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NY Hwy L § 45 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 3 - State Highways 45 - Entry Upon Adjacent Lands and Streams.

§ 45. Entry upon adjacent lands and streams. Lands adjacent to a state   highway  or adjoining or in the bed or beds of any streams or creeks may   be entered upon and occupied by the commissioner of transportation,  his   representatives  and  employees, or by a contractor or any of his agents   or employees when directed by the commissioner of transportation or  his   representative:1.  to  open,  maintain or construct an existing ditch or drain or for   making surveys and for digging a  new  ditch  or  drain,  or  a  section   thereof,  for  the  free  passage  of  water  for  the  drainage of such   highways.2. to perform such work of construction,  reconstruction,  improvement   or  maintenance  in  order  to keep the waters of such streams or creeks   within their proper channels and  to  prevent  their  encroachment  upon   state highways or bridges thereon.3.  to  remove  or change the position of a fence or other obstruction   which, in the judgment of the commissioner of  transportation,  prevents   the  free  flow  of  water  under  or through a state highway, bridge or   culvert.4. to remove any fence or other obstruction which, in the judgment  of   the  commissioner  of transportation, causes snow to drift in and upon a   state highway, and to erect snow fences or other devices upon such lands   to prevent the drifting of snow in or upon any such highway.5. to inspect trees for the purpose of determining whether any are  in   such  a  condition  as  to  constitute a danger to users of the adjacent   highway and to remove or prune those trees or parts thereof which in the   judgment of the commissioner constitute such a danger.Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law or   of any inconsistent provision of this chapter,  claims  for  any  damage   caused  by such entry and work and not exceeding three hundred and fifty   dollars  may  be  adjusted  by  agreement   by   the   commissioner   of   transportation  without appropriating any property. Upon making any such   agreement  and  adjustment,  and  upon  the  approval  thereof  by   the   department  of  audit  and  control,  the commissioner of transportation   shall deliver to  the  comptroller  such  agreement  and  a  certificate   stating  the  amount  due such owner for damage caused by such entry and   work and the amount so fixed shall be paid out  of  the  state  treasury   from  moneys  appropriated  for  the  maintenance  and  repair  of state   highways.
NY Hwy L § 49 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 3 - State Highways 49 - Improvement of State Highways at Expense of County or at the Joint Expense of Such County and Any City, Village or Town.

§  49.  Improvement  of  state highways at expense of county or at the   joint expense of such county and any city, village or town. The board of   supervisors of any county may request of the department an  estimate  of   the  additional  cost  of  improving  a state highway to a width or in a   manner, or both, as desired by such board. The department shall as  soon   as practicable make an estimate of such additional cost and transmit the   same  to  the  board  of  supervisors,  and the board of supervisors may   thereupon by resolution petition the commissioner of  transportation  to   provide the width and type of improvement desired. The expense caused by   the  increased width or the type of improvement, or both, shall be borne   wholly by the county, or, in the discretion of the board of  supervisors   of  any  county,  and  with  the consent of the appropriate board of any   city, village or town in which the road is located, the expenses may  be   apportioned   between   such  county  and  such  other  municipality  or   municipalities, in such proportion as may be agreed to.  Whenever  plans   and specifications have been approved providing for such increased width   or  such  type  of improvement, or both, an estimate of the cost of such   increased width or type of improvement, or both, shall be  submitted  to   the   board   of   supervisors,   which,   if  it  approve  such  plans,   specifications and estimate of cost, shall, by resolution, duly  adopted   by a vote of a majority of all of the members of such board, appropriate   the  funds  necessary  to provide therefor; and such funds shall be made   available for the commissioner of transportation in the manner  provided   in this article.
NY Hwy L § 50 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 3 - State Highways 50 - Petition for Improvement of Highway Where a Street Surface Railroad Is Laid.

§  50.  Petition  for  improvement  of  highway where a street surface   railroad is laid. Where a street surface railroad shall be laid  in  any   street,  highway or public place in any town, village, or in any city of   the second or third classes, which it was heretofore or shall  hereafter   be  determined  to  pave, improve, reconstruct or repair, as provided in   this chapter, the municipality may  petition  for  such  improvement  as   provided  in sections forty-six, forty-seven, forty-eight or forty-nine.   If such petition is approved by the  department  of  transportation  the   procedure  to  be  followed  shall  be  that  prescribed in the sections   mentioned above and the proposals and  contract  for  such  improvement,   reconstruction  or  repair shall include the improvement, reconstruction   or repair of the  space  between  the  tracks  of  such  street  surface   railroad, the rails of such tracks and two feet in width outside of such   tracks,  and  the  work of improvement, reconstruction or repair in such   space shall be done at the same time and under the same  supervision  as   the  work  of  improvement, reconstruction or repair of the remainder of   such street, highway or public place. The department  of  transportation   may   prescribe   the   materials  to  be  used  in  paving,  improving,   reconstructing or repairing such street, highway or public place  within   the  railroad  space  above described, and upon the proper completion of   the work, the department of transportation shall certify to the board of   trustees of such village, or the common council of cities of the  second   or  third  classes,  as  the  case  may  be,  the  cost of the pavement,   improvement, reconstruction or repair of such street, highway or  public   place  within  such  railroad  space,  and  the  entire  expense  of the   pavement, reconstruction or repair within such  railroad  space  whether   heretofore  or  hereafter  made or ordered, shall be assessed and levied   upon the property of the company owning or operating such railroad,  and   shall  be  collected  in  the  same  manner  as other expenses for local   improvements are assessed, levied and collected in such town, village or   city; and an action may also be maintained by the  municipality  against   the company in any court of record for the collecton of such expense and   assessment.
NY Hwy L § 51 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 3 - State Highways 51 - Repair of Highways at Railroad Crossings.

§  51.  Repair  of  highways at railroad crossings. Whenever a highway   crosses a railroad track at grade and such  grade  crossing  is  out  of   repair, if it is the judgment of the commissioner of transportation, the   board  of  supervisors of a county, the board of aldermen of a city, the   board of trustees of a village or the town superintendent of highways of   a  town  that  the  same  should  be  repaired,  the   commissioner   of   transportation,  the  board  of  supervisors  of  a county, the board of   aldermen of a city, the board of trustees  of  a  village  or  the  town   superintendent of a town may repair and maintain the same and charge the   expense  thereof  to  the  railroad  company  over  whose  railroad such   crossing is repaired and maintained, if after fifteen  days'  notice  in   writing such railroad company neglects or refuses to repair the same.
NY Hwy L § 53 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 3 - State Highways 53 - Highways and Bridges on Indian Reservations.

§  53.  Highways and bridges on Indian reservations. The Department of   transportation shall have supervision and control, in the  construction,   maintenance  and  improvement of all highways and bridges constructed or   to be constructed by the state on any Indian reservations, and may  make   and  enforce  such  reasonable  orders, rules and regulations concerning   their use as it shall deem necessary. The cost of such  maintenance  and   construction  and  improvement,  and removal of snow therefrom, shall be   paid by the state out of any moneys appropriated  for  the  maintenance,   construction and improvement of highways.
NY Hwy L § 53-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 3 - State Highways 53-A - Highways on Indian Reservations.

§  53-a.  Highways  on Indian reservations. Where a highway is located   partly on an Indian reservation, the  Indian  nation  and  the  town  or   county  involved  and  the  department  of  transportation  may  make an   agreement  to  apportion  certain  sections   of   such   highways   for   reconstruction, maintenance and all other responsibilities in connection   with such highway.
NY Hwy L § 54-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 3 - State Highways 54-A - Reestablishment of Approaches to Private Lands.

§  54-a.  Reestablishment  of  approaches  to  private  lands.  In the   construction and reconstruction of any highway  on  the  state's  system   where a substantial change in the existing grade of the highway is made,   such change making necessary the reestablishment of an existing entrance   or  approach  to  private lands, the commissioner of transportation may,   upon the request of the abutting  property  owner  affected,  cause  the   reestablishment  of the entrance, approach or driveway to be adjusted to   the new highway grade and the cost  thereof  shall  be  a  state  charge   payable  from any money available for the construction or reconstruction   of state highways. In such adjustment the details of the work  shall  be   as  determined  by  the commissioner of transportation.  The state shall   not be liable for the maintenance of  such  adjusted  and  reestablished   approaches or driveways beyond the outside edge of the road shoulder nor   shall  it  be  liable  for  damages  in  connection  therewith after the   completion of such adjustment work.
NY Hwy L § 55 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 3 - State Highways 55 - Emergency Aid for Control of Snow and Ice in Municipalities.

§  55.  Emergency  aid  for control of snow and ice in municipalities.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, general,  special  or   local,  the  commissioner  of  transportation,  when  authorized  by the   governor, is empowered to aid any county, city, town or village  of  the   state  in  the  control  of  snow  and  ice during emergency situations,   providing the governing board or body of any such municipality certifies   to the governor (a) that such aid is  required  to  promote  the  public   welfare,  (b)  that  such  municipality  does  not have available and is   unable to secure and provide the  necessary  equipment,  facilities  and   personnel  to perform the immediate work of control of snow and ice, and   (c) that adequate and appropriate provision has been made  to  reimburse   the state for any actual costs of labor and of maintenance and operation   and  for  the  depreciation of the necessary equipment and facilities of   the state. The governing board or body of any such municipality and  the   commissioner  of  transportation  are  hereby authorized to enter into a   contract for the purposes of this section upon such terms and conditions   as shall be reasonable for the protection of the public.
NY Hwy L § 56 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 3 - State Highways 56 - State to Maintain Roads Improved by State Appropriations Under Special Laws.

§  56.  State to maintain roads improved by state appropriations under   special laws. When any highway has been constructed or improved under  a   special  law,  with moneys taken from the state treasury and under plans   prepared by a state department, the commissioner of  transportation  may   at  any  time  inspect  such  highway  and  if  he determine it to be of   sufficient importance and properly constructed, he  may  make  an  order   directing  that  such  highway  become  a  part  of  the system of state   highways in such county, and thereafter such highway shall be maintained   as a state highway. Such order shall be served upon the chairman of  the   board of supervisors, and a certified copy thereof shall be filed in the   office  of  the  county  clerk  and  one  in  the  office  of  the state   comptroller.
NY Hwy L § 57 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 3 - State Highways 57 - Maintenance by State of Canal Bridge Approaches.

§  57.  Maintenance  by  state  of  canal  bridge  approaches. Where a   waterway which is a part of the canal system of the state  intersects  a   state highway which is maintained adjacent to such intersection pursuant   to  this  article,  the  pavement and shoulders of the approaches to the   bridge structure carrying such highway across such waterway and the area   formerly occupied by any such bridge which has been removed and replaced   by a  fill  by  the  state  commissioner  of  transportation,  shall  be   considered  eligible  for maintenance under this chapter, providing such   approach  or  fill  has,  in  the  opinion  of   the   commissioner   of   transportation, been properly graded in connection with the construction   of the canal system of the state. The commissioner of transportation may   at  any time make an order directing that such section of highway become   a part of the system of state highways in such  county,  and  thereafter   the  pavement  and  shoulders  of such approach shall be maintained as a   state highway. Such order shall be served upon the chairman of the board   of supervisors and a certified copy thereof shall be filed in the office   of the county clerk and one in the office of the state  comptroller.  In   maintaining  such  section of highway the commissioner of transportation   may lay such type of pavement as in his opinion is advisable.
NY Hwy L § 58 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 3 - State Highways 58 - Liability of State for Damages.

§  58.  Liability  of state for damages. The state shall not be liable   for damages suffered by any  person  from  defects  in  state  highways,   except between the first day of May and the fifteenth day of November on   such  highways  as  are maintained by the state under such system as the   commissioner of transportation may adopt pursuant to section twelve, but   the liability for such damages shall otherwise remain as now provided by   law, notwithstanding the construction or improvement and maintenance  of   such  highways  by  the  state  under  this  chapter; but nothing herein   contained shall be construed to impose on the state  any  liability  for   defects  in  bridges  over  which  the  state has no control. Within the   limits of incorporated villages the state  shall  maintain  a  width  of   pavement  equal  to the width of pavement constructed or improved at the   expense of the state, if a state highway, the location  of  the  state's   portion of such roadway within said incorporated limits to be determined   by the center line of the roadway as shown on the plans on file with the   department  of  transportation and the state shall be liable for damages   to persons or property only when such damage shall occur as a result  of   the  defective  condition  of  the  portion of improved highway as above   described.
NY Hwy L § 59 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 3 - State Highways 59 - Additional Width, Different Type of Construction or Other Additional Work Under Repair or Reconstruction Contracts.

§  59.  Additional  width,  different  type  of  construction or other   additional work under repair or reconstruction  contracts.  Whenever  in   the   maintenance,  repair  or  reconstruction  of  state  highways  the   commissioner of transportation shall have determined upon the  necessity   of  resurfacing  or  reconstructing  such  highway,  the county, town or   village wherein the highway is located may petition the commissioner  of   transportation  to  provide  an  additional  width,  a different type of   pavement, or both, or any additional work or any or all of same, in  the   plans providing for such resurfacing or reconstruction.The   additional   expense   of   such  widening,  different  type  of   construction or additional work shall be borne wholly  by  such  county,   town  or  village  and the provisions of sections forty-six, forty-eight   and forty-nine shall apply to such additional width, different  type  of   construction  or any additional work under such repair or reconstruction   contract in the same manner as under a construction contract as provided   in those sections.
NY Hwy L § 60 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 3 - State Highways 60 - Sprinkling; Removal of Filth and Refuse.

§ 60. Sprinkling; removal of filth and refuse. Upon petition signed by   a  majority  of  the taxpayers owning property abutting upon an improved   state highway and filed with the town clerk,  the  town  board  may  set   aside  any section of such highway outside of a village and contract for   the sprinkling of the roadbed with  water  and  also  contract  for  the   removal of filth and refuse therefrom. No such contract shall be entered   into unless previously approved by the county superintendent. The amount   of any such contract so entered into shall be assessed upon the property   abutting  upon such section in the proportion which the frontage of each   parcel  thereof  bears  to  the  length  of  the  section  exclusive  of   intersecting  highways.  Such  assessment  shall  be  made,  levied  and   collected in the same general manner, and at the same time  and  by  the   same  officers  as  the town taxes of said town are assessed, levied and   collected.
NY Hwy L § 61 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 3 - State Highways 61 - Payment by Counties of a Portion of the Cost of Construction Under Repair Contracts.

§  61.  Payment  by  counties of a portion of the cost of construction   under repair contracts. Whenever in the maintenance and repair of  state   highways the department of transportation shall have determined upon the   necessity  of resurfacing, reconstructing or repairing such highway, the   county wherein the highway is located may by resolution provide that not   to  exceed  fifty  per  centum  of  the  cost   of   such   resurfacing,   reconstructing or repairing shall be borne by the county. The provisions   of  this  chapter  shall  apply  to such resurfacing, reconstructing and   repairing of state highways in  the  same  manner  as  to  the  original   construction thereof in so far as the same may be applicable thereto.
NY Hwy L § 63 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 3 - State Highways 63 - Discontinuance of Part of Highway Due to Grade Crossing Elimination.

§  63.  Discontinuance  of  part  of  highway  due  to  grade crossing   elimination. Whenever the commissioner of transportation shall determine   that a state highway is affected by a side line or  a  new  location  by   reason  of  the  elimination  of  a  highway-railroad  crossing at grade   pursuant to an order of the department of transportation, or  by  reason   of  the  improvement  or  reconstruction  of  an existing railroad grade   crossing, and as a result thereof a  section  of  the  said  highway  no   longer serves a useful purpose as a part of the state highway system, he   shall  upon  the completion and acceptance of the elimination work, make   an official order that the said section of the highway including any and   all  bridges  and  culverts  located  thereon  or  immediately  adjacent   thereto,  shall no longer be maintained by the state. If such section of   highway or part thereof is located  in  an  incorporated  village,  such   section  or part thereof including any bridge and culvert thereon, shall   be maintained thereafter by the village in which such  section  or  part   thereof  is  located,  excepting  however  that  any  bridge and culvert   thereon, which were maintained by the town  in  which  such  village  is   located,  before  the  improvement of the section by the state, shall be   maintained by such town. If such section of highway was at the  time  of   its  improvement  by the state on a county road, such section or as much   thereof outside of the limits of an incorporated village, together  with   any  bridge  and  culvert thereon, shall be maintained thereafter by the   county or counties where it is located. The transfer of maintenance of a   section of highway and of any bridge and culvert thereon to any  county,   town  or  village  as  herein  provided  shall become effective upon the   mailing of a certified copy of such  official  order  to  the  clerk  or   clerks  of the board or boards of supervisors of the county or counties,   to the town clerk or clerks or to the clerk or clerks of the village  or   villages, as the case may be.
NY Hwy L § 64 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 3 - State Highways 64 - Maintenance by State of Certain Improved Roads and Highways.

§ 64. Maintenance by state of certain improved roads and highways. The   commissioner  of transportation may inspect all roads and highways which   have been constructed or improved under any general or  special  law  by   the  county,  town  or  village  which  are indicated for improvement in   section three hundred and forty-one of this act, and if any such road is   properly constructed he shall make an order directing that such  highway   be  taken  over  by  the  state for maintenance as a state highway. Such   order shall be served upon the chairman of the board of supervisors  and   a  certified  copy  thereof  filed in the office of the county clerk and   also in the office of the state comptroller.