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A08273 Summary:

BILL NOA08273A
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORFahy
 
COSPNSRThiele, Seawright, Simon, Lunsford, Shimsky
 
MLTSPNSRCook
 
Amd 10-c, Hway L
 
Directs CHIPS funds to be used for the purpose of constructing or maintaining bicycle paths, Greenway trails, and other multi-use trails.
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A08273 Actions:

BILL NOA08273A
 
11/27/2023referred to transportation
01/03/2024referred to transportation
03/12/2024amend and recommit to transportation
03/12/2024print number 8273a
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A08273 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A8273A
 
SPONSOR: Fahy
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the highway law, in relation to consolidated local high- way assistance payments ("CHIPS")   PURPOSE:: Bill to allow CHIPS funds to go towards bicycle lane and Greenway trail construction and maintenance.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:: Section 1. Amends the highway law to allow CHIPS funds to be put towards the construction, operation, and/or maintenance of bicycle lanes, Green- way trails, and other trails for non-motorized use. Section 2. Sets the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION:: The Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) provides essential funds for New York's counties, cities, towns, and villages to build and maintain roads and bridges. However, the current configuration of the program disincentivizes the creation of bicycle lanes and trails for non-motorized use. The construction or maintenance of bicycle lanes or non-motorized use trails is currently not an eligi- ble use of CHIPS funding. Allowing localities to use CHIPS funds for this purpose would encourage investment in bike lanes and non-motorized use trails by providing a funding stream for their construction and maintenance. The legislation is needed to ensure that New York State is encouraging investment in affordable, low-carbon modes of transportation. By facili- tating investment in designated non-motorized use lanes and trails that are protected from vehicular traffic, this legislation would also improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:: None.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE:: This act shall take effect 180 days after it shall have become a law.
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A08273 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8273--A
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    November 27, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. FAHY, THIELE, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, LUNSFORD, SHIMSKY
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- recom-
          mitted  to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly
          Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to consolidated local high-
          way assistance payments ("CHIPS")
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of  section  10-c  of  the  highway  law,  as
     2  amended by chapter 20 of the laws of 1983, is amended and a new subdivi-
     3  sion 1-a is added to read as follows:
     4    1.   Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any other
     5  law, and subject to an appropriation made  therefor  and  in  accordance
     6  with  the  provisions of this section and with the rules and regulations
     7  promulgated by the commissioner in connection therewith,  on  and  after
     8  the  first  day  of  April,  nineteen hundred eighty-two, a consolidated
     9  local highway assistance program is hereby established for  the  purpose
    10  of making payments toward the construction, operation and/or maintenance
    11  of  highways,  bridges and highway-railroad crossings, including bicycle
    12  paths, Greenway trails, and other paved trails  for  non-motorized  use,
    13  that  are not on the state highway system. For purposes of this section,
    14  such program shall apply to any county, city, town or  village  highway,
    15  bridge and/or highway-railroad crossing, including bicycle paths, Green-
    16  way  trails,  and  other  paved trails for non-motorized use, within the
    17  state that is not on the state highway system and not under the  mainte-
    18  nance  and/or  operational  jurisdiction  of the state. The commissioner
    19  shall promulgate all necessary rules and regulations to  carry  out  the
    20  program  so  that an equitable distribution of aid shall be made for the
    21  construction, operation and/or maintenance of any county, city, town and
    22  village highways, bridges and highway-railroad crossings.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13556-02-4

        A. 8273--A                          2
 
     1    1-a. For purposes of this section the following terms shall  have  the
     2  following meanings:
     3    (a)  "Bicycle  path"  shall  have  the  same meaning as in section one
     4  hundred two-b of the vehicle and traffic law.
     5    (b) "Greenway trail" means the trail established pursuant  to  section
     6  44-0121 of the environmental conservation law.
     7    §  2.    This  act  shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day
     8  after it shall have become a law.
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