NY Transp L § 17 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation 17 - State Advances to Authorities for Preparation of Plans.

§ 17. State  advances  to  authorities  for preparation of plans.   1.   Application may be made to the commissioner by an  authority  for  state   advances  for making studies relating to and preparing preliminary plans   and detailed plans and specifications for a  project  within  the  state   which  may  be  undertaken  by  such  authority.   Upon approval of such   application by the commissioner, the commissioner shall allocate out  of   any  moneys  available  therefor  by  appropriation such sum as he deems   necessary to pay the cost of such studies and the cost of preparing such   preliminary plans, but in no event shall the sum allocated for the  cost   of  preparing  such preliminary plans exceed one per cent of the cost of   construction of such project as estimated by  the  commissioner  at  the   time  such  application is approved. Any such application and allocation   shall be subject to the approval of the director of the budget.2. If such an application shall have  been  approved  as  provided  in   subdivision one, and, if preliminary plans are or have been required and   moneys  allocated therefor as provided in subdivision one, upon approval   of the preliminary plans by the commissioner, an authority  may  proceed   with  the  preparation  of  detailed  plans  and  specifications and the   commissioner shall thereupon allocate such sum as he deems necessary  to   pay the cost of preparing such detailed plans and specifications, but in   no  event shall the total of the sum so allocated, together with the sum   allocated for the preparation of preliminary plans, exceed four per cent   of the cost of construction as estimated by the commissioner at the time   such preliminary plans are approved. Such allocations shall  be  subject   to the approval of the director of the budget.3. Whenever an application for a state advance is made by an authority   pursuant  to  this  section,  the  commissioner  may  in  his discretion   allocate out of any moneys  available  therefor  by  appropriation  such   additional  sum or sums as he may deem necessary to pay the cost of test   borings or other extraordinary expenditures which the  commissioner  may   deem  desirable. Such allocation shall be subject to the approval of the   director of the budget.4. Plans and specifications, or  studies  or  test  borings  or  other   extraordinary  expenditures  for  a  project in connection with which an   application for an advance made by an authority has  been  approved,  as   hereinbefore  provided in this section, may be prepared or undertaken by   such authority or by private architectural or engineering firms selected   by such authority.5. All moneys paid to any authority pursuant to the provisions of this   section shall be treated as advances by the state and shall be repaid to   the state. If bonds or other obligations are sold by such  an  authority   for  the  purpose  of financing the construction of such project, and if   repayment is not made from other moneys,  such  advances  by  the  state   shall  be  repaid  out  of  the  proceeds  of  the  first bonds or other   obligations sold by such authority; if any such project  is  constructed   by such authority without the sale of bonds or other obligations, and if   repayment  is  not made from other moneys, such advances shall be repaid   from the revenues of such authority derived from such  project;  and  in   any other case such advances shall be repaid from any other funds of the   authority  not otherwise pledged. Upon receipt of any such moneys by the   state they shall be credited by the state comptroller  to  the  post-war   reconstruction fund.6.  Any  unobligated  balance of moneys appropriated and allocated for   the purposes of this section remaining at any time may be  cancelled  by   the  commissioner  with  the approval of the director of the budget, and   any such balances so cancelled  shall  be  available  for  the  purposes   described in the original appropriation from which such allocations were   made. 7.  The  commissioner  and the director of the budget may each request   and shall each receive from any  department,  division,  board,  bureau,   commission  or  agency  of  the  state  or  of any political subdivision   thereof, such assistance and data as will enable them to properly  carry   out  their  respective  activities  under and effectuate the purposes of   this section. The department of taxation and finance  is  authorized  to   accept  and  receive  from  the  federal government any moneys which the   federal government shall offer to the state to assist it  to  carry  out   any  of  the  provisions  of  this section or undertakings or assistance   authorized by it.