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A08300 Summary:

BILL NOA08300
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORFahy
 
COSPNSRThiele, Seawright, Simon, Lunsford, Smullen, Shimsky, Lucas, McDonald, Septimo
 
MLTSPNSRCook
 
Add §§543, 593, 669, 718 & 390, Pub Auth L
 
Requires the New York state bridge authority, the Triborough bridge authority, the Thousand Islands bridge authority, the Nassau county bridge authority, the Ogdensburg bridge authority, and the New York state thruway authority to develop a plan to promote bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges and provide a report to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, and the public a copy of such plan.
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A08300 Actions:

BILL NOA08300
 
11/27/2023referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
01/03/2024referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
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A08300 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8300
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    November 27, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  requiring
          certain  public authorities to develop a plan to promote bicyclist and
          pedestrian access on bridges statewide and to consider the  impact  of
          capital projects on bicyclist and pedestrian access
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 543 to read as follows:
     3    § 543. Pedestrian bridge access plan. 1. The authority shall develop a
     4  strategic  action plan to improve bicycle and pedestrian access on road-
     5  way bridges under its jurisdiction. Such plan shall include but  not  be
     6  limited to:
     7    (a)  developing  and  monitoring  capital projects to allow for and/or
     8  expand bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges; and
     9    (b) reviewing the authority's capital program plans in effect  on  and
    10  after  January first, two thousand twenty-three, to determine the impact
    11  of such projects on bicycle and  pedestrian  access  and  proposing  any
    12  amendments  and  modifications  to  such  capital program plans that the
    13  authority deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section.
    14    2. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the authori-
    15  ty shall submit a written report to the governor, temporary president of
    16  the senate, and speaker of the assembly, detailing the strategic  action
    17  plan  conducted  pursuant  to  this  section.  Such report shall be made
    18  available to the public on the authority's website.
    19    § 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 593
    20  to read as follows:
    21    § 593. Pedestrian bridge access plan. 1. The authority shall develop a
    22  strategic action plan to improve bicycle and pedestrian access on  road-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13603-02-3

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     1  way  bridges  under its jurisdiction. Such plan shall include but not be
     2  limited to:
     3    (a)  developing  and  monitoring  capital projects to allow for and/or
     4  expand bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges; and
     5    (b) reviewing the authority's capital program plans in effect  on  and
     6  after  January first, two thousand twenty-three, to determine the impact
     7  of such projects on bicycle and  pedestrian  access  and  proposing  any
     8  amendments  and  modifications  to  such  capital program plans that the
     9  authority deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section.
    10    2. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the authori-
    11  ty shall submit a written report to the governor, temporary president of
    12  the senate, and speaker of the assembly, detailing the strategic  action
    13  plan  conducted  pursuant  to  this  section.  Such report shall be made
    14  available to the public on the authority's website.
    15    § 3. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 669
    16  to read as follows:
    17    § 669. Pedestrian bridge access plan. 1. The authority shall develop a
    18  strategic action plan to improve bicycle and pedestrian access on  road-
    19  way  bridges  under its jurisdiction. Such plan shall include but not be
    20  limited to:
    21    (a) developing and monitoring capital projects  to  allow  for  and/or
    22  expand bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges; and
    23    (b)  reviewing  the authority's capital program plans in effect on and
    24  after January first, two thousand twenty-three, to determine the  impact
    25  of  such  projects  on  bicycle  and pedestrian access and proposing any
    26  amendments and modifications to such  capital  program  plans  that  the
    27  authority deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section.
    28    2. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the authori-
    29  ty shall submit a written report to the governor, temporary president of
    30  the  senate, and speaker of the assembly, detailing the strategic action
    31  plan conducted pursuant to this  section.  Such  report  shall  be  made
    32  available to the public on the authority's website.
    33    § 4. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 718
    34  to read as follows:
    35    § 718. Pedestrian bridge access plan. 1. The authority shall develop a
    36  strategic  action plan to improve bicycle and pedestrian access on road-
    37  way bridges under its jurisdiction. Such plan shall include but  not  be
    38  limited to:
    39    (a)  developing  and  monitoring  capital projects to allow for and/or
    40  expand bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges; and
    41    (b) reviewing the authority's capital program plans in effect  on  and
    42  after  January first, two thousand twenty-three, to determine the impact
    43  of such projects on bicycle and  pedestrian  access  and  proposing  any
    44  amendments  and  modifications  to  such  capital program plans that the
    45  authority deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section.
    46    2. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the authori-
    47  ty shall submit a written report to the governor, temporary president of
    48  the senate, and speaker of the assembly, detailing the strategic  action
    49  plan  conducted  pursuant  to  this  section.  Such report shall be made
    50  available to the public on the authority's website.
    51    § 5. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 390
    52  to read as follows:
    53    § 390. Pedestrian bridge access plan. 1. The authority shall develop a
    54  strategic action plan to improve bicycle and pedestrian access on  road-
    55  way  bridges  under its jurisdiction. Such plan shall include but not be
    56  limited to:

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     1    (a) developing and monitoring capital projects  to  allow  for  and/or
     2  expand bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges; and
     3    (b)  reviewing  the authority's capital program plans in effect on and
     4  after January first, two thousand twenty-three, to determine the  impact
     5  of  such  projects  on  bicycle  and pedestrian access and proposing any
     6  amendments and modifications to such  capital  program  plans  that  the
     7  authority deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section.
     8    2. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the authori-
     9  ty shall submit a written report to the governor, temporary president of
    10  the  senate, and speaker of the assembly, detailing the strategic action
    11  plan conducted pursuant to this  section.  Such  report  shall  be  made
    12  available to the public on the authority's website.
    13    § 6.  This act shall take effect immediately.
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