES FOR A PARTICULAR ACCIDENT  OR  INCIDENT  SHALL  BE
ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  SUBJECT  MUNICIPALITY,  VOLUNTEER  FIRE COMPANY OR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06043-01-1

S. 3850                             2

VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY, BY CONSIDERATION OF SALARIES, BENEFITS  AND
TIME  OF PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TOGETHER WITH PRO RATA EXPENSES OF PRODUCTS,
VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT UTILIZED.  STATEMENTS OF QUALIFYING CLAIMS  SHALL
BE  SUBMITTED  BY  THE MUNICIPALITY, VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OR VOLUNTEER
AMBULANCE COMPANY  TO THE AUTHORITY WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE OCCURRENCE
OF THE INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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