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NY Hwy L § 270 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 10 - Finances 270 - Audit of Damages Without Action.

§ 270. Audit of damages without action. The town board of any town may   audit  as  a  town  charge, in the same manner as other town charges are   audited, any one claim not exceeding five hundred dollars,  for  damages   to  person  or  property, heretofore or hereafter sustained by reason of   defective highways or bridges in the town, if in their  judgment  it  be   for  the interest of the town so to do; but no claim shall be so audited   unless it shall have been presented to the supervisor and town clerk  of   the  town within ninety days after it accrued, nor if any action thereon   shall be barred by the statute of limitations. The town board  may  also   audit  any  unpaid  judgment heretofore or hereafter recovered against a   town superintendent for any such damages, if such town  board  shall  be   satisfied  that  he  acted  in  good  faith, and the defect causing such   damage did not exist because of the  negligence  or  misconduct  of  the   superintendent against whom such judgment shall have been recovered.
NY Hwy L § 272 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 10 - Finances 272 - Submission of Propositions at Town Meetings.

§  272.  Submission of propositions at town meetings. A proposition to   authorize the levy  and  collection  of  an  amount  greater  than  that   specified  in  the  preceding  section  for  any of the purposes therein   mentioned may be submitted upon the written application  of  twenty-five   taxpayers  upon  the  last  town assessment-roll or by a majority of the   members of the town board, at a biennial town meeting or a special  town   meeting  duly  called as provided by law. The provisions of the town law   relating to the submission of town propositions at a biennial or special   town meeting shall apply to the submission of such propositions. If such   proposition be adopted the town board shall  include  in  the  estimates   contained  in  the  next  statement  submitted  by  it  to  the board of   supervisors, as provided in section two  hundred  and  sixty-seven,  the   amounts  authorized  to  be  raised by such proposition for the purposes   therein  stated,  and  thereupon  such  amounts  shall  be  levied   and   collected, and paid to the supervisor, to be expended by him as directed   by such proposition.
NY Hwy L § 274 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 10 - Finances 274 - Provision of Funds for Bridge and Highway Purposes.

§  274.  Provision  of  funds for bridge and highway purposes. Nothing   contained in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the provision by   a town, pursuant to the local finance law, in whole or in part, of funds   to be expended for the following purposes:1. Constructing, building, repairing or discontinuing any  highway  or   bridge therein, or upon its borders.2.  Repairing  or  rebuilding  any highway or bridge or board walk, or   renewal thereof, on any highway less than two rods in width, which shall   at any time be damaged or destroyed by the  elements  or  otherwise,  or   become unsafe for public use and travel.3.  Repairing or rebuilding any bridge which has been condemned by the   commissioner of transportation, as provided in this chapter.4. The purchase of snow fences or other structures to prevent drifting   of snow on the highways.If the highway or bridge, proposed to be constructed, built,  repaired   or  discontinued,  is  situated in two or more towns in the same county,   the board of supervisors shall, if application be made  by  any  one  of   such  towns,  apportion  the  expense  thereof among such towns, in such   proportion as shall be just.
NY Hwy L § 274-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 10 - Finances 274-A - Power of County, City or Town to Provide Funds for Snow Removal.

§  274-a.  Power  of  county,  city  or town to provide funds for snow   removal. The board of supervisors of any county, the governing board  or   body  of  any city, the town board of any town, or the board of trustees   of any village may provide funds for snow removal purposes and  for  the   purchase  of  snow fences or other structures to prevent the drifting of   snow on its streets or highways.
NY Hwy L § 277 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 10 - Finances 277 - Assessment of Village Property.

§  277. Assessment of village property. In any town in which there may   be an incorporated village, which forms a separate  road  district,  and   wherein  the  roads  and  streets  are maintained at the expense of such   village, all property within such village shall be exempt from the  levy   and  collection  of taxes levied in the town, as provided by section two   hundred sixty-seven of this chapter, for the repair and  improvement  of   highways,  including sluices, culverts and bridges having a span of less   than five feet. In addition a town board in such  town  may  exempt  all   property  within  such  village  from  the  levy and collection of taxes   levied in the town for such items provided for by subdivisions three and   four of section one hundred forty-one of this chapter. The assessors  of   such  town  shall  indicate  in  a separate column the value of the real   property included in such incorporated village.
NY Hwy L § 278 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 10 - Finances 278 - Statement by Clerk of Board of Supervisors.

§  278.  Statement  by clerk of board of supervisors. The clerk of the   board of supervisors of each county shall, on or before the first day of   January of  each  year,  transmit  to  the  state  comptroller  and  the   commissioner  of  transportation a statement, signed and verified by the   chairman of the board, and certified by the clerk, which shall state the   name of each town, the assessed valuation  of  real  property,  and  the   assessed  valuation  of personal property, each separately, in the towns   outside incorporated villages, and the amount  of  tax  levied  therein,   together  with  the tax rate for the repair and improvement of highways,   including sluices, culverts and bridges having a span of less than  five   feet. The towns' valuation of real property to be used in such statement   shall  be  the valuation thereof, as it appears upon the assessment-roll   for the year of the levy.
NY Hwy L § 281 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 10 - Finances 281 - Mileage and Actual Valuation.

§  281.  Mileage  and  actual valuation. 1. The mileage of highways in   towns to be used in determining the amounts to be  paid  to  such  towns   under  the  provisions  of  this  article shall be the tables of mileage   heretofore prepared by the state engineer, until the corrected tables of   mileage prepared as provided in section ten of this chapter  are  filed.   Such tables and all corrections thereof shall be filed in the department   of transportation and with the comptroller. The actual valuation of real   property  to  be  used  in  determining  such  amounts shall be the full   valuation thereof, according to  the  latest  table  of  percentages  of   assessments  as fixed and determined by the commissioner of taxation and   finance.2.  The  actual  valuation  shall  be  determined  by   applying   the   percentages  contained in the latest table of percentages of assessments   as fixed and determined by the state tax  commission,  to  the  assessed   valuations  of  the several towns as they appear on the statement of the   clerk of the board of supervisors for the year  prior  to  the  levy  of   taxes  upon which is based the amounts to be paid as provided in section   two hundred and seventy-nine.
NY Hwy L § 282 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 10 - Finances 282 - Apportionment and Payment of State Money; Liability.

§  282.  Apportionment  and  payment  of  state  money; liability. The   comptroller shall annually apportion to the towns,  upon  the  basis  of   mileage  certified  to  him  by  the commissioner of transportation, the   amounts so required to be paid by the state,  and  shall  forthwith  pay   such  sums to the town supervisors of the several towns of the state. In   his certificate, the comptroller shall set forth the name of each  town,   the  number  of miles of highway for which maintenance is required to be   provided by the town, the rate per mile of such  apportionment  and  the   total amount allotted on account of such highways within the town.
NY Hwy L § 283 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 10 - Finances 283 - Custody of Highway Moneys.

§  283.  Custody of highway moneys. All moneys levied and collected as   provided in this article, all moneys collected as penalties  under  this   chapter,  or  received  from any other source and available for highway,   bridge and miscellaneous purposes and all moneys paid to the town by the   state, as provided in sections two hundred seventy-nine, two hundred and   eighty and two hundred eighty-two  and  as  provided  in  chapter  eight   hundred  twenty-four  of  the laws of nineteen hundred fifty, as amended   from time to time, shall be paid to the supervisor, who as such shall be   the custodian thereof, and accountable therefor.
NY Hwy L § 284 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 10 - Finances 284 - Expenditures for Repair and Improvement of Highways.

§ 284. Expenditures for repair and improvement of highways. The moneys   levied  and  collected  for  the  repair  and  improvement  of highways,   including sluices, culverts and bridges having a span of less than  five   feet  and  boardwalks  or renewals thereof, the moneys received from the   state, as provided by sections two hundred seventy-nine and two  hundred   eighty-two,  and  such  other  moneys  as the town board, by resolution,   shall have transferred pursuant to section one hundred thirteen  of  the   town  law  or  pursuant  to  section  two  hundred eighty-five-a of this   chapter shall be  expended  for  the  repair  and  improvement  of  such   highways,  sluices,  culverts, and bridges and walks, at such places and   in such manner as may be agreed upon by the  town  board  and  the  town   superintendent  of  highways. Such agreement shall be written and signed   in duplicate by a majority of the members of the town board, and by  the   town  superintendent,  before  the  same  shall take effect. One of such   duplicates shall be filed in the office of the town clerk and one in the   office of the county superintendent. Such moneys shall be  paid  out  by   the  supervisor  on  vouchers  approved  by  the  town superintendent in   accordance with such written agreement.The town board and town superintendent may also appropriate from  such   moneys  such  a sum of money as they deem proper for the construction or   repair of any public road, walk, place or avenue  upon  any  sand  beach   separated by more than two miles of water from the main body of the town   or  on  any island or part of an island in the town, although such road,   walk, place or avenue is narrower than the width of highways required by   statute, but the construction or repair of any such road, walk, place or   avenue with such moneys on any such beach or on any such island or  part   of  an  island shall not be construed as imposing any liability upon the   town or upon the superintendent of highways for any injury to person  or   property happening thereon.
NY Hwy L § 285 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 10 - Finances 285 - Expenditures for Bridges and Other Highway Purposes.

§ 285. Expenditures for bridges and other highway purposes. The moneys   levied  and collected, or raised by the issue and sale of bonds or notes   and such other moneys as the  town  board,  by  resolution,  shall  have   transferred  pursuant to section one hundred thirteen of the town law or   pursuant to section two  hundred  eighty-five-a  of  this  chapter,  for   highway  purposes,  other  than the repair or improvement of highways as   specified in the preceding section, shall be paid out in accordance with   the annual budget as modified by the town board, or by a vote of a  town   meeting, as provided in this article.
NY Hwy L § 285-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 10 - Finances 285-A - Transfers Between Highway Fund Accounts.

§  285-a. Transfers between highway fund accounts. (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law and except as limited by this  section,  the town  board  of  any  town may, by resolution, authorize the transfer of moneys between any of the funds or accounts authorized  by  section  one hundred forty-one of this chapter.  (2)  In  the  case  of  any  town which contains within its boundaries territory which forms all or part of one  or  more  villages,  the  town board  shall  not authorize the transfer of moneys from any of the funds or accounts authorized by section one hundred forty-one of this  chapter to  any other fund or account authorized by such section unless the fund or account from which and to  which  such  moneys  are  proposed  to  be transferred  are comprised of moneys which, if raised by taxes, would be raised by taxes levied on property in the identical areas of the town.
NY Hwy L § 291 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 10 - Finances 291 - Compensation of Supervisor and Town Clerk.

§  291. Compensation of supervisor and town clerk. Notwithstanding the   provisions of section twenty-seven of the town law, members of boards of   supervisors shall be allowed and paid the compensation provided by  law,   for  services  of  members  of  boards  of  supervisors while serving as   members of a committee known as the highway  officials  of  the  county,   pursuant  to  section one hundred and ninety-five of this chapter, or as   members of a road or highway committee while visiting and  inspecting  a   road  being constructed and improved under the provisions of section one   hundred and ninety-four of this chapter and  advising  with  the  county   superintendent  of  highways  about the manner in which the work of such   construction and improvement is being done or ought to be done, and  its   acceptance  by  the  board,  or  as  members  of  a highway committee in   acquiring land for rights of way, or spoil banks, or for the purposes of   obtaining gravel, stone or other material when required pursuant to  the   provisions  of  sections  thirty,  thirty-one  and  thirty-two  of  this   chapter.
NY Hwy L § 292 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 10 - Finances 292 - Additional Expenditure for Improvement, Repair and Maintenance of Town Highways.

§  292. Additional expenditure for improvement, repair and maintenance   of town highways. Upon the written application of twenty-five  taxpayers   of  a  town,  filed  with the town clerk, the electors thereof may, at a   regular or special town meeting, vote by ballot upon a  proposition  for   the  expenditure  of a sum, not exceeding one-third of one per centum of   the total taxable property of the town, including incorporated villages,   in addition to the sum authorized by this chapter for  the  improvement,   repair  and  maintenance of town highways in such town. Such proposition   shall be submitted in the manner provided by law for the  submission  of   questions  or  propositions  at  a  town meeting. If such proposition be   adopted, the amount specified therein shall be a town charge  and  shall   be  levied  and  collected  in the same manner as other town moneys, and   when collected shall be paid to the  supervisor  and  expended  for  the   purposes specified in such proposition as provided in this chapter.
NY Hwy L § 300 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 300 - Private Road.

§  300.  Private road. An application for a private road shall be made   in writing to the town superintendent of the town in which it is  to  be   located,  specifying  its width and location, courses and distances, and   the names of the owners and occupants of the land through  which  it  is   proposed to be laid out.
NY Hwy L § 301 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 301 - Jury to Determine Necessity and Assess Damages.

§  301.  Jury  to  determine  necessity  and  assess damages. The town   superintendent to whom the application shall be made  shall  appoint  as   early  a  day  as  the convenience of the parties interested will allow,   when, at a place designated in the town, a jury will be selected for the   purpose of determining upon the necessity of such road,  and  to  assess   the damages by reason of the opening thereof.
NY Hwy L § 302 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 302 - Copy Application and Notice Delivered to Applicant.

§  302.  Copy application and notice delivered to applicant. Such town   superintendent shall deliver to the applicant a copy of the application,   to which shall be added a notice of the time and place appointed for the   selection of the jury, addressed to the  owners  and  occupants  of  the   land.
NY Hwy L § 303 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 303 - Copy and Notice to Be Served.

§  303.  Copy  and notice to be served. The applicant on receiving the   copy and notice shall, on the same day,  or  the  next  day  thereafter,   excluding  Sundays and holidays, cause such copy and notice to be served   upon the persons to whom it is addressed, by delivering to each of  them   who  reside  in the same town a copy thereof, or in case of his absence,   by leaving the same at his residence and upon such as reside  elsewhere,   by  depositing  in  the  postoffice  a  copy  thereof  to each, properly   enclosed in  an  envelope,  addressed  to  them  respectively  at  their   postoffice  address,  and  paying  the  postage  thereon, or, in case of   infant owners, by like service upon their parent or guardian.
NY Hwy L § 304 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 304 - List of Jurors, and Drawing Jurors.

§  304. List of jurors, and drawing jurors. At such time and place, on   due proof of the service of the notice, the town  superintendent  shall,   in the presence of a justice of the peace of such town, to be designated   by  him  and  who  shall be present at such time, openly draw thirty-six   ballots from a box or other  receptacle  containing  the  names  of  the   persons  who  are returned as jurors of the town to the courts of record   of the county, upon the last list thereof, as certified  by  the  county   clerk, as jurors to attend and determine upon the necessity of such road   and  to assess the damages by reason of the opening thereof, on a day to   which the proceeding shall then be  adjourned  by  him,  not  more  than   fourteen  days  from  the day on which such jurors are drawn, unless the   parties consent to a longer adjournment. The ballots  shall  be  of  the   same  description  as  those  prescribed  to  be used by justices of the   peace, for the purpose of procuring a jury to try an action in justices'   courts. Such ballots may be, or may previously  have  been  prepared  by   such justice of the peace. If a person whose name is thus drawn is not a   resident freeholder of the town, the town superintendent shall set aside   such  juror, and he may excuse any juror who comes within the provisions   of section five hundred and forty-four of  the  judiciary  law,  and  in   either  case, draw another ballot and continue to do so until thirty-six   are drawn.
NY Hwy L § 305 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 305 - Delivery, Execution and Return of Venire.

§  305.  Delivery,  execution and return of venire. The justice of the   peace attending upon such drawing of  jurors  shall  thereupon  issue  a   venire,  and the same shall be delivered and executed in the same manner   as a venire for jurors drawn in a justice's court, as provided  in,  and   under  the  same penalty as provided in, the provisions of law governing   the delivery, execution and return of a venire issued by  a  justice  of   the peace for jurors drawn for service in the justices' courts.
NY Hwy L § 306 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 306 - Jury to Determine and Assess Damages; Fees of Justice of Peace and Constable.

§  306. Jury to determine and assess damages; fees of justice of peace   and constable. At the time and place to which the  proceeding  has  been   adjourned,  as  provided  in  section three hundred and four hereof, the   town superintendent, and the justice of the peace so designated by  him,   shall attend, and a jury of twelve shall then be openly drawn and chosen   by  the  justice of the peace, in the same manner as juries are drawn in   justices' courts, except that each party may peremptorily challenge  not   more than six of the persons drawn as such jurors. The parties may elect   to try the issue by a less number than twelve jurors, at any time before   a  witness  is sworn. The persons so selected, as herein provided, shall   constitute the jury and shall be sworn by the justice of the peace  well   and  truly  to  determine as to the necessity of the road, and to assess   the damages by reason of the opening thereof. The duties of the  justice   of the peace in connection with such proceeding shall end after the jury   is   sworn.  The  justice  of  the  peace  so  designated  by  the  town   superintendent and the constable executing such venire,  shall  each  be   entitled  to the same fees as may at any time be provided by law for the   performance of similar duties in justices' courts, to  be  paid  by  the   applicant.
NY Hwy L § 307 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 307 - Their Verdict.

§  307.  Their  verdict.  The  jury  shall view the premises, hear the   allegations of the parties, and such witnesses as they may produce,  and   if  they shall determine that the proposed road is necessary, they shall   assess the damages to the person or persons through whose land it is  to   pass, and deliver their verdict in writing to the town superintendent.
NY Hwy L § 308 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 308 - Value of Highway Discontinued.

§ 308. Value of highway discontinued. If the necessity of such private   road has been occasioned by the alteration or discontinuance of a public   highway  running  through  the lands belonging to a person through whose   lands the private road is proposed to be opened,  the  jury  shall  take   into  consideration  the  value  of the highway so discontinued, and the   benefit resulting to the person by reason of  such  discontinuance,  and   shall  deduct  the  same  from  the damages assessed for the opening and   laying out of such private road.
NY Hwy L § 309 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 309 - Papers to Be Recorded in the Town Clerk's Office.

§  309.  Papers  to  be  recorded in the town clerk's office. The town   superintendent shall annex to such verdict the  application,  and  their   certificate  that  the road is laid out, and the same shall be filed and   recorded in the town clerk's office.
NY Hwy L § 310 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 310 - Damages to Be Paid Before Opening the Road.

§  310.  Damages  to  be  paid  before  opening  the road. The damages   assessed by the jury shall be paid by the party for  whose  benefit  the   road  is  laid  out,  before the road is opened or used; but if the jury   shall certify that the necessity of such private road was occasioned  by   the alteration or discontinuance of a public highway, such damages shall   be paid by the town and refunded to the applicant.
NY Hwy L § 311 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 311 - Fees of Officers.

§  311.  Fees  of  officers.  Every  juror  serving  on  the  jury, in   proceedings for a private road, shall be entitled  to  receive  for  his   services one dollar and fifty cents to be paid by the applicant.