STATE OF NEW YORK
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8494
IN SENATE
June 6, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to authorizing the town of
Newburgh, Orange county, to establish a road improvement district in
the Ridge Hudson Valley development area
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The town of Newburgh, in the county of Orange, is hereby
2 authorized to establish a special road improvement district pursuant to
3 articles 12 and 12-A of the town law. Such road improvement district
4 shall be established, funded, operated and otherwise controlled by the
5 provisions of articles 12 and 12-A of the town law and the provisions of
6 this act. To the extent that the provisions of this act shall in any
7 way be in conflict with articles 12 and 12-A of the town law, the
8 provisions of this act shall be controlling.
9 § 2. For the purposes of this act, the Ridge Hudson Valley development
10 area shall include the following tax parcels, identified by their tax
11 map reference numbers, section-block-lot, within the town of Newburgh:
12 60-3-41.3, 60-3-41.4, 60-3-48, 60-4-49.1, 60-3-49.22, 60-3-56, 71-4-8,
13 71-4-9, 71-4-10, 71-4-11, 71-4-12, 71-4-13, 71-4-14, 71-5-9, 71-5-15,
14 71-5-16, 97-1-13.3, 97-1-20.3.
15 § 3. The purpose of the road improvement district shall be to provide
16 for earthwork and site preparation, construction, repair, reconstruction
17 and maintenance of roads and related appurtenances within and around the
18 Ridge Hudson Valley development area to ensure certain improvements,
19 upgrades and repairs are made pursuant to certain development criteria
20 established by the town of Newburgh. Any such development criteria,
21 construction or reconstruction and subsequent maintenance thereof shall
22 be subject to and in accordance with applicable provisions of the high-
23 way law, procedures established by the New York state department of
24 transportation and the consents of the New York state department of
25 transportation, where applicable.
26 § 4. Section 202-c of the town law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
27 sion 12 to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 12. Notwithstanding any other provision of general, special or local
2 law, rule or regulation to the contrary, whenever the town board of the
3 town of Newburgh, Orange County, shall determine it to be in the public
4 interest, said town board may, upon its own motion and without petition,
5 but after a public hearing held in the manner and upon the notice speci-
6 fied in subdivision one of this section, diminish the size of, extend,
7 merge or combine any lighting district or districts, or otherwise amend
8 same, provided that a period of at least one year shall have elapsed
9 since the date of establishment of any such district and, further,
10 provided that there be no indebtedness, outstanding and unpaid, incurred
11 to accomplish any of the purposes of such district. Any order adopted
12 by the town board pursuant to this subdivision shall be subject to a
13 permissive referendum pursuant to article seven of this chapter.
14 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
