Designates a portion of state route eight in the town of Deerfield in Oneida county for snowmobile use.

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S7059-2011 Actions

• Jun 12, 2012: SUBSTITUTED BY A10003A
• Jun 11, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Jun 6, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Jun 6, 2012: AMENDED 7059A
• Jun 5, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.1021
• Apr 26, 2012: REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

S7059-2011 Meetings

Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation: Jun 5, 2012

S7059-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: Jun 6, 2012

S7059-2011 Votes

S7059-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S7059

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
relation to designating a portion of state route eight in the town of
Deerfield in Oneida county for snowmobile use

PURPOSE OF BILL:
To allow a portion of the highway right-of-way along
Route 8 in Oneida County portions of which are controlled access, to
be designated for use by snowmobiles.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Adds a new subdivision 1-c to section 25.05 of
the Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law allowing for the
designation of a snowmobile trail along state Route 8 in the Town of
Deerfield in Oneida County. The commissioners of OPRHP and DOT will
develop conditions for the safe use of the trail. The designation of
such a trail will be for one year and can be renewed with the
concurrence of the commissioner of DOT.

EXISTING LAW:
Section 25 of the Parks, Recreation and Historic
Preservation Law pertains to control provisions for the operation of
snowmobiles. Section 25.05 relates to the operation of snowmobiles on
highways and specifically states that snowmobiles will not be
operated on the Thruway, interstate highways and controlled access
state highways.

Section 3 of the Highway Law defines controlled access highways as
those highways to and from which the owners or occupants of abutting
property or of any other persons will have no right of access
excepting at junctions of such highways with other public highways.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new proposal.

STATEMENT IN SUPPORT:
Snowmobiles are expressly prohibited from
operating on a controlled access state highway. portions of Route 8
have been designated controlled access. Because abutting property
owners have no right of access directly onto Route 8 in this
immediate area, it is a controlled access highway. Thus, it is
currently contrary to the parks, recreation and historic preservation
law to use a Route 8 crossing as a snowmobile trail.

Local Transportation officials and Parks officials have met in the
location where a trail crossing is proposed. They have determined
that a safe trail

crossing can be constructed in the vicinity of the area between mile
marker 8-2607-3237 and 8-2607-3260.

BUDGET IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act takes effect immediately.

S7059-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    7059

                              I N  SENATE

                               April 26, 2012
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
    Parks and Recreation

  AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
    relation  to designating a portion of state route eight in the town of
    Deerfield in Oneida county for snowmobile use

    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Section 25.05 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
  vation law is amended by adding a new paragraph 1-c to read as follows:

    1-C.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
  SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER, WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
  TRANSPORTATION,  MAY  DESIGNATE FOR SNOWMOBILE USE A TRAIL IN AND ACROSS
  THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF STATE ROUTE EIGHT IN THE TOWN OF DEERFIELD IN ONEIDA
  COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKER/AREA LOCATIONS ROUTE MARKER  8-2607-3237  AND
  ROUTE  MARKER  8-2607-3260. THE COMMISSIONER'S DESIGNATION SHALL INCLUDE
  CONDITIONS, DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPOR-
  TATION, ON THE USE OF A HIGHWAY CROSSING TO PROVIDE FOR THE SAFE USE  OF
  STATE  ROUTE  EIGHT  BY  SNOWMOBILES, TRAIL GROOMING EQUIPMENT AND MOTOR
  VEHICLES. DESIGNATIONS MADE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE  EFFECTIVE
  FOR  NO  LONGER THAN ONE YEAR AND MAY BE RENEWED WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF
  THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION.
    S 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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