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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 8, 2020
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Buttenschon)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to authorizing the town of
   Deerfield in Oneida county to transfer jurisdiction of a road  to  the
   state
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 31 of section 341 of the highway law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph 6 to read as follows:
   6. EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF
 THE TOWN OF  DEERFIELD  IN  THE  COUNTY  OF  ONEIDA,  HAVING  PREVIOUSLY
 APPROVED  THE  ABANDONMENT  OF  CERTAIN TOWN ROADS, AS SET FORTH IN THIS
 SUBDIVISION, THE COMMISSIONER  IS  AUTHORIZED  AND  DIRECTED  TO  ASSUME
 JURISDICTION  FOR STATE HIGHWAY PURPOSES OVER THE ROAD IDENTIFIED AS THE
 SOUTH-BOUND SERVICE ROAD AND ASSOCIATED RAMP SECTIONS  BUILT  UNDER  NEW
 YORK  STATE  DEPARTMENT  OF  TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT D250071 IN NINETEEN
 HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO PARALLEL TO STATE ROUTE EIGHT  AND  TWELVE  FROM  THE
 CITY  OF UTICA LINE NORTH TO THE MULANEY ROAD INTERCHANGE, INCLUDING ANY
 PAVEMENT,  SHOULDER  AREA,  DRAINAGE  SYSTEM,  LANDSCAPING,  CURBS,  AND
 GUIDERAIL LOCATED THEREON OR IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THERETO.
   §  2. The commissioner of transportation and the town of Deerfield are
 authorized to permanently close such portions of the highway transferred
 to the state as necessary to eliminate travel over sections of the high-
 way that are unfit or unnecessary for travel due to flooding or erosion,
 provided, however, that provision is made for the access to or  acquisi-
 tion  of  any  properties that would be denied access to public highways
 due to such closure.
   § 3. This transfer of jurisdiction shall be  deemed  to  transfer  all
 right,  title  and  interest of the town of Deerfield in the transferred
 highways to the state. Furthermore, the state acquisition of such  prop-
 erty  pursuant to this act shall be deemed to be an acquisition pursuant
 to section 30 of the highway law for all subsequent purposes and uses.
   § 4. 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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