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                                   1673
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to a state transpor-
   tation plan
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  15  of  the transportation law, subdivision 2 as
 amended by chapter 524 of the laws of 2005 and subdivision 3 as  amended
 by chapter 1064 of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as follows:
   § 15. Comprehensive  statewide  master plan for transportation. 1. The
 department shall formulate [and from time to time revise]  a  long-range
 comprehensive  statewide  master  plan  for the balanced development and
 coordination of adequate, safe and efficient commuter and general trans-
 portation facilities and services in the state at reasonable cost to the
 people, including, but not limited to, STATE AND LOCAL highways,  BRIDG-
 ES,  rapid  transit,  FREIGHT  AND  PASSENGER railroad, omnibus, marine,
 BICYCLE,  PEDESTRIAN  and  other  mass  transportation  facilities   and
 services, and PUBLIC USE aviation and airport facilities and services[,]
 whether  publicly or privately owned, developed, operated or maintained.
 SUCH PLAN SHALL INCLUDE A MINIMUM TWENTY-YEAR  FORECAST  PERIOD  AT  THE
 TIME  OF ADOPTION, ASSESS LONG-RANGE NEEDS SPANNING SUCH PERIOD, INCLUDE
 A FORECAST OF HIGHWAY PAVEMENT AND  BRIDGE  CONDITIONS,  AND  TAKE  INTO
 CONSIDERATION:
   A.  THE  MOST  RECENT  TWENTY-YEAR TRANSPORTATION PLAN ADOPTED BY EACH
 METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE STATE PURSUANT TO  SUBPART
 C OF PART 450 OF TITLE 23 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS; AND
   B. THE MOST RECENT LONG-RANGE STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND STATE-
 WIDE  TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY THE STATE PURSUANT
 TO SUBPART B OF PART 450 OF TITLE 23 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
   2. The department shall submit such plan to the governor,  the  tempo-
 rary  president  of  the  senate, the speaker of the assembly and to the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 department of state on or  before  September  first,  [nineteen  hundred
 sixty-eight,  and  thereafter shall submit appropriate revisions of such
 plan] TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REVIEW AND UPDATE SUCH
 PLAN AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS TO EXTEND THE FORECAST PERIOD TO AT LEAST
 TWENTY  YEARS,  PROVIDED THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY REVISE SUCH PLAN AT ANY
 OTHER TIME WITHOUT EXTENDING SUCH FORECAST PERIOD. THE DEPARTMENT  SHALL
 SUBMIT ALL SUCH REVISED AND UPDATED PLANS to the governor, the temporary
 president  of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and to the depart-
 ment of state [from time to] AT THE time [as] such revisions  are  made.
 The  department  of  state shall review such plan and such revisions and
 shall submit a report thereon, together with such recommendations as  it
 may  deem  appropriate,  to the governor, the temporary president of the
 senate and the speaker of the assembly. Such  plan  and  such  revisions
 shall  become effective upon approval by the governor [and], shall serve
 thereafter as a guide to the public and publicly assisted development of
 transportation facilities and services in the state, AND THE  DEPARTMENT
 SHALL MAINTAIN HARD COPIES OF THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF SUCH  PLAN  AND
 REVISIONS  THERETO  ON  FILE  AS  A PUBLIC DOCUMENT IN THE OFFICE OF THE
 COMMISSIONER AND AT EACH REGIONAL OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
   3. In formulating such plan and any such revisions, the department:
   a. shall conduct [one or more] AT LEAST ONE public [hearings]  HEARING
 IN EACH DEPARTMENT REGION;
   b.  may  consult  with and cooperate with (i) officials of departments
 and agencies of the state having duties and responsibilities  concerning
 transportation;
   (ii)  officials  and representatives of public corporations as defined
 in [article one, section  three  of  the  general  corporation]  SECTION
 SIXTY-FIVE OF THE GENERAL CONSTRUCTION law;
   (iii)  officials  and  representatives  of  the federal government, of
 neighboring states and of  interstate  agencies  on  problems  affecting
 transportation in this state;
   (iv)  officials  and  representatives  of  carriers and transportation
 facilities and systems in the state; and
   (v) persons, organizations and groups utilizing, served by, interested
 in or concerned with transportation facilities and systems in the state;
   c. may request and  receive  from  any  department,  division,  board,
 bureau,  commission or other agency of the state or any political subdi-
 vision thereof or any public authority such assistance and data  as  may
 be  necessary to enable the department to carry out its responsibilities
 under this section; and
   d. may make use of and  incorporate  in  the  department's  plan,  any
 recognized long-range regional plan for transportation, survey or report
 developed by any public or private agency.
   4.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL MAINTAIN ON ITS PUBLIC WEBSITE THE PROPOSED
 AND ADOPTED LONG-RANGE  COMPREHENSIVE  STATEWIDE  MASTER  PLAN  AND  ALL
 PROPOSED  AND  ADOPTED  REVISIONS  THERETO, AND SHALL PROVIDE A MEANS ON
 SUCH WEBSITE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SUBMIT COMMENTS THEREON  TO  THE  DEPART-
 MENT.
   §  2. Subdivision 13 of section 14 of the transportation law, as added
 by chapter 420 of the laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows:
   13. To report from time to time to the governor  and  make  an  annual
 report  to  the  governor  and  the  legislature which shall include its
 recommendations. ADDITIONALLY, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO
 THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER  OF
 THE ASSEMBLY, BEGINNING SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN AND SEMI-
 ANNUALLY  THEREAFTER,  INCLUDING A LIST OF THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE

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 DEPARTMENT'S CAPITAL PROGRAM THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED MAJOR SCHEDULE CHANG-
 ES OR MAJOR COST CHANGES  IN  LETTING  SCHEDULE  OR  CONSTRUCTION  COST,
 INCLUDING  PROJECTS  THAT  WERE ELIMINATED AND PROJECTS THAT WERE ADDED,
 SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE MOST RECENT STATE BUDGET. FOR EACH PROJECT THE
 REPORT  SHALL INCLUDE THE PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION,
 ORIGINAL AND REVISED LETTING DATES, AND A DETAILED  EXPLANATION  OF  WHY
 THE  CHANGES  OCCURRED.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM
 "MAJOR SCHEDULE CHANGES" IS DEFINED AS A TWELVE-MONTH OR MORE  DELAY  IN
 THE  LETTING  DATE  OF  A  PROJECT, AND THE TERM "MAJOR COST CHANGES" IS
 DEFINED AS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING AS  APPLICABLE:  A  GREATER  THAN  FIFTY
 PERCENT  CHANGE  FOR  PROJECTS  LESS THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS, A GREATER
 THAN FIFTY  PERCENT  CHANGE  FOR  PROJECTS  LESS  THAN  FIFTEEN  MILLION
 DOLLARS,  AND  A GREATER THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT CHANGE FOR PROJECTS IN
 EXCESS OF FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.