Senate Bill S4990

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes cities to request that railroad corporations perform railroad crossing, bridge and right of ways maintenance

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S4990 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8087
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
General City Law
Laws Affected:
Add §21-g, Gen City L; add §29, Rail L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8405
2023-2024: S4182, A3537

2021-S4990 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes cities to request that railroad corporations perform railroad crossing, bridge and right of ways maintenance and to perform such maintenance if the corporation fails to do so.

2021-S4990 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4990 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4990
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the general city law and the railroad law,  in  relation
   to  authorizing  cities  to request that railroad corporations perform
   railroad crossing, bridge and right of ways maintenance

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  general  city law is amended by adding a new section
 21-g to read as follows:
   § 21-G. RAILROAD BRIDGE AND RIGHT OF WAYS  MAINTENANCE.  1.  ANY  CITY
 THROUGH  WHICH  A RAILROAD ROUTE, AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION SIXTEEN OF THE
 RAILROAD LAW, PASSES, EXCEPT A RAILROAD ROUTE ON WHICH TRAINS OR SUBWAYS
 ARE OPERATED BY A PUBLIC AUTHORITY, MAY MAKE A WRITTEN  REQUEST  OF  THE
 RAILROAD  CORPORATION THAT OWNS THE TRACKS, BRIDGES AND/OR RIGHT OF WAYS
 ALONG SUCH ROUTE WITHIN SUCH CITY TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE OF ANY AND  ALL
 BRIDGES  AND/OR  RIGHT OF WAYS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PAINT-
 ING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, OR LIGHTING OF SUCH BRIDGES, AND/OR THE CLEAN-
 ING, GRADING,  RESURFACING,  CUTTING  OR  REMOVAL  OF  TREES,  BRUSH  OR
 FOLIAGE, AND/OR OTHER MAINTENANCE OF SUCH RIGHT OF WAYS.
   2.  ANY  REQUEST  MADE BY A CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 THIS SECTION, MUST SPECIFY WITH PARTICULARITY, THE MAINTENANCE THAT  THE
 CITY  IS  REQUESTING  TO BE PERFORMED, INCLUDING THE TYPES OF MATERIALS,
 PROCESSES, AND EQUIPMENT TO BE USED, TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF  THE
 PROPERTY AT WHICH THE BRIDGE OR RIGHT OF WAY IS LOCATED.
   3.  IF,  AFTER  NINETY  DAYS OF A REQUEST MADE BY A CITY IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE RAILROAD CORPORATION  HAS  NOT
 COMPLETELY  COMPLIED  WITH  THE  REQUEST,  THEN  THE  CITY THAT MADE THE
 REQUEST, MAY NOTIFY THE  RAILROAD  CORPORATION  THAT  IF  SUCH  RAILROAD
 CORPORATION DOES NOT COMPLETELY PERFORM THE REQUESTED MAINTENANCE WITHIN
 THIRTY  DAYS,  THAT SUCH CITY WILL PERFORM, OR CONTRACT TO PERFORM, SUCH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06951-01-1
              

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