Eliminates, for highways in the Adirondack park, the requirement for the approval and consent of the state authority having jurisdiction over state land when the location of a highway on such land is altered or changed, or use of such highway is discontinued.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5430
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 9, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. STEC, CROUCH, FINCH -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to changing the location of
highways over certain lands owned and occupied by the state in the
Adirondack park
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 212 of the highway law, as amended by chapter 161
2 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 212. Changing location of highways over certain lands owned and
4 occupied by the state. 1. If a highway passes over or through lands
5 wholly owned and occupied by the state, the location of such portion of
6 such highway as passes through such lands may be altered and changed, or
7 the same may be abandoned or the use thereof as a highway discontinued
8 with the consent and approval of the state authority having jurisdiction
9 or control over such lands by an order directing such change in
10 location, abandonment or discontinuance. Such order shall contain a
11 description of that portion of the highway the location of which has
12 been changed, abandoned or discontinued, and a description of the new
13 location thereof, if any, and shall be filed in the office of the state
14 authority having control of such lands.
15 2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any highway with-
16 in the Adirondack park, as defined in subdivision one of section 9-0101
17 of the environmental conservation law.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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