NY Transp L § 121 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 5 - The Powers of the Commissioner in Respect to Common Carriers 121 - Substitution of Motor Vehicles or Trackless Trolleys for Cars on Tracks; Supplemental or Extended Operation.

§ 121. Substitution  of  motor vehicles or trackless trolleys for cars   on  tracks;  supplemental  or  extended  operation.  1.   Whenever   the   commissioner  shall  find,  after a hearing, had upon the application of   any street  railroad  company  or  railroad  company,  that  the  public   interest  will  be  served  by  the  operation  of  stages, buses, motor   vehicles or vehicles known as  trackless  trolleys,  as  such  trackless   trolleys are defined in the vehicle and traffic law, wholly or partly in   place  of  or supplemental to cars or trains upon tracks, on any portion   of the route of such  railroad,  the  commissioner  may  make  an  order   authorizing  such  whole  or  partial  substitution or such supplemental   operation, and thereupon such company shall have the power and privilege   and shall be authorized to operate stages,  buses,  motor  vehicles,  or   trackless trolleys on such portion of its route and if such operation be   by  trackless  trolleys to install and maintain all necessary additional   wires paralleling its existing trolley wires  on  such  portion  of  its   route  and  such  other  wires and appurtenances as may be necessary for   such operation. Such an application or such an order, however, shall not   be made unless the local authorities of each city, village  or  town  in   which  the portion of the route affected is located shall have consented   to such substitution or such supplemental operation,  by  resolution,  a   certified  copy  of which shall be presented with the application, which   consent may contain such terms and conditions as such local  authorities   may  deem  to  the  best interest of any such city, town or village, and   which terms and conditions so contained  in  such  consent  may  include   limitation,  reduction  or  shortening of the period of any franchise or   consent under which such street railroad company or railroad company  is   operating,  and  also  may  include,  anything  in any charter, general,   special or local law to the contrary  notwithstanding,  changes  in  and   modification  of  the  terms  and provisions of any franchise or consent   under  which  such  street  railroad  company  or  railroad  company  is   operating,  and  of  any  obligation  of such street railroad company or   railroad company to any such  city,  village  or  town  under  any  such   franchise  or consent or under any statute, provided, however, that such   changes and modifications shall not extend or lengthen the  duration  of   such  franchise  or consent.   If any such portion of the route within a   town shall be wholly within an incorporated village, the consent of  the   board of trustees shall be sufficient, and the consent of the town board   shall  not be required. If such consent shall require the abandonment of   a route or any portion thereof the application to the commissioner shall   comply with the provisions of section one  hundred  eighty-four  of  the   railroad   law,   and   shall  require  the  separate  approval  by  the   commissioner of such abandonment.   The commissioner may  also  make  an   order  authorizing  any  street  railroad company or railroad company to   operate  stages,  buses,  motor  vehicles  or  trackless  trolleys  upon   streets,  highways and public places not included in but forming a route   or routes or portion of a route connecting with any part of the route of   such  railroad  or  forming  deviations  or  detours  therefrom  or   in   connection  therewith,  provided  such  company  obtains  the consent or   consents of the local authorities, which consent may be  given  in  like   manner  and to the same extent as hereinabove provided in respect of the   substitution of stages, buses,  motor  vehicles  or  vehicles  known  as   trackless  trolleys wholly or partly in place of or supplemental to cars   or trains upon tracks.2.  Wherever  the  commissioner  has  made  an  order  authorizing   a   substitution  as  provided  in subdivision one, and such substitution is   made, the commissioner may on further application by the street railroad   company or railroad company, such application to be  made  in  the  same   manner  and  subject  to  the same conditions as provided in subdivision    one, revoke such order in  whole  or  in  part  and  make  a  new  order   authorizing  the operation of stages, buses, motor vehicles or trackless   trolleys.