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NY RR L § 147 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 4 - Consolidation, Lease, Sale and Reorganization 147 - Powers of Corporations Organized to Acquire and Operate Railroads Partly in the State.

§  147.  Powers  of  corporations  organized  to  acquire  and operate   railroads partly in the state.  A railroad corporation created under the   laws of the state or states in which the greater part of the line of its   railroad may be  situated,  or  a  railroad  corporation  heretofore  or   hereafter  created  under  this chapter or other statutes of this state,   for the purpose of taking title to, and operating, the line of  road  as   so  sold,  under  a judgment or decree of a court of this state, or of a   court of the United States sitting in this state, for the foreclosure of   a mortgage, with its franchises and appurtenances, may hold, possess and   operate not only those parts of the railroad lying in other states,  but   also  that  part  of  the line of such railroad lying in this state, and   shall be subject to the duties and liabilities to which such corporation   was, by the laws of this state, subject, and to such  further  or  other   duties  and  liabilities  as  are now or may hereafter be imposed by law   upon railroad corporations of this state, and to the provisions  of  any   other   statute   of   this   state  concerning  the  reorganization  of   corporations. An exemplified copy of the certificate or certificates  of   incorporation,  under  and  by  virtue  of which any such corporation is   created in any other state, and a certified  copy  of  the  judgment  or   decree  of  any  court  sitting  in  any  other  state, under which said   railroad shall have been sold, and a certified  copy  of  the  order  or   judgment  or  decree  of  confirmation  and  approval  required  by  the   preceding section, or of the order, judgment or decree of the  court  of   this  state,  or  of  the United States in this state, which decreed the   sale, confirming  the  same,  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the   department  of  state  for  this  state, and in the office of the county   clerk of the county where its principal business office in this state is   or shall be located.This section and the preceding one shall apply in respect of  decrees,   foreclosures,  sales, confirmations, reorganizations and incorporations,   whether heretofore or hereafter made, provided, however, that nothing in   either of said sections shall affect any action or proceeding pending in   any court, on or before the first day of  April,  eighteen  hundred  and   ninety-six,   to   establish   the  invalidity  of  any  foreclosure  or   reorganization theretofore had, or to  enforce  any  judgment  or  claim   arising before such foreclosure or reorganization.
NY RR L § 148 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 4 - Consolidation, Lease, Sale and Reorganization 148 - Lease and Conveyance of Road.

§  148.  Lease and conveyance of road.  A railroad corporation may not   contract, by way of lease, agreement to convey or  otherwise,  with  any   other  such corporation for the use of their respective roads or routes,   or any part thereof, situated within this state, without the  permission   and approval of the commissioner of transportation.
NY RR L § 151 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 4 - Consolidation, Lease, Sale and Reorganization 151 - Mortgagee May Purchase at Foreclosure Sale.

§  151.  Mortgagee may purchase at foreclosure sale.  Any mortgagee of   the property and franchises of any railroad corporation may  become  the   purchaser  of  the  same  at  any  sale thereof under the mortgage, upon   foreclosure by  advertisement,  or  under  a  judgment,  or  decree,  or   otherwise, and hold and use the same, with all the rights and privileges   belonging  thereto  or connected therewith for the period of six months,   and convey the same to any railroad corporation.
NY RR L § 162 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 4 - Consolidation, Lease, Sale and Reorganization 162 - Acquisition and Maintenance of Railroad Built, Owned or Operated by a Corporation Not Organized Under This Chapter.

§  162.  Acquisition  and  maintenance  of  railroad  built,  owned or   operated by a corporation not organized under this chapter.  No railroad   corporation organized under subdivision three of section  five  of  this   chapter  shall  acquire,  purchase  or  lease  or maintain and operate a   railroad already built, owned and operated  by  a  corporation  of  this   state  not  organized under the railroad law, unless the commissioner of   transportation shall consent thereto.
NY RR L § 172 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 5 - Street Surface Railroads 172 - Consent of Local Authorities; How Procured.

§  172.  Consent  of local authorities; how procured.  The application   for the consent of the local authorities shall be in writing and  before   acting  thereon such authorities shall give public notice thereof and of   the time and place when it will first be considered, which notice  shall   be  published daily in any city for at least fourteen days in two of its   daily newspapers if there be two, if not, in one, to  be  designated  by   the  mayor,  and  in any village or town for at least fourteen days in a   newspaper published therein, if any there shall be, and  if  none,  then   daily  in two daily newspapers if there be two, if not, one published in   the city nearest  such  village  or  town.  Upon  application  for  such   consent,  the  local  authorities  shall also give written notice of the   filing of such application to all common carriers operating in the town,   village or city to the local authorities of which  such  application  is   made.  Such  consent  must  be  upon  the  expressed  condition that the   provisions of this article pertinent thereto shall be complied with, and   shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county  in  which  such   railroad  is  located.  Whenever  the consent of the common council of a   city is applied for, the first consideration, of which notice is  hereby   required,  may  be by committee of such common council. Any such notice,   publication or consideration heretofore or hereafter given, made or  had   in  substantial conformity with the requirements of this section, is and   shall be sufficient notice, publication and consideration  for  all  the   purposes  hereof  notwithstanding any conflicting provision of any local   or special act or charter.
NY RR L § 173-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 5 - Street Surface Railroads 173-A - .

§  173-a.   The term "terminable permit" as used in this article shall   mean and embrace every grant from a city,  town  or  village  of  power,   right or privilege to occupy or use any of the streets, roads, highways,   avenues,  parks  or  public places of such city, town or village for the   construction and operation of a street surface railroad, until such time   as the city, town or village shall exercise its right  to  purchase  the   property,  plant  and  equipment  of  such  street  surface  railroad in   accordance  with  the   provisions   of   sections   one   hundred   and   seventy-three-a  to  one hundred and seventy-three-h, both inclusive, of   this article, or until it shall be  otherwise  terminated  according  to   law.
NY RR L § 173-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 5 - Street Surface Railroads 173-B - .

§  173-b.   Every city, town and village of this state, in addition to   such powers  as  it  may  have  relating  to  the  granting  of  rights,   privileges,  franchises,  powers  or consents to use the streets, roads,   highways, avenues, parks or  public  places  for  the  construction  and   operation of street surface railroads within its corporate limits, shall   have  power,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  sections one hundred and   seventy-three-a to one hundred and seventy-three-h, both  inclusive,  of   this  article,  to  grant to a duly incorporated railroad corporation of   this state, organized  to  construct,  maintain  and  operate  a  street   surface  railroad,  a  terminable  permit  to  occupy  or use any of the   streets, roads, highways, avenues, parks or public places of such  city,   town  or  village for the construction and operation of a street surface   railroad, and to agree upon and contract for the  terms  and  conditions   thereof;  provided  that  no  street  surface  railroad or extensions or   branches thereof  shall  be  built,  extended  or  operated  unless  the   conditions  set  forth  in  section  one hundred and seventy-one of this   article have been complied with.
NY RR L § 173-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 5 - Street Surface Railroads 173-C - .

§ 173-c.  Every city, town and village of this state shall have power,   subject to the provisions of sections one hundred and seventy-three-a to   one  hundred  and  seventy-three-h,  both inclusive, of this article, to   enter into an agreement for the purchase of and to acquire  by  purchase   all or any part of the property, plant and equipment of a street surface   railroad,  actually  used  and useful for the convenience of the public,   operating under any terminable permit as herein provided, and  upon  the   purchase  thereof  to  operate  such  street  surface  railroad  or part   thereof, or to contract with any person, firm  or  corporation  for  the   equipment, maintenance and operation thereof.
NY RR L § 173-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 5 - Street Surface Railroads 173-D - .

§  173-d.   Whenever any street surface railroad is or may be operated   along or upon any of the streets, roads,  highways,  avenues,  parks  or   public  places  of any city, town or village, as to the construction and   operation of which railroad the conditions  set  forth  in  section  one   hundred  and  seventy-one of this article have been complied with, or as   to which such conditions are inapplicable,  every  such  city,  town  or   village shall have power to amend any existing license, grant, franchise   or  permit,  or  any  of  the  terms,  provisions or conditions thereof,   whether granted by municipal authority or directly or indirectly by  the   state  or  otherwise, or any consent of local authorities, or any of the   terms, provisions or conditions thereof, relating  to  the  construction   and operation of such railroad; and every city, town and village of this   state  shall have power by amendment to incorporate in any such license,   grant, franchise, permit or consent all or any of the terms, agreements,   stipulations and conditions of a terminable permit as herein  authorized   and  defined; provided, however, that the amendment of any such license,   grant, franchise, permit or consent shall only be made with the  consent   and  agreement  of  the person, firm or corporation owning such license,   grant, franchise, permit or consent  or  operating  the  street  surface   railroad thereunder.
NY RR L § 173-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 5 - Street Surface Railroads 173-E - .

§  173-e.  The acceptance of a terminable permit, or the acceptance of   an amendment to  any  existing  license,  grant,  franchise,  permit  or   consent  incorporating  therein  the terms of a terminable permit, shall   constitute a consent by  the  street  surface  railroad  corporation  or   corporations, or other person, firm or corporation so accepting the same   to  the  purchase by the city, town or village of all or any part of the   street surface railroad property, plant and equipment actually used  and   useful  for  the  public and situated within the corporate limits of the   city, town or village, as provided for in this article.
NY RR L § 173-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 5 - Street Surface Railroads 173-F - .

§ 173-f.  Every terminable permit, and every amendment to any existing   license,  grant,  franchise, permit or consent incorporating therein the   terms of a terminable permit, shall contain an  irrevocable  option  for   the  purchase  by  the city, town or village, either directly or through   its nominee or nominees, of all or any part of the property,  plant  and   equipment  of the street surface railroad at any time, at a price agreed   upon or to be ascertained and determined in a manner agreed upon at  the   time  of  the  granting  of  the permit or amendment and to be set forth   therein. Any  such  permit  or  amendment  may  contain  provisions  for   amortizing  out  of  earnings  or  in  accordance  with  an amortization   schedule or schedules to  be  set  forth  therein,  over  a  period  not   exceeding  fifty years, the price to be paid for all or such part of the   property, plant and equipment of the street surface railroad and for any   additions thereto or betterments or improvements thereof, so  that  upon   the  exercise of the option the city, town or village, or its nominee or   nominees, shall be required to pay only the unamortized portion of  such   price,  and  may  contain  any other terms, agreements, stipulations and   conditions as may be authorized by any statute of the state, or  as  the   city,  town  or  village may deem proper and in the public interest, and   may provide for the termination thereof for any legal cause.
NY RR L § 173-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 5 - Street Surface Railroads 173-G - Approval of Permit or Amendment by Commissioner of Transportation.

§   173-g.   Approval  of  permit  or  amendment  by  commissioner  of   transportation.  No terminable permit and no amendment to  any  existing   license,  grant,  franchise, permit or consent incorporating therein the   provisions of a terminable permit, shall become operative  or  effective   until it shall have been approved by the commissioner of transportation.   The  commissioner of transportation shall have power to approve any such   terminable permit or amendment, and, upon approval by  him,  every  such   terminable permit or amendment shall be valid and binding as between the   parties  thereto as of, from and on the day of the date of the execution   thereof, in all respects and for all purposes therein expressed.
NY RR L § 173-H (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 5 - Street Surface Railroads 173-H - Existing License, Grant, Franchise, Permit or Consent Reinstated on Invalidity of Amendment.

§  173-h.  Existing  license,  grant,  franchise,  permit  or  consent   reinstated on invalidity of amendment.  In the event that  an  amendment   to  any  existing  license,  grant,  franchise,  permit or consent shall   subsequently be declared invalid for any reason, or in the event of  the   failure  of  the  approval thereof by the commissioner of transportation   under the transportation law, the existing  license,  grant,  franchise,   permit  or  consent  amended  thereby  shall,  by  operation  of  law be   reinstated in full force and with like effect as though the same had not   been amended.
NY RR L § 174 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 5 - Street Surface Railroads 174 - Proceedings if Property Owners Do Not Consent.

§  174. Proceedings if property owners do not consent.  If the consent   of property owners required by any provision of this article can not  be   obtained,  the  corporation failing to obtain such consents may apply to   the appellate division of the supreme court held in  the  department  in   which  it is proposed to construct its road for the appointment of three   commissioners to determine whether such railroad ought to be constructed   and operated. Notice of such application must, at least ten  days  prior   thereto,  be  served, personally, upon each nonconsenting property owner   by delivering the same to the person to whom such property  is  assessed   upon  such  assessment-roll or by duly mailing the same, properly folded   and directed, to such property owner at his post-office address with the   postage prepaid thereon. If the person upon whom service is to  be  made   is unknown, or his residence and post-office address are unknown and can   not  by  reasonable diligence be ascertained, service of such notice may   be made by publishing the same in such newspaper of the  county  as  the   court  may  direct,  at least once a week for two successive weeks. Upon   due proof of service of such notice the court to which  the  application   is  made  shall  appoint  three  disinterested persons, who shall act as   commissioners, and who shall, within ten days after  their  appointment,   cause  public  notice  to  be given of their first meeting in the manner   directed by the court, and may adjourn from  time  to  time,  until  all   their business is completed.  Vacancies may be filled by the court after   such notice to parties interested as it may deem proper to be given; and   the  evidence taken before as well as after the happening of the vacancy   shall be deemed to be properly before such commissioners. After a public   hearing of all parties interested,  the  commissioners  shall  determine   whether  such  railroad  ought to be constructed and operated, and shall   make a  report  thereon,  together  with  the  evidence  taken,  to  the   appellate  division,  within  sixty  days  after appointment, unless the   court, or a judge thereof, for good cause shown, shall extend such time;   and their determination that such  road  ought  to  be  constructed  and   operated, confirmed by such court, shall be taken in lieu of the consent   of  the  property  owners hereinbefore required. The commissioners shall   each receive ten dollars for each day spent in the performance of  their   duties  and  their  necessary expenses and disbursements, which shall be   paid by the corporation applying for their appointment.
NY RR L § 177 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 5 - Street Surface Railroads 177 - Use of Tracks of Other Roads.

§ 177. Use of tracks of other roads.  Any railroad corporation in this   state,  whose cars are run and operated by horses or other motive power,   authorized by this article, upon the surface of the street, excepting in   the county of New York, may, for the purpose of enabling it  to  connect   with  and  run  and  operate its cars between its tracks, and a depot or   car-house owned by it, run upon, intersect, and use, for  not  exceeding   five  hundred  feet,  the  tracks of any other railroad corporation, the   cars of which are run and operated in like  manner  with  the  necessary   connections and switches for the proper working and accommodation of the   cars  upon  such tracks, and in connection with such depot or car-house,   upon paying therefor such compensation as it may  agree  upon  with  the   corporation  owning the tracks to be so run upon, intersected, and used;   and in case such corporations can not agree  upon  the  amount  of  such   compensation, the same shall be ascertained and determined in the manner   prescribed in the eminent domain procedure law.
NY RR L § 178 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 5 - Street Surface Railroads 178 - Repair of Streets; Rate of Speed; Removal of Ice and Snow.

§  178.  Repair  of  streets;  rate of speed; removal of ice and snow.   Every street surface railroad corporation, so long as it shall  continue   to  use  or  maintain  any of its tracks in any street, avenue or public   place in any city or village, shall have and keep  in  permanent  repair   that  portion of such street, avenue or public place between its tracks,   the rails of its tracks, and two feet in width outside  of  its  tracks,   under  the  supervision  of  the  proper local authorities, and whenever   required by them to do so, and in such manner as they may prescribe; but   nothing contained in this section  shall  require  any  street  railroad   corporation  to  make  pavements  or  repairs  over openings made in the   streets by any person,  municipality  or  corporation  other  than  such   street  railroad corporation, for any purpose other than the pavement or   repavement of the street. In case of the neglect of any  corporation  to   make pavements or repairs after the expiration of twenty days' notice to   do  so,  the  local authorities may make the same at the expense of such   corporation, and such authorities may make such  reasonable  regulations   and  ordinances  as  to  the  rate of speed, mode and use of tracks, and   removal of ice and snow, as the interest or convenience  of  the  public   may  require.  A  corporation  whose  agents  or  servants  wilfully  or   negligently violate such an ordinance or regulation shall be  liable  to   such  city  or village for a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars,   to be specified in such ordinance or regulation.
NY RR L § 178-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 5 - Street Surface Railroads 178-A - Headlights.

§ 178-a. Headlights. Whenever the tracks of any street surface railway   shall  be  laid  upon  the  side of the roadway of any public highway or   street, the headlights of  such  street  surface  railway  shall  be  so   arranged,  adjusted  and operated that no dazzling or dangerous beams of   light shall be thrown  upon  the  traveling  portion  of  such  highway.   Whenever  the  rails  of  such  street surface railway are laid upon any   portion of the improved roadway, such headlights shall be  so  arranged,   adjusted and operated that no dangerous or dazzling light, when measured   seventy-five  feet  or  more  ahead of the lamp or car, shall rise above   forty-two inches on the level surface upon which  the  car  stands.  Any   person  or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be   liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each day  such  violation   continues.
NY RR L § 179 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 5 - Street Surface Railroads 179 - Within What Time Road to Be Built.

§  179. Within what time road to be built.  In case any street surface   railroad corporation shall not commence the construction of its road, or   of any extension or branch thereof, within one year after the consent of   the local authorities and property owners or the  determination  of  the   appellate  division  of the supreme court as herein required, shall have   been given or renewed, and shall not  complete  the  same  within  three   years after such consents or determination shall have been obtained, its   rights,  privileges  and  franchises  in  respect  of  such  railroad or   extension or branch, as the case  may  be,  may  be  forfeited.  If  the   performance of any act required by this chapter or any prior acts within   the times therein prescribed, is hindered, delayed or prevented by legal   proceedings  in any court, such court may also extend such time for such   period as the court shall deem proper or if the performance of  any  act   required  by  said  statutes  within  the  times  therein  prescribed is   hindered, delayed or prevented by works of public improvement,  or  from   any  other or different cause, not within the control of the corporation   upon which such requirement is imposed, the time for the performance  of   such  act  is  hereby  and shall be deemed to be extended for the period   covered by such hindrance, delay or prevention. The time for  compliance   with  any  requirement  in  this  or any former act, by a street surface   railroad corporation incorporated for  the  purpose  of  constructing  a   street  surface  railroad  and  which  has  prior to March twenty-fifth,   nineteen hundred and two, obtained or shall  prior  to  June  thirtieth,   nineteen  hundred  and  three,  obtain such consents or determination is   hereby extended until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four.