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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Jan 07, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S514
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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
2015-S514 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S514 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S514 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the highway law, in relation to requiring the New York state department of transportation to maintain drainage systems that serve the state highway facility PURPOSE : To require New York State Department of Transportation to maintain any drainage ditches and storm sewer facilities that incidentally serve the state highway facility regardless of the date of construction. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 requires that any drainage ditches and storm sewer facilities that incidentally serve the state highway facility be maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation, regardless of the date of the system's construction. Section 2 provides that this act shall take effect immediately. JUSTIFICATION : The purpose of this bill is to require New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) to maintain any drainage ditches and storm sewer facilities that serve the state highway facility, regardless of
2015-S514 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 514 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to requiring the New York state department of transportation to maintain drainage systems that serve the state highway facility THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The fourth undesignated paragraph of section 46 of the highway law, as amended by chapter 628 of the laws of 1970, is amended to read as follows: For all the purposes of this section, the jurisdiction of the commis- sioner of transportation shall extend over the entire property affected by the provisions hereof during the period of construction, recon- struction or improvement, as such jurisdiction has been obtained or may hereafter be obtained pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. After the completion and acceptance of the work of constructing, reconstruct- ing or improving of a state highway passing through a village, the state shall maintain and have jurisdiction over the pavement area of such highway and may assume maintenance responsibility and have jurisdiction over such other highway right of way areas as the commissioner of trans- portation shall determine, by official order, are necessary for the maintenance and protection of such highway facility. No additional points of access to, or exit from, such highway facility shall be made without prior written approval by the commissioner of transportation. Any sidewalks, sewers,[,] water mains, curbs, paved gutters, conduits, facilities and appurtenances that are provided pursuant to this section, shall be maintained or shall be continued to be maintained, as the case may be, by the village in which they are located, or by the agency or other unit owning or having control and jurisdiction thereof except the state shall maintain any drainage ditches and storm sewer facilities EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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