BILL NUMBER:  S3523

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the highway law, in relation to the
limitation on certain highway expenses in the town of Brookhaven,
Suffolk county

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL :

To increase the amount that the Town of Brookhaven may spend for the
purchase of stone crushers, power rollers, motor trucks, scarifiers,
concrete mixers, traction engines or road machines for grading and
scraping, equipment, tools and other implements.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

This bill amends subparagraph 1-d of paragraph a of subdivision 3 of §
271 of the Highway Law to increase the amount that the Town of
Brookhaven may spend for the purchase of stone crushers, power
rollers, motor trucks, scarifiers, concrete mixers, traction engines
or road machines for grading and scraping, equipment, tools and other
implements.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The Town of Brookhaven has a population of approximately 450,000
people and has grown by approximately 50,000 in the past decade. The
              

Town's Highway Department services over 2,000 miles of road. Due to
the miles of roadway and the volume of traffic these roads endure each
year the $1 million limit is completely inadequate to meet the needs
of the residents. Many of the equipment needs are met by leasing and
renting the necessary items which keeps costs down in the short term
but is less prudent financially over the long haul. There is also a
concern that with the population growth that even by renting and
leasing equipment needs may go unmet without an increase with the
authorized spending limit

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2007: Passed Senate/Assembly Transportation Cmte.
2008: Senate Transportation Cmte./Assembly Transportation Cmte.
2009: Transportation Cmte.
2010: S.4181 Passed Senate
2011: 5.4570 Passed Senate
2012: third reading then Rules - no home rule message Received;
2013-14: Passed Senate.
2015: Passed Senate.
2016: Rules

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.