NY Hwy L § 131-K (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 131-K - County Aid for Construction and Improvement of Certain Public Highways and Bridges in Municipalities.

§ 131-k. County aid for construction and improvement of certain public   highways  and  bridges  in  municipalities. 1. The legislative body of a   county may, upon consent of  the  governing  body  of  any  municipality   situated in such county, provide for the construction, reconstruction or   improvement  of  any  highway,  bridge  or  culvert  or  section thereof   connecting county or state highways or  highways  improved  pursuant  to   sections  one  hundred  ninety-five  or  one  hundred  ninety-six of the   highway law or which is an arterial situated  within  such  municipality   and   deemed   by   the   county  legislative  body  to  serve  a  vital   transportation need of the county pursuant to this section.  The  entire   cost  of  any  such construction, reconstruction or improvement shall be   borne by the county excepting the costs and expenses  of  relocating  or   altering  private  utilities,  public  authority  utilities or utilities   owned by such municipality within the designated area, and the  expenses   of  relocating or altering public authority utilities or utilities owned   by such  municipality  shall  be  considered  municipal  charges.    For   purposes  of  this section, the term "municipality" shall include only a   city, town or incorporated village. The  expenditure  of  money  by  the   county  for  any object or purpose authorized by or pursuant to this act   is hereby determined to be for a county  purpose  and  such  county,  by   resolution  of  its  county legislative body, may appropriate and expend   any available county moneys to pay all or part of the cost of  any  such   object  or  purpose,  or such cost may be financed, in whole or in part,   pursuant to the local finance law.2. The county legislative body may, by resolution, direct  the  county   superintendent  of  highways  to  examine  such  highways,  bridges  and   culverts, or  sections  thereof  and  submit  a  report  to  the  county   legislative  body.  Upon receipt thereof the county legislative body may   direct the county superintendent to prepare  or  cause  to  be  prepared   designs,   plans,   specifications   and   estimates  of  the  costs  of   construction, reconstruction or improvement. The county legislative body   may  thereupon  adopt  a  resolution  providing  for  the  construction,   reconstruction or improvement as submitted, or with any modifications it   may approve.3.   The  county  legislative  body  may  award  a  contract  for  the   construction,  reconstruction  or  improvement,  as   herein   provided.   However,  no  contract  for  such  work  shall  be  let  by  the  county   legislative body until the  governing  body  of  such  municipality  has   appropriated funds sufficient to pay the estimated cost of relocating or   altering  public  authority  utilities  or  municipally  owned  utilties   located within the designated project area as set forth  in  the  county   resolution,  nor  shall the county legislative body award a contract for   such construction, reconstruction or  improvement  until  all  necessary   rights-of-way,  easements and land, title to which is not already vested   in the municipality shall have been acquired by the municipality at  the   municipality's  expense,  and  proposed grade crossing eliminations have   been approved by the appropriate authority.4. The construction, reconstruction or improvement authorized  by  the   county  legislative  body  pursuant  to  this section shall be performed   under the direction and supervision  of  the  county  superintendent  of   highways.5. Payments for construction, reconstruction or improvement authorized   by  the  county  legislative body pursuant to this section shall be made   from time to time by the county treasurer upon the  certificate  of  the   county superintendent of highways.6.  Upon  completion  of a construction, reconstruction or improvement   authorized by the county legislative body pursuant to this section,  the   highways,  bridges or culverts, or sections thereof, shall be thereafter    maintained and repaired by the municipality in which they are  situated,   unless  the municipality and county shall, by written agreement, provide   that such  highways,  bridges  or  culverts,  or  sections  thereof,  or   approaches  thereto  shall  be thereafter maintained and repaired by the   county. There shall be no transfer of  title  to  the  county  from  the   municipality  therein  of  any  highway,  bridge  or culvert, or section   thereof constructed, reconstructed or improved pursuant to this section.7. The provisions of this section shall not apply to  counties  wholly   contained within a city.