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NY Transp L § 240 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 11 - Transfer of Functions, Employees and Records; Continuity of Authority 240 - Transfer of Functions.

§ 240. Transfer  of  functions.  The functions and powers possessed by   and the obligations and duties of the public service commission and  the   department  of  public  service  pertaining  to the regulation of common   carriers, bus  companies,  contract  carriers  of  passengers  by  motor   vehicle  and  contract  carriers of property by motor vehicle, including   such commission  and  department's  investigatory  and  punitive  powers   relative  thereto,  and to its transportation division and the functions   and  powers  possessed  by  and  the  obligations  and  duties  of  such   commission   and  department  relating  to  grade  crossing  elimination   projects and the jurisdiction of such  commission  and  department  over   highway-railroad  grade crossings and separation structures delegated to   either of them  by  the  railroad  law  or  any  other  law  are  hereby   transferred to the commissioner and the department.
NY Transp L § 241 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 11 - Transfer of Functions, Employees and Records; Continuity of Authority 241 - Transfer of Employees.

§ 241. Transfer  of  employees.  Upon the transfer of functions to the   department pursuant to this article, provision should be  made  for  the   transfer  to  the  department  of  such  employees of the public service   commission and the department of  public  service  who  are  engaged  in   carrying  out  such  functions  as  the  chairman  of the public service   commission may deem necessary for the exercise of the  functions  herein   transferred  to  the  department.    Employees  so  transferred shall be   transferred without  further  examination  or  qualification  and  shall   retain  their  respective  civil service classifications and status. For   the purpose of determining the employees holding permanent  appointments   in  competitive  class positions to be transferred, such employees shall   be selected within each  class  of  positions  in  the  order  of  their   original  appointment,  with  due  regard  to the right of preference in   retention of disabled and non-disabled veterans. Any such employee  who,   at the time of such transfer, has a temporary or provisional appointment   shall  be  transferred subject to the same right of removal, examination   or termination as though such transfer  had  not  been  made.  Employees   holding  permanent  appointments  in competitive class positions who are   not transferred pursuant to this section shall have their names  entered   upon  an  appropriate  preferred  list for reinstatement pursuant to the   civil service law.
NY Transp L § 242 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 11 - Transfer of Functions, Employees and Records; Continuity of Authority 242 - Transfer of Records.

§ 242. Transfer  of  records.  The  public  service commission and the   department of public service  shall  deliver  to  the  commissioner  all   books,  papers,  records  and property of such commission and department   pertaining to the functions transferred pursuant to this article.
NY Transp L § 243 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 11 - Transfer of Functions, Employees and Records; Continuity of Authority 243 - Continuity of Authority.

§ 243. Continuity  of  authority. For the purpose of succession to all   functions, powers, duties and obligations transferred pursuant  to  this   article,  the department shall constitute the continuation of the public   service commission and the department  of  public  service,  and  not  a   different agency or authority.
NY Transp L § 244 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 11 - Transfer of Functions, Employees and Records; Continuity of Authority 244 - Continuation of Rules and Regulations.

§ 244. Continuation   of   rules   and   regulations.  All  rules  and   regulations, acts, determinations, orders and decisions  of  the  public   service  commission  and the department of public service, pertaining to   the functions transferred pursuant to this article, in force at the time   of  such  transfer  shall  continue  in  force  and  effect  as   rules,   regulations,   acts,   determinations,   orders  and  decisions  of  the   department and the commissioner until duly modified or abrogated by  the   commissioner.
NY Transp L § 245 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 11 - Transfer of Functions, Employees and Records; Continuity of Authority 245 - Completion of Unfinished Business.

§ 245. Completion of unfinished business. Any business or other matter   undertaken  or  commenced  by  the  public  service  commission  or  the   department of  public  service  pertaining  to  or  connected  with  the   functions,  powers,  obligations and duties transferred pursuant to this   article, and pending on the effective date thereof, may be conducted and   completed by the commissioner in the same  manner  and  under  the  same   terms  and  conditions  and  with  the  same  effect as if conducted and   completed by the public service commission or the department  of  public   service.
NY Transp L § 246 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 11 - Transfer of Functions, Employees and Records; Continuity of Authority 246 - Terms Occurring in Laws, Contracts or Other Documents.

§ 246. Terms   occurring   in  laws,  contracts  or  other  documents.   Whenever the public service  commission  or  the  department  of  public   service  is  referred  to or designated in any law, contract or document   pertaining to the functions, powers, obligations and duties  transferred   pursuant  to this article, such reference or designation shall be deemed   to refer to the department or the commissioner, as the case may be.
NY Transp L § 247 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 11 - Transfer of Functions, Employees and Records; Continuity of Authority 247 - Existing Rights and Remedies Preserved.

§ 247. Existing  rights  and  remedies preserved. No existing right or   remedy of any character shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of   this article.
NY Transp L § 248 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 11 - Transfer of Functions, Employees and Records; Continuity of Authority 248 - Pending Actions and Proceedings.

§ 248. Pending  actions  and  proceedings.  No  action  or  proceeding   pending on March first,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-one  brought  by  or   against  the  public  service  commission  or  the  department of public   service, and pertaining to or  connected  with  the  functions,  powers,   obligations  and  duties  transferred pursuant to this article, shall be   affected by this article, but the same may be prosecuted or defended  in   the name of the department or the commissioner.  In all such actions and   proceedings, the department or the commissioner, upon application to the   court, shall be substituted as a party.
NY Transp L § 249 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 11 - Transfer of Functions, Employees and Records; Continuity of Authority 249 - Transfer of Appropriations.

§ 249. Transfer    of    appropriations.    All    appropriations   or   reappropriations for the functions herein transferred heretofore made to   the public service commission or the department of  public  service,  or   segregated  pursuant  to  law,  to the extent of remaining unexpended or   unencumbered balances  thereof,  whether  allocated  or  unallocated  or   whether  obligated  or  unobligated,  are hereby transferred to and made   available for use  and  expenditure  by  the  department  for  the  same   purposes  for  which originally appropriated or reappropriated and shall   be payable on vouchers certified or  approved  by  the  commissioner  on   audit  or  warrant  of  the  comptroller.  Payments  for liabilities for   expenses of  personal  service,  maintenance  and  operation  heretofore   incurred  by  the  public service commission or the department of public   service in connection with the functions  herein  transferred,  and  for   liabilities  incurred  and to be incurred in completing their affairs in   relation to the functions transferred herein,  shall  also  be  made  on   vouchers  or  certificates  approved  by  the  commissioner on audit and   warrant of the comptroller.
NY Transp L § 250 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 11 - Transfer of Functions, Employees and Records; Continuity of Authority 250 - Opinions, Determinations, Decisions and Judgments.

§ 250. Opinions,   determinations,   decisions   and   judgments.  All   opinions, determinations, decisions and judgments hitherto rendered in a   court of competent jurisdiction in an action or proceeding in which  the   public  service  commission  or department of public service was a party   shall continue to be binding and effective with respect to  the  matters   therein  determined  with the same force and effect as if the department   of  transportation  or  commissioner  of  transportation  were  a  party   therein.
NY Transp L § 251 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 11 - Transfer of Functions, Employees and Records; Continuity of Authority 251 - Codification of Changes.

§ 251. Codification  of  changes.  The  commissioner  shall prepare or   cause to be prepared for the submission to a session of the  legislature   a  codification of the laws relating to the functions, powers and duties   of the public service commission or the department of public service  as   amended,  repealed  or  modified and other acts related thereto and such   other measures as may be appropriate to effectuate the purposes of  this   article and such acts.
NY Transp L § 260 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 12 - Laws Repealed; Transfer of Functions; Interim Functions; Time to Take Effect 260 - Department of Public Works Abolished.

§ 260. Department  of public works abolished. The department of public   works in the state government, created,  established  and  continued  by   section  five  of the public works law, as last amended by chapter three   hundred fifty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-one, is hereby   abolished.
NY Transp L § 261 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 12 - Laws Repealed; Transfer of Functions; Interim Functions; Time to Take Effect 261 - Transfer of Functions.

§ 261. Transfer   of  functions.  All  of  the  functions  and  powers   possessed by and all the obligations and duties  of  the  department  of   public  works  and  the  superintendent  of  public  works, except those   pertaining to the construction of public buildings,  and  flood  control   and  shore  line and beach erosion control, transferred to the office of   general services  in  the  executive  department  and  the  conservation   department,  respectively,  are  hereby  transferred  and  assigned  to,   assumed by and developed upon the department of transportation.
NY Transp L § 262 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 12 - Laws Repealed; Transfer of Functions; Interim Functions; Time to Take Effect 262 - Transfer of Employees.

§ 262. Transfer  of  employees.  Upon the transfer of functions to the   department of transportation pursuant to this chapter,  provision  shall   be  made  for  the  transfer to the department of transportation of such   employees of the department of public works who are engaged in  carrying   out  such  functions  as  the  commissioner  of  transportation may deem   necessary for the  exercise  of  the  functions  of  the  transportation   department.    Employees  so  transferred  shall  be transferred without   further examination or qualification and shall retain  their  respective   civil service classifications and status. For the purpose of determining   the   employees  holding  permanent  appointment  in  competitive  class   positions to be transferred, such employees  shall  be  selected  within   each class of positions in the order of their original appointment, with   due  regard  to  the  right  of  preference in retention of disabled and   nondisabled veterans. Any  such  employee  who,  at  the  time  of  such   transfer,   has   a   temporary  or  provisional  appointment  shall  be   transferred subject  to  the  same  right  of  removal,  examination  or   termination as though such transfer had not been made. Employees holding   permanent  appointments  in  competitive  class  positions  who  are not   transferred pursuant to this section shall have their names entered upon   an appropriate preferred list for reinstatement pursuant  to  the  civil   service law.
NY Transp L § 263 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 12 - Laws Repealed; Transfer of Functions; Interim Functions; Time to Take Effect 263 - Transfer of Records.

§ 263. Transfer  of  records. The superintendent of public works shall   deliver to the commissioner of transportation all books, papers, records   and property of the department of public works and the superintendent of   public works pertaining to the functions herein transferred.
NY Transp L § 264 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 12 - Laws Repealed; Transfer of Functions; Interim Functions; Time to Take Effect 264 - Continuity of Authority.

§ 264. Continuity  of  authority. For the purpose of succession to all   functions, powers, duties, and obligations transferred and assigned  to,   devolved upon and assumed by it pursuant to this chapter, the department   of   transportation   shall   be  deemed  and  held  to  constitute  the   continuation of the department of public works and the superintendent of   public works and not a different agency or authority.
NY Transp L § 265 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 12 - Laws Repealed; Transfer of Functions; Interim Functions; Time to Take Effect 265 - Completion of Unfinished Business.

§ 265. Completion of unfinished business. Any business or other matter   undertaken  or  commenced  by  the  department  of  public  works or the   superintendent of public works  pertaining  to  or  connected  with  the   functions,   powers,  obligations  and  duties  hereby  transferred  and   assigned, and pending on the effective date  of  this  chapter,  may  be   conducted  and completed by the department of transportation in the same   manner and under the same terms and conditions and with the same  effect   as  if  conducted and completed by the department of public works or the   superintendent of public works.
NY Transp L § 266 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 12 - Laws Repealed; Transfer of Functions; Interim Functions; Time to Take Effect 266 - Continuance of Rules and Regulations.

§ 266. Continuance  of  rules and regulations. All rules, regulations,   acts, determinations and decisions of the department of public works and   the superintendent of public works pertaining to  the  functions  herein   transferred  and  assigned,  in  force  at  the  time  of such transfer,   assignment, assumption or devolution shall continue in force and  effect   as  rules,  regulations,  acts,  determinations  and  decisions  of  the   department of transportation until duly modified  or  abrogated  by  the   department of transportation.
NY Transp L § 267 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 12 - Laws Repealed; Transfer of Functions; Interim Functions; Time to Take Effect 267 - Terms Occurring in Laws, Contracts and Other Documents.

§ 267. Terms   occurring  in  laws,  contracts  and  other  documents.   Whenever the superintendent of public works or the department of  public   works  is  referred  to  or  designated in any law, contract or document   pertaining to the  functions,  powers,  obligations  and  duties  hereby   transferred  and assigned, such reference or designation shall be deemed   to refer to the commissioner of  transportation  or  the  department  of   transportation, respectively.
NY Transp L § 268 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 12 - Laws Repealed; Transfer of Functions; Interim Functions; Time to Take Effect 268 - Existing Rights and Remedies Preserved.

§ 268. Existing  rights  and  remedies preserved. No existing right or   remedy of any character shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of   this chapter.
NY Transp L § 269 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 12 - Laws Repealed; Transfer of Functions; Interim Functions; Time to Take Effect 269 - Pending Actions and Proceedings.

§ 269. Pending  actions  and  proceedings.  No  action  or  proceeding   pending at the time when this chapter shall take effect, brought  by  or   against  the  superintendent of public works or the department of public   works shall be affected by any provision of this chapter, but  the  same   may  be  prosecuted  or  defended  in  the  name  of the commissioner or   department of transportation. In all such actions and  proceedings,  the   department  of  transportation,  upon application to the court, shall be   substituted as a party.
NY Transp L § 270 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 12 - Laws Repealed; Transfer of Functions; Interim Functions; Time to Take Effect 270 - Transfer of Appropriations Heretofore Made to Department of Public Works.

§ 270. Transfer  of  appropriations  heretofore  made to department of   public works. All appropriations or reappropriations for  the  functions   herein transferred heretofore made to the department of public works, or   segregated  pursuant  to  law,  to the extent of remaining unexpended or   unencumbered balances thereof,  whether  allocated  or  unallocated  and   whether  obligated  or  unobligated,  are hereby transferred to and made   available for use and expenditure by the  department  of  transportation   for   the   same   purposes   for   which   originally  appropriated  or   reappropriated and shall be payable on vouchers certified or approved by   the  commissioner  of  transportation  on  audit  and  warrant  of   the   comptroller.  Payments for liabilities for expenses of personal service,   maintenance and operation  heretofore  incurred  by  the  department  of   public  works  in  connection with the functions herein transferred, and   for liabilities incurred and to be incurred in completing its affairs in   relation to the functions transferred herein,  shall  also  be  made  on   vouchers  or certificates approved by the commissioner of transportation   on audit and warrant of the comptroller.
NY Transp L § 271 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 12 - Laws Repealed; Transfer of Functions; Interim Functions; Time to Take Effect 271 - Codification of Changes.

§ 271. Codification  of  changes.  The  commissioner of transportation   shall prepare or cause to be prepared for submission to the next regular   session of the legislature a codification of the laws  relating  to  the   functions,  powers  and  duties  of  the department of transportation as   amended, repealed or modified by this chapter  and  other  acts  related   thereto  and such other measures as may be appropriate to effectuate the   purposes of this chapter and such acts.
NY Transp L § 272 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 12 - Laws Repealed; Transfer of Functions; Interim Functions; Time to Take Effect 272 - Time to Take Effect.

§ 272. Time  to  take  effect.  This  act  shall take effect September   first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven.
NY Transp L § 300 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 13 - Mass Transportation 300 - Declaration of Policy.

§ 300. Declaration  of  policy. In order to assure effective discharge   of state responsibility with respect to the provision of  adequate  mass   transportation  services to the inhabitants of the State, the department   may enter into an agreement with any municipal  corporation  to  pay  on   behalf of the State a share of the project cost of any municipal project   undertaken  in  accordance  with  the provisions of any federal grant or   project approval received from the  Federal  Urban  Mass  Transportation   Administration or the Federal Highway Administration.The  state  share  of  a  municipal  project  undertaken  with federal   assistance from the Federal Urban Mass Transportation Administration  or   the Federal Highway Administration may be fifteen percent of the project   cost.In the event a municipal propect is undertaken with federal assistance   as  authorized  by  the Federal Aid Highway Act of l973, and the federal   assistance provided is less than eighty percent of the project cost, the   state share may be increased by an amount equivalent to  the  difference   between  the  federal  assistance  received  and  eighty  percent of the   project cost provided, however, that the  maximum  state  share  of  any   municipal  project  shall  not exceed twenty-five percent of the project   cost.
NY Transp L § 301 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 13 - Mass Transportation 301 - Definitions.

§ 301. Definitions.  Whenever used in this article, unless a different   meaning clearly  appears  from  the  context:  1.  "Mass  transportation   capital  project."    The  acquisition,  construction, reconstruction or   improvement with federal assistance  of  any  rapid  transit,  railroad,   omnibus,  marine  transportation  or  other  mass transportation capital   facility and any capital equipment used in connection therewith.2. "Municipal project." Any mass transit capital project undertaken by   a municipal corporation.3. "Federal assistance." Funds available, other than by loan, from the   federal government to any  municipal  corporation,  either  directly  or   through  allocation  by  the  state, for any mass transportation capital   project.4. "Municipal corporation." A municipal corporation includes  a  city,   town,  village, county, not including a county wholly contained within a   city, special transportation district,  public  benefit  corporation  or   other public corporation or two or more of the foregoing acting jointly.5.  "Project  cost."  The  actual cost of any municipal project or the   estimated reasonable cost thereof as  determined  by  the  commissioner,   whichever  is  lower,  plus  any direct incidental costs approved by the   state comptroller.
NY Transp L § 302 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 13 - Mass Transportation 302 - Application for Assistance.

§ 302. Application   for   assistance.   The  commissioner  is  hereby   authorized  to  receive   and   review   applications   from   municipal   corporations  for  state aid for municipal projects, and to approve such   applications, within the amounts appropriated therefor, as are  part  of   or   consistent   with   a   statewide  comprehensive  master  plan  for   transportation promulgated by  the  commissioner  and  approved  by  the   governor  or,  in  the  absence of any current comprehensive master plan   sound transportation  development  policy  and  planning  concepts.  The   commissioner  shall  submit copies of any application so approved to the   governor, to the director of the budget and to the  office  of  planning   services with such recommendations as he may deem appropriate.The  commissioner  is  hereby  authorized  to prescribe such rules and   regulations as he may deem appropriate to  effectuate  the  purposes  of   this  article,  including  but  not  limited  to  rules  and regulations   governing the form, content and submission of applications by  municipal   corporations  for  state  aid  for  municipal  projects  pursuant to the   provisions of this article.