Directs the department of transportation to issue a report on the distribution of state highway funding by region and to develop a formula for future distribution; requires the commissioner of transportation shall cause to be performed an evaluation of the preventative maintenance of state highways and bridges in each department of transportation region; makes related provisions.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7551
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 25, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT in relation to directing the department of transportation to
issue a report on the distribution of state highway funding by region
and to develop a formula for future distribution
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that the distrib-
2 ution of state highway funding has not been equitable across regions in
3 New York. It is the intent of this legislation to ensure that state
4 highway funding is distributed fairly and efficiently across all regions
5 of the state.
6 § 2. Report on the distribution of state highway funding by region. 1.
7 Within six months of the effective date of this act, the department of
8 transportation shall issue a report breaking out state highway funding
9 by region for the previous 20 years. The report shall include a break-
10 down of the funding by project, region, and type of funding. The report
11 shall also include an analysis of how the funding has been distributed
12 across regions and an assessment of the equity and efficiency of the
13 current distribution system.
14 2. Such regions shall be delineated by:
15 (a) Counties of Albany, Essex, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenec-
16 tady, Warren, Washington;
17 (b) Counties of Herkimer, Fulton, Hamilton, Madison, Montgomery, Onei-
18 da;
19 (c) Counties of Cayuga, Seneca, Cortland, Onondaga, Oswego, Tompkins,
20 Wayne;
21 (d) Counties of Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wyoming, Orle-
22 ans;
23 (e) Counties of Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara;
24 (f) Counties of Allegany, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Yates;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (g) Counties of Clinton, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence;
2 (h) Counties of Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster,
3 Westchester;
4 (i) Counties of Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie, Sulli-
5 van;
6 (j) Counties of Suffolk and Nassau; and
7 (k) New York city.
8 § 3. Program evaluation. The commissioner of transportation shall
9 cause to be performed an evaluation of the preventative maintenance of
10 state highways and bridges in each department of transportation region.
11 Such evaluation shall include, but not be limited to:
12 (a) an assessment of the adequacy of the preventative maintenance of
13 state highways and bridges;
14 (b) an assessment of the adequacy of the department of transporta-
15 tion's pavement management system and bridge management system and
16 recommendations to those systems;
17 (c) recommendations for any improvements to any improvements or tech-
18 nological advances in the way by which the state should maintain state
19 highways and bridges; and
20 (d) an assessment as to whether the level or allocation of funding for
21 the preventative maintenance of state highways and bridges is sufficient
22 considering the goals for the condition of the state's highways and
23 bridges for the next five fiscal years.
24 § 4. Development of formula for future distribution. After the
25 completion of the report and program evaluation required by sections two
26 and three of this act, the department of transportation shall develop a
27 formula for distributing state highway funding across regions in a fair
28 and efficient manner. The formula shall take into account factors such
29 as population density, traffic volume, road conditions, state lane
30 miles, and economic activity. The formula shall also ensure that all
31 department of transportation regions of the state receive an equitable
32 share of state highway funding. The formula shall be completed and
33 proposed at the time the report is due.
34 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
