Senate Bill S6304

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the creation of a toll-free hotline and a website where motorists can report potholes

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Current Bill Status - Stricken


  • 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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2023-S6304 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3131
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §14, Transp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6727, A8878
2015-2016: S1466, A965
2017-2018: S5079, A1992
2019-2020: S4189, A3502
2021-2022: S3882, A4415

2023-S6304 - Summary

Requires the department of transportation to maintain a website or webpage where users may report defects on state highways and bridges.

2023-S6304 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6304 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6304
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 the creation of a
   toll-free hotline and a website where motorists can report potholes
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 14 of the transportation law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 37 to read as follows:
   37.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH  A TOLL-FREE TWENTY-FOUR HOUR
 HOTLINE  AND  INTERACTIVE  WEBSITE  BY  WHICH  PERSONS  MAY  REPORT  THE
 LOCATIONS  OF POTHOLES ON THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE THRUWAY
 AND RECEIVE, AT SUCH PERSON'S REQUEST, NOTIFICATION WHEN REPAIRS TO  THE
 REPORTED  POTHOLE  HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO POST
 THE LOCATIONS OF EACH REPORTED POTHOLE ON SUCH INTERACTIVE WEBSITE UNTIL
 SUCH TIME AS SUCH POTHOLE IS REPAIRED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05971-01-3



              

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2023-S6304A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3131
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §14, Transp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6727, A8878
2015-2016: S1466, A965
2017-2018: S5079, A1992
2019-2020: S4189, A3502
2021-2022: S3882, A4415

2023-S6304A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of transportation to maintain a website or webpage where users may report defects on state highways and bridges.

2023-S6304A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6304A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6304--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
   recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Transportation in accordance with
   Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the transportation law, in relation to requiring the
   department of transportation to maintain a website  or  webpage  where
   users may report defects on state highways and bridges
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 14 of the transportation law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 37 to read as follows:
   37. (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAINTAIN  A  TOLL-FREE  TWENTY-FOUR  HOUR
 DEFECT-REPORTING HOTLINE AND SHALL DEVELOP AND MAKE AVAILABLE A WEBSITE,
 OR DEVELOP AND MAKE AVAILABLE A PAGE ON ITS WEBSITE:
   (I)  PROVIDING  AN  OPPORTUNITY FOR WEBSITE USERS TO REPORT DEFECTS ON
 STATE HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES, AS WELL AS ANY  OTHER  ARTERIES  WITHIN  THE
 DEPARTMENT'S JURISDICTION; AND
   (II)  PROVIDING  A  WEB  MAPPING  SERVICE  APPLICATION  DISPLAYING THE
 LOCATIONS OF THE REPORTED DEFECTS AND ANY DEPARTMENTAL ACTIONS  RESPOND-
 ING  TO AND REMEDYING THE REPORTED DEFECTS. MAPPING SERVICE APPLICATIONS
 SHALL INCLUDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT DEEMS NECESSARY.
   (B) THE WEBSITE SHALL (I) MAKE PROVISION FOR EACH DEFECT  REPORTER  TO
 PROVIDE  THEIR  NAME, AS WELL AS AN ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE
 NUMBER AT WHICH THE REPORTER CAN BE CONTACTED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  WITH
 UPDATES ON THE DEFECT REPORTED, THOUGH ANONYMOUS REPORTING SHALL ALSO BE
 PERMITTED;
   (II) TRACK AND PRESERVE DEFECTS REPORTED IN LIST AND MAP FORMAT; AND
   (III)  PROVIDE  AN  OPTION  FOR  REPORTING OF REGION- AND HIGHWAY-WIDE
 DEFECTS AS WELL AS SPECIFIC DEFECTS ALONG MORE PARTICULARIZED LOCATIONS,
 INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, MILE MARKERS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05971-02-4
              

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