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NY Hwy L § 126 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 126 - Awarding of Contracts.

§   126.   Awarding   of   contracts.   Contracts   for  construction,   reconstruction or work to  be  performed  under  contract  for  purposes   authorized in this article shall be awarded by the county superintendent   of  highways  with  the  approval  of  the  chairman  of  the  board  of   supervisors, except where  the  board  of  supervisors,  by  resolution,   determines that any or all such contracts shall be awarded by such board   or  by the county purchasing agent; and the provisions of article five-A   of  the  general  municipal  law  shall   apply   to   such   contracts.   Notwithstanding  any  other general or special law any such contract may   be let to a town board without submitting the  contract  to  competitive   bidding.
NY Hwy L § 127 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 127 - Payments From the County Road Fund.

§  127.  Payments  from  the  county road fund. 1. Except as otherwise   provided in this article, no claim against the county road fund shall be   paid  unless  such  claim  has  first  been  approved  by   the   county   superintendent  of highways, and shall have been audited by the board of   supervisors or a duly appointed auditing officer in the same  manner  as   other  charges  against the county; provided, however, that debt service   payments may be made without the approval of the  county  superintendent   of  highways  and without prior audit; and compensation for the services   of officers and employees engaged at agreed  wages  by  the  hour,  day,   week, month or year may be paid without prior audit.2.  Where  work  is  performed  pursuant  to  a written contract which   provides for  partial  payments  as  the  work  progresses,  the  county   superintendent  of highways shall, from time to time, in accordance with   rules established by the state commissioner of transportation, prepare a   voucher showing the total  value  of  the  work  completed,  subtracting   therefrom  the  completed work under such contract shown in the previous   voucher, if any, and  from  the  result  there  shall  be  deducted  any   percentages  required  to  be  retained as provided in the contract. The   county superintendent of highways shall certify on the voucher or attach   thereto a certificate stating  that  the  work  has  been  performed  in   accordance with the plans and specifications. The contractor may request   the  payment  of  any retained amounts upon the deposit of securities as   provided in section one hundred six of the general municipal law.
NY Hwy L § 129 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 129 - Maintenance and Apportionment of Cost.

§  129.  Maintenance  and apportionment of cost.   Notwithstanding any   other provisions of law, the maintenance of  roads  improved  under  the   provisions  of  this  article  shall be the responsibility of the county   under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  county  superintendent  of  highways.   Notwithstanding   any   other  provisions  of  law,  the  cost  of  such   maintenance may be paid by the county from any funds in such county that   are available and that may be legally used for highway or road  purposes   or  from county funds raised, provided and appropriated therefor, in the   same manner as it raises,  provides  and  appropriates  moneys  for  the   construction  of  a road or highway under the provisions of sections one   hundred and ninety-four and one hundred and ninety-five of this chapter;   or, notwithstanding any  other  provision  of  law,  the  cost  of  such   maintenance may be paid from the county road fund.In  either  case  the  county  may  apportion such cost of maintenance   between it and the local municipalities in which such road or highway is   located, and the amounts to be so borne by  the  county  and  the  local   municipalities,  respectively,  may  be  raised and provided in the same   manner as money is raised and provided under sections  one  hundred  and   ninety-four  and  one  hundred  and  ninety-five of this chapter for the   construction or improvement of a road or highway where the cost  thereof   is  apportioned between the county and a town or towns; or, such cost of   maintenance, as apportioned,  may  be  paid  by  the  county  and  local   municipalities,  respectively,  from  any funds in such county and local   municipalities, respectively, that are available and that may be legally   used for highway, road or street purposes.The term "improved roads" as used in this section shall be  deemed  to   refer  to  and  mean  highways  or  roads with a pavement of substantial   character sufficient to afford a hard driving surface at all seasons  of   the year and which can be efficiently maintained at all times.
NY Hwy L § 130 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 130 - Bridges on County Road System.

§  130.  Bridges on county road system. Notwithstanding the provisions   of sections two hundred and thirty-one and two hundred and  thirty-three   of  this chapter, or any other statute, any bridge hereafter proposed to   be located  on  such  county  road  system,  when  the  same  is  to  be   constructed, reconstructed, maintained or repaired with county road fund   moneys, or when the same is to be constructed, reconstructed, maintained   or  repaired with federal and any county moneys, shall be considered and   deemed for such purposes a part of the road on which it is located;  and   all  the  provisions  of this section relative to such road system shall   apply with equal force and  effect  to  such  bridge  thereon  for  such   purposes.Bridges  under  this  section  shall  include  bridges over and across   navigable streams, waters, bays or arms of the sea, whether or  not  the   title to the bed thereof is in the state.
NY Hwy L § 131 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 131 - County Roads of Additional Width and Increased Cost at Expense of Village.

§  131. County roads of additional width and increased cost at expense   of village. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the county road   system provided for in this  article  may  include  highways  within  an   incorporated  village, but if a road be constructed therein of a greater   width or more expensive type of improvement than that of the  connecting   highway  outside  the  village, the additional expense shall be borne by   the village and the amount thereof paid into the county road  fund.  The   village  shall  provide  the  money to pay such additional expense to be   raised by tax or pursuant to the local finance law.
NY Hwy L § 131-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 131-A - Application.

§   131-a.   Application.   The  provisions  of  section  one  hundred   thirty-one-a through one hundred thirty-one-j shall not apply to bridges   on the Hudson river below Waterford, or on the East river, or  over  the   waters forming a part of the boundaries of the state.
NY Hwy L § 131-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 131-B - County Highways and Bridges.

§  131-b.  County highways and bridges. 1. A board of supervisors may,   when satisfied that it is for the  interest  of  the  county,  lay  out,   construct, open, alter or discontinue a county highway therein, or cause   the  same  to  be done, and construct, repair or abandon a county bridge   therein, or cause the same to be done when the board shall deem that the   interest of the  county  will  be  promoted  thereby.  All  expenses  so   incurred  shall  be a county charge, and may be financed pursuant to the   local finance law.2. Whenever the board of supervisors of a county  shall  determine  to   construct  a  bridge in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this   section, such board, on behalf of the county, and the town  board  of  a   town  or  in  case  of a city the board of aldermen or any similar board   exercising the functions of aldermen, on behalf of such  town  or  city,   may  enter  into  an  agreement with the county, to the effect that such   town or city will operate and maintain such bridge, in case  the  bridge   is  located  wholly in a town or city. In case the bridge is constructed   over a stream forming the boundary line between two towns or two  cities   or  between  a  town  and  city,  then they may agree with the county to   operate and maintain such bridge jointly, in proportion to the  assessed   valuation of such town or city. The sum which the town or towns, city or   cities  are obliged to pay under such an agreement is a charge upon such   towns or cities and shall be paid as other  town  or  city  charges  are   paid.
NY Hwy L § 131-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 131-C - Location and Construction of Bridges.

§ 131-c. Location and construction of bridges. The board may authorize   the location, change of location and construction of any bridge, applied   for  by  any  town  or  towns,  jointly,  or  by  other than a municipal   corporation, created under a general  law,  or  by  any  corporation  or   individual  for  private purposes; and if a public bridge, erected other   than by a  municipal  corporation,  establish  the  rates  of  toll  for   crossing such bridge; but if such bridge is to cross a navigable stream,   provision  shall be made in the resolution or permission authorizing the   same, for the erection and maintenance of a suitable  draw,  to  prevent   any  obstruction  of  the  navigation  of  such stream; and if a private   bridge, provision shall be made that the draw shall be kept open as  may   be  required to permit all vessels to pass without loss of headway. When   such bridge shall be intersected by the line of counties, the action  of   the  board  of supervisors of each county shall be necessary to give the   jurisdiction herein permitted.   If such bridge is  to  cross  a  stream   which  is  navigable in fact, it, including its abutments, and piers, if   any, shall be located and constructed in accordance with maps, plans and   specifications to be approved by the department of  transportation;  and   not otherwise, and copies of such maps, plans and specifications showing   the  location,  character, design and dimensions of such bridge, and the   fact of such approval shall be filed in the office of the department  of   transportation.
NY Hwy L § 131-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 131-D - Construction by County of Destroyed Bridges.

§  131-d.  Construction  by county of destroyed bridges. If any bridge   within a county, or intersected by any boundary line of a county,  shall   be destroyed by the elements, and the board of supervisors of the county   shall  deem  that the expenses of the construction of a new bridge at or   near the site of the bridge so destroyed would be  too  burdensome  upon   the  town  or  towns within such county, which would otherwise be liable   therefor, the board of supervisors of any such county  may  provide  for   the construction and completion of a bridge and all necessary approaches   thereto,  at  or near the site of the bridge so destroyed. If the bridge   so destroyed shall have been constructed by a corporation created  under   a  general  law,  and  the  site thereof, and the approaches thereto, or   either, shall be  the  property  of  such  corporation,  such  board  of   supervisors  may purchase the interest of such corporation, or any other   person, in such site or approaches, if such purchase can be accomplished   upon reasonable terms; but  if  such  site  or  approaches  can  not  be   lawfully acquired by such purchase, or otherwise, upon reasonable terms,   such  board  may  acquire title to premises on either side of such site,   and provide for the construction of a bridge and approaches thereto,  at   such place, at the expense of the county or of the two counties jointly,   as  the  came may be, provided such bridge shall be so located as not to   increase the distance to be traveled upon the highway to reach each  end   of  such  bridge more than five rods. Any board of supervisors providing   for the construction of any such  bridge  may  determine  by  resolution   whether  the  expenses  of  the  maintenance  and  repair  thereof shall   thereafter be a county charge, or a charge upon such town or towns.
NY Hwy L § 131-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 131-G - Regulation of Toll Rates.

§  131-g. Regulation of toll rates. 1. Such boards shall have power by   a vote of  two-thirds  of  all  the  members  elected  to  authorize  an   alteration, reduction or change of the rates of toll charged or received   by  any  turnpike,  plank or gravel road, or other toll road within such   county, or by any bridge company or ferry within  such  county,  or,  if   within  more  than one county, then by joint action with the supervisors   of such counties, provided such alteration shall be  asked  for  by  the   directors, trustees or owners of such road, bridge or ferry; but that no   increase  of  toll shall be so authorized unless notice of such proposed   increase shall have been published once each week for  three  successive   weeks  in  a  newspaper having general circulation in each town in which   such road or bridge is located or  in  which  such  ferry  is  operated,   commencing at least thirty days prior to the date of such authorization;   and  any  alteration  in  rates  of  toll  authorized  by  any  board of   supervisors may be changed or modified by any subsequent board, on their   own motion, by a like vote of two-thirds of all the members  elected  to   such  board;  but  nothing  in  this  section  contained shall affect or   abridge the powers of any city.2. In the case of rates of toll for a  ferry,  such  boards  shall  be   authorized  to  adopt  a  local  law to provide that a ferry shall carry   without charge or fee of any  kind  for  transportation  between  points   wholly  within  the  state  of  New York any member of the United States   armed forces in uniform during their term of enlistment in  the  service   of  the  United  States.  Provided, however, that the provisions of this   subdivision  shall  not  apply  to  a  ferry  owned  or  operated  by  a   municipality  that  is  subject to the provisions of section one hundred   four of the transportation law.
NY Hwy L § 131-H (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 131-H - Separate Highway Districts in Certain Counties.

§ 131-h. Separate highway districts in certain counties. The board may   establish  separate  highway  districts in counties containing more than   three hundred thousand acres of unimproved unoccupied forest lands,  for   the  purpose  of  constructing highways through such lands; such highway   districts to be established upon the application of the owners  of  more   than  one-half  to  the  non-resident  lands therein.   Any such highway   district shall consist of contiguous tracts or parcels of land, and  may   include  parts of one or more towns; and they may be changed, altered or   abolished at any time by the board. Such board may appoint one  or  more   commissioners  to  lay  out  and  construct  such  highways  in any such   district, and prescribe the powers and duties, and direct the manner  in   which  highway  taxes  shall  be assessed, levied and collected upon the   lands within the district, and the manner of expenditure thereof.If obligations should be issued on behalf of the district,  the  board   may,  for  the  purpose of repaying such loan, set aside and appropriate   the highway taxes upon such lands, for a period not exceeding ten  years   from the time of making such loan.The  board  may,  upon  the  application  of the owners representing a   majority in  value,  as  shall  be  ascertained  from  the  last  annual   assessment-roll  of the real estate lying along the line of any highway,   laid out through unimproved lands, in cases not provided for in the last   preceding section,  authorize  the  appropriation  of  the  non-resident   highway  tax  on the lands lying along such line, for the improvement of   such highways.The board may direct the expenditure of any  non-resident  highway  or   bridge  tax, set apart by an act of the legislature, in counties wherein   such  non-resident  lands  are  situated,  when  the  official  life  of   commissioners appointed to receive and expend such taxes has expired.
NY Hwy L § 131-I (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 131-I - Boundary Lines.

§  131-i.  Boundary  lines.  Wherever the words "upon its borders" are   used in this article in reference  to  the  boundary  line  between  two   towns,  the  same  are  and were intended and shall be construed to mean   "upon," "along," and "across its borders."
NY Hwy L § 133-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 133-A - Rental or Hiring of County Highway Machinery, Tools or Equipment.

§  133-a.  Rental  or  hiring  of  county  highway machinery, tools or   equipment. The board of supervisors or county legislature of any  county   may,  on  the  recommendation  of the county superintendent of highways,   permit the use of any county-owned street or highway machinery, tools or   equipment,  by  any  municipal   corporation,   political   subdivision,   district,  district  corporation  or  school district located within the   state, upon such terms and conditions as  may  be  agreed  upon  by  the   parties  involved.    Moneys  received  by  a  county  pursuant  to  the   provisions of this section shall be paid into the county road  machinery   fund.
NY Hwy L § 134 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 134 - Purchases by County Purchasing Agent.

§ 134. Purchases by county purchasing agent. Notwithstanding any other   provisions  of this article any county may, by a resolution of its board   of supervisors regularly adopted, provide that all, or any part or class   of supplies,  materials,  tools,  implements  and  equipment,  including   purchase   or  rental  of  road  machinery,  required  for  any  purpose   authorized in this article, shall be purchased or contracted for by  the   county purchasing agent in the manner provided by law.
NY Hwy L § 135 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 135 - Snow Removal, and Cutting of Weeds.

§ 135. Snow removal, and cutting of weeds. The board of supervisors of   any  county  may  annually  appropriate  and expend such sum as it deems   proper for the removal of snow from the county roads of the county,  and   for sanding, or otherwise treating them, for the purpose of removing the   danger  due  to  ice  and  snow thereon.   The board shall designate the   county roads from which the snow is to be removed and the work shall  be   conducted  in a manner to be determined by the board under the direction   of the county superintendent of highways.The board may also annually appropriate and  expend  such  sum  as  it   deems  proper  for  the  planting  of  trees, the cutting and removal of   noxious weeds, briers and brush within the bounds of  county  roads  and   town  highways  improved by county aid, and the purchase and erection of   snow fences, or other structures to prevent the drifting of snow on  the   said  roads  and  highways;  and  the  county  superintendent  may  when   authorized by the board of supervisors enter lands adjacent to a  county   road  to  remove any fence or other structure which causes snow to drift   in and upon such county road, and erect snow  fences  or  other  devices   upon  such  lands to prevent the drifting of snow in or upon such county   roads.Whenever any equipment acquired  by  a  county  as  provided  in  this   section is not needed by the county, the county superintendent may lease   such equipment to (a) any town or towns in the county to be used on town   highways  under  the direction of the town superintendent, (b) or to the   state commissioner of transportation.Where lands are entered upon under the provisions of this section, the   county superintendent shall agree with the owner of such lands,  subject   to  the  approval  of  the  board  of  supervisors,  as to the amount of   damages, if any, sustained by such owner in consequence of such entry in   performance of the work authorized by this section, and  the  amount  of   such  damages  shall be a county charge. If the county superintendent is   unable to agree  with  such  owner  upon  the  amount  of  damages  thus   sustained,  the amount thereof shall be ascertained, determined and paid   in the manner that damages are  so  ascertained,  determined  and  paid,   where  new  highways are laid out and opened and the town superintendent   and the land owners are unable to agree upon the amount thereof.
NY Hwy L § 135-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 135-A - Control of Snow and Ice Conditions on County Roads.

§  135-a.  Control  of  snow  and  ice  conditions  on  county  roads. Notwithstanding any general, special or local law,  any  county  or  its superintendent  of  highways may contract with any city, town or village for the removal of snow from the county roads of a county or for sanding or otherwise treating them for the purpose of removing the danger of ice and snow, subject to such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon  by the  parties  involved  and to the approval by resolution of each of the legislative bodies of such county, city, town or village, as follows:  (a) By such city,  town  or  village  renting  its  highway  tools  or equipment to the county for such purposes at such terms as may be agreed upon;  (b) By removal of snow from county roads by a city, town or village;  (c)  By sanding and otherwise treating of county roads for the purpose of removing the danger of ice and snow by a city, town or village;  (d) By removal of snow and sanding and control  of  ice  and  snow  on county roads by a city, town or village;  (e) By any combination of a, b, c and d.   A  county may in like manner contract with a city, town or village for the erection of county owned snow fence along a county  road  upon  such terms  and  conditions as may be agreed upon. The erection of snow fence shall not be deemed to be  a  part  of  the  contract  entered  into  as described  in  b,  c,  d  or  e  above,  unless expressly so provided in writing.   Such contract or contracts shall be in writing for not longer  than  a period of ten years. Money received by a town pursuant to the provisions of  this  section  shall  be credited to the respective funds which were charged with the objects of expense. Money so  received  by  a  city  or village   shall   be  placed  in  the  city  or  village  general  fund, respectively, and may be used for any lawful  city  or  village  highway purpose.   Any  county shall annually appropriate and expend such sum as it deems proper for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section.
NY Hwy L § 138 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 138 - Bridge Between Saratoga County and Warren County to Be Designated as the "Irving H. Densmore Memorial Bridge".

§  138.  Bridge  between  Saratoga  county  and  Warren  county  to be   designated as the "Irving  H.  Densmore  Memorial  Bridge".  The  bridge   across  the Hudson river between the village of Corinth, town of Corinth   in Saratoga county and the town of Lake Luzerne in Warren  county  which   carries  Saratoga  county  road  9  and  Warren  county road 16 shall be   designated and known as the "Irving H. Densmore Memorial Bridge".