Assembly Bill A5081

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to maintaining bridges over the canal system in a manner to not impede commercial motor vehicles

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A5081 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S659
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Canal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §62, Can L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7242, S2658
2017-2018: A7166, S695
2019-2020: A3222, S125
2021-2022: A3894, S2702

2023-A5081 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that bridges over the canal system be maintained in a manner to not impede commercial motor vehicles.

2023-A5081 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5081
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. NORRIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the canal law, in relation to maintaining bridges in a
   manner to not impede commercial motor vehicles
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section 62 of the canal law, as amended by chapter 335 of
 the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
   § 62. Maintenance by state of certain bridges over the  canal  system.
 All highway or pedestrian, lift or movable bridges over the canal system
 other  than  highway bridges connecting parts of a state highway hereto-
 fore constructed as a part of  the  barge  canal  improvement  shall  be
 reconstructed,  improved,  maintained and repaired at the expense of the
 state, [if in the opinion of the  commissioner  of  transportation,  the
 public  convenience  requires  such  bridges  to  be maintained where no
 alternate crossing has been provided] IN A MANNER SO AS  NOT  TO  IMPEDE
 COMMERCIAL  MOTOR  VEHICLES  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR-A OF SECTION
 TWO OF THE TRANSPORTATION LAW.  In the event the commissioner of  trans-
 portation  determines that any such bridge is no longer required for the
 convenience of the public, he shall have power to close, remove or relo-
 cate such  bridge,  PROVIDED  AT  LEAST  ONE  PUBLIC  HEARING  SHALL  BE
 CONDUCTED  IN THE COMMUNITY OR COMMUNITIES WHERE THE BRIDGE TO BE CLOSED
 OR REMOVED IS LOCATED.  The commissioner of  transportation  shall  have
 the supervision and direction of such reconstruction, improvement, main-
 tenance,  repair,  closing, removing or relocation. All bridges over the
 canal system other than  lift,  movable,  pedestrian  or  state  highway
 bridges  heretofore  constructed  as part of the barge canal improvement
 shall be reconstructed, improved, maintained and repaired at the expense
 of the state under the supervision and direction of the commissioner  of
 transportation, if, in his opinion, the public convenience requires that
 each  such bridge shall be continued as a bridge for highway traffic. In
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03417-01-3
              

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