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                                   4846
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 16, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- 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 authorizing county high-
   way superintendents to rent road machinery  from  any  city,  town  or
   village,  and  the  authority  of  the  town highway superintendent to
   contract  with  another  municipality,  district  corporation,  school
   district,  community  college  or  any unit of the state university to
   provide certain services and the use  of  town  machinery,  tools  and
   equipment
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 117 of the highway law, as amended by  chapter  542
 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
   §  117.  Construction and reconstruction of county roads. Construction
 or reconstruction of such roads, including necessary grade  and  culvert
 work,  and  any  plans  and specifications therefor, shall conform to an
 outline or general plan of the work, and  such  construction  or  recon-
 struction  must  be  done  under the immediate direct supervision of the
 county superintendent or a competent foreman designated by him  OR  HER.
 All  or  any  part of such construction or reconstruction may be done by
 contract or by direct employment of labor and purchase of  material,  or
 both.  The  machinery  needed  for  work done under this article, unless
 furnished by the contractor, shall be provided as follows:
   The county superintendent may rent road  machinery  from  any  person,
 company,  corporation,  or from any CITY, town or towns [in the county],
 VILLAGE, or from any other county, and such rental shall be payable from
 the county road fund; or he OR SHE  may  use  road  building  machinery,
 equipment,  tools and implements purchased with county moneys, and when-
 ever used for the purpose of this article, a  charge  therefor,  in  the
 nature of rental, shall be payable from the county road fund on itemized
 vouchers  certified  by  the  county  superintendent  showing  where the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 machinery was used, together with the amount chargeable to  each  appro-
 priation or construction project. The provisions of subdivision three of
 section  one hundred ninety-five, and of subdivisions four, five and six
 of  section  one hundred ninety-four OF THIS CHAPTER shall apply to work
 carried on pursuant to the provisions of this article.
   § 2. Section 142-c of the highway law, as amended by  chapter  561  of
 the laws of 1962, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 534 of the laws of
 1973 and subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 604 of the laws of 1965, is
 amended to read as follows:
   §  142-c. Removal of snow and ice from streets and repair of sidewalks
 in villages. The town board may authorize  the  town  superintendent  OF
 HIGHWAYS  to  (1)  remove snow and ice from streets and sidewalks in any
 village or portion thereof [within the town].
   (2) Repair streets and sidewalks within any  village  or  ANY  portion
 thereof [within the town].
   (3)  Permit  the  use  of town highway machinery, snow and ice removal
 equipment, tools and equipment in or by any village [located  wholly  or
 partly within the town].
   (4)  The  work authorized by this section shall be performed upon such
 terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the town board of the town
 and board of trustees of the village.
   (5) Moneys received by a town  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this
 section  shall  be first applied to the credit of the fund authorized by
 subdivision four of section one  hundred  forty-one  of  this  [chapter]
 ARTICLE  to  the extent that any expense incurred was originally charged
 thereto, and the balance of such moneys, if any, shall  be  credited  to
 the  fund  authorized by subdivision three of section one hundred forty-
 one of this [chapter] ARTICLE.
   § 3. Section 142-d of the highway law, as amended by  chapter  347  of
 the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
   §  142-d.  Rental or hiring of town highway machinery, tools or equip-
 ment. [Except as otherwise provided in section one  hundred  forty-two-c
 of  this chapter with respect to the use of town highway machinery, snow
 and ice removal equipment, tools and  equipment  by  a  village  located
 wholly  or partly within the town, the] THE town superintendent of high-
 ways, with the approval of the town board, may permit  the  use  of  any
 town-owned  highway  machinery,  tools  or  equipment by a county or any
 municipality, district, district corporation, school district, community
 college, and any unit of the state university of  New  York,  upon  such
 terms  and  conditions  as  may  be agreed upon by the parties involved.
 Moneys received by a town pursuant to the  provisions  of  this  section
 shall  be applicable for the purposes for which amounts may be raised as
 provided in subdivision three of section two hundred seventy-one of this
 chapter.
   § 4. Section 142-b of the highway law, as amended by  chapter  561  of
 the  laws of 1962, subdivisions 3 and 4 as amended by chapter 534 of the
 laws of 1973 and subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 604 of the laws  of
 1965, is amended to read as follows:
   §  142-b.  Removal  of  snow and ice, making of repairs, and rental of
 town highway machinery; school and other districts. The  town  board  of
 any town may authorize the town superintendent OF HIGHWAYS to (1) remove
 snow  and  ice  from  any property within the town belonging to a school
 district, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the  town  board  and
 governing board of any such school district.

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   (2) Repair roads and sidewalks [within the town] belonging to a school
 district,  upon  such  terms as may be agreed upon by the town board and
 the governing board of any such school district.
   (3)  Permit  the  use  of  town highway machinery, tools and equipment
 [within the town] by any fire district, special improvement district  or
 school  district,  [located  in whole or in part in any such town,] upon
 such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the  town  board  and
 the governing board or governing body of any such district.
   (4)  [Except  as otherwise provided in section one hundred forty-two-c
 of this chapter with respect to the use of town highway machinery,  snow
 and  ice  removal  equipment,  tools  and equipment by a village located
 wholly or partly within the town, permit] PERMIT the use of town highway
 machinery, snow and ice removal equipment, tools and equipment during an
 emergency by any city, village, town,  county,  fire  district,  special
 improvement  district or school district, upon such terms and conditions
 as may be agreed upon by the town  board  and  the  governing  board  or
 governing body of any such district.
   (5)  Moneys  received  by  a  town  pursuant to the provisions of this
 section shall be first applied to the credit of the fund  authorized  by
 subdivision  four  of  section  one  hundred forty-one of this [chapter]
 ARTICLE to the extent that any expense incurred was  originally  charged
 thereto,  and  the  balance of such moneys, if any, shall be credited to
 the fund authorized by subdivision three of section one  hundred  forty-
 one of this [chapter] ARTICLE.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.