Amd §205-c, Hway L (as proposed in S.6249 & A.6412)
 
Provides that provisions relating to minimum maintenance roads in designated towns shall be construed as limiting, diminishing or otherwise affecting the powers of any municipality other than the designated town.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A8498
SPONSOR: Barclay
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the highway law, in relation to minimum maintenance
roads
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill is a chapter amendment, clarifying that nothing in Section
205-c of the highway law shall be construed as limiting, diminishing or
otherwise affecting the powers of any municipality other than the desig-
nated Town of Lorraine
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 205-c of the highway law is amended by adding a new subdivision
5
 
JUSTIFICATION:
This amendment to Chapter 690 of the laws of 2023 was introduced at the
request of the Governor to "make clear that this authorization for the
Town of Lorraine shall not be read to limit, diminish or in any other
way, impact the powers of any other locality."
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as
Chapter 690 of the laws of 2023
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8498
IN ASSEMBLY
January 4, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to minimum maintenance
roads
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 205-c of the highway law, as added by a chapter of
2 the laws of 2023 amending the highway law and the vehicle and traffic
3 law relating to establishing minimum maintenance roads in designated
4 towns, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6249 and A. 6412, is
5 amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
6 5. Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting, diminishing
7 or otherwise affecting the powers of any municipality other than the
8 designated town.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
10 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the highway law and the
11 vehicle and traffic law relating to establishing minimum maintenance
12 roads in designated towns, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
13 6249 and A. 6412, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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