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NY Hwy L § 139-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 6 - County Roads 139-A - Presentation of Claims for Torts; Actions Against Counties.

§  139-a.  Presentation of claims for torts; actions against counties.   1. Any  claim  including  a  claim  specified  in  section  one  hundred   thirty-nine  of  this  chapter  which may be made against the county for   damages for wrong or injury to person or property or for the death of  a   person  shall  be  made and served in compliance with section fifty-e of   the general municipal law.2. Every action upon such claim shall be  commenced  pursuant  to  the   provisions of section fifty-i of the general municipal law.3.  This section shall not apply to actions upon claims for damages or   compensation for property taken by condemnation for any public purpose.
NY Hwy L § 141 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 7 - Town Superintendents 141 - Estimate of Expenditures for Highways and Bridges.

§ 141. Estimate of expenditures for highways and bridges. The estimate   of  expenditures  for  highways and bridges, to be submitted by the town   superintendent, as required by section one hundred four of the town law,   shall specify:1. The amount of money necessary to be levied and  collected  for  the   repair  and  improvement  of  highways,  including sluices, culverts and   bridges having a span of  less  than  five  feet,  and  board  walks  or   renewals  thereof  on highways less than two rods in width, and also the   amount necessary to construct or repair any public roads, walks,  places   or  avenues  on any sand beach separated by more than two miles from the   main body of the town, or on any island or part  of  an  island  in  the   town.   Such amount shall not be less than an amount which when added to   the amount of money to be received from the state, under the  provisions   of  section  two hundred and seventy-nine, will equal thirty dollars for   each  mile  of  highways  within  the  town,  outside  the   limits   of   incorporated  villages, except that no town having an assessed valuation   of three thousand seven hundred and  fifty  dollars  or  less  per  mile   outside of incorporated villages shall be required to levy and collect a   tax  under  this  subdivision in excess of four dollars on each thousand   dollars of assessed valuation.2. The amount of money necessary to be levied and  collected  for  the   repair and construction of bridges, having a span of five feet or more.3.  The  amount  of money necessary to be levied and collected for the   purchase, repair and custody of stone crushers, power rollers,  traction   engines,  road  machines  for  grading and scraping, power trucks, power   graders, turn tables, scarifiers, concrete  mixers,  power  shovels  and   distributors and tools and implements.4.  The  amount  of money necessary to be levied and collected for the   removal of obstructions caused  by  snow  and  for  other  miscellaneous   purposes,  including  the  widening of a state highway under a permit as   provided by section fifty-two. The amounts specified in  such  statement   shall  not  exceed the limitations prescribed in section two hundred and   seventy-one. If the town superintendent is of the opinion that an amount   in excess of the limitations therein prescribed be  raised  by  tax,  he   shall include in his statement his reasons therefor in detail.
NY Hwy L § 142-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 7 - Town Superintendents 142-B - Removal of Snow and Ice, Making of Repairs, and Rental of Town Highway Machinery; School and Other Districts.

§  142-b.  Removal  of  snow and ice, making of repairs, and rental of town highway machinery; school and other districts. The  town  board  of any  town  may  authorize the town superintendent to (1) remove snow and ice from any property within the town belonging to  a  school  district, upon  such  terms  as may be agreed upon by the town board and governing board of any such school district.  (2) Repair roads and sidewalks within the town belonging to  a  school district,  upon  such  terms as may be agreed upon by the town board and the governing board of any such school district.  (3) Permit the use of town  highway  machinery,  tools  and  equipment within  the  town  by any fire district, special improvement district or school district, located in whole or in part in any such town, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the  town  board  and  the governing board or governing body of any such district.  (4) Except as otherwise provided in section one hundred forty-two-c of this chapter with respect to the use of town highway machinery, snow and ice  removal  equipment, tools and equipment by a village located wholly or partly within the town, permit the use  of  town  highway  machinery, snow  and ice removal equipment, tools and equipment during an emergency by any city, village, town, county, fire district,  special  improvement district  or  school  district, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the town board and the governing board or governing  body of any such district.  (5)  Moneys  received  by  a  town  pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be first applied to the credit of the fund  authorized  by subdivision four of section one hundred forty-one of this chapter to the extent that any expense incurred was originally charged thereto, and the balance of such moneys, if any, shall be credited to the fund authorized by subdivision three of section one hundred forty-one of this chapter.
NY Hwy L § 142-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 7 - Town Superintendents 142-C - Removal of Snow and Ice From Streets and Repair of Sidewalks in Villages.

§  142-c. Removal of snow and ice from streets and repair of sidewalks in villages. The town board may authorize the town superintendent to (1) remove snow and ice from streets and sidewalks in any village or portion thereof within the town.  (2) Repair streets and sidewalks within any village or portion thereof within the town.  (3) Permit the use of town highway machinery,  snow  and  ice  removal equipment,  tools  and  equipment in or by any village located wholly or partly within the town.  (4) The work authorized by this section shall be performed  upon  such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the town board of the town and board of trustees of the village.  (5)  Moneys  received  by  a  town  pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be first applied to the credit of the fund  authorized  by subdivision four of section one hundred forty-one of this chapter to the extent that any expense incurred was originally charged thereto, and the balance of such moneys, if any, shall be credited to the fund authorized by subdivision three of section one hundred forty-one of this chapter.
NY Hwy L § 142-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 7 - Town Superintendents 142-D - Rental or Hiring of Town Highway Machinery, Tools or Equipment.

§  142-d.  Rental  or  hiring  of  town  highway  machinery,  tools or   equipment.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  section   one   hundred   forty-two-c  of  this  chapter  with  respect to the use of town highway   machinery, snow and ice removal equipment,  tools  and  equipment  by  a   village   located   wholly   or   partly   within  the  town,  the  town   superintendent of highways, with the approval of  the  town  board,  may   permit  the  use of any town-owned highway machinery, tools or equipment   by a county or any municipality, district, district corporation,  school   district, community college, and any unit of the state university of New   York,  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  may be agreed upon by the   parties involved.  Moneys received by a town pursuant to the  provisions   of  this  section shall be applicable for the purposes for which amounts   may be raised as provided in subdivision three of  section  two  hundred   seventy-one of this chapter.
NY Hwy L § 143 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 7 - Town Superintendents 143 - Town Superintendents May Hire Machinery.

§   143.   Town   superintendents   may   hire   machinery.  The  town   superintendent may rent or hire machinery or equipment at a rate  to  be   approved  by  the  town  board. The expense thereof shall be paid out of   moneys provided for the repair and improvement of highways. Rentals paid   by the town pursuant to this section shall  not  be  applicable  to  the   purchase  of  machinery or equipment so rented, except if pursuant to an   installment purchase contract entered into  pursuant  to  section    one   hundred nine-b of the general municipal law.
NY Hwy L § 145 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 7 - Town Superintendents 145 - Purchase of Gravel Pits.

§  145. Purchase of gravel pits. The town board of a town may contract   for and purchase land in the name of the town containing a gravel bed or   other material for use on the public highways and bridges of  the  town.   No  such  land  shall  be  purchased  except at an agreed price with the   owner. No such land shall be resold  to  any  private  corporation.  The   purchase  price  of  such  land  shall be a town charge and be paid from   moneys levied or collected  therefor,  as  provided  by  law.  All  such   property so acquired shall vest in and become the property of such town.
NY Hwy L § 147 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 7 - Town Superintendents 147 - Entry Upon Lands by Town Superintendent.

§   147.   Entry   upon   lands   by  town  superintendent.  The  town   superintendent may, when directed by the county superintendent, and when   authorized by the town board, enter1. Upon any lands adjacent to any of the highways in the town, for the   purpose of opening an existing ditch or drain,  or  for  digging  a  new   ditch  or  drain  for the free passage of water for the drainage of such   highways.2. Upon the lands of any person adjoining rivers, streams  or  creeks,   to  drive  spiles,  throw up embankments and perform such other labor as   may be necessary to keep such rivers, streams  or  creeks  within  their   proper  channels,  and  to  prevent  their encroachment upon highways or   abutments of bridges.3. Upon the  lands  adjoining  a  highway  which,  during  the  spring   freshets  or  at  a time of high water are subject to overflow from such   rivers, streams or creeks, to remove or change the position of  a  fence   or  other obstruction preventing the free flow of water under or through   a highway, bridge or culvert, whenever the same may be necessary for the   protection of such highway or bridge.4. Upon any lands adjacent to highways to remove any  fence  or  other   obstruction  which  causes  snow to drift in and upon such highways, and   erect snow fences or other  devices  upon  such  lands  to  prevent  the   drifting of snow in or upon such highways.
NY Hwy L § 148 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 7 - Town Superintendents 148 - Damages to Owners of Lands.

§  148. Damages to owners of lands. Where lands are entered upon under   the provisions of the preceding section, the town  superintendent  shall   agree  with the owner of such lands, subject to the approval of the town   board, as to the amount of damages, if any, sustained by such  owner  in   consequence  of such entry in performance of the work authorized by such   section, and the amount of such damages shall be a town charge.  If  the   town  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 land owners are unable to agree upon the amount   thereof.
NY Hwy L § 149 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 7 - Town Superintendents 149 - Drainage, Sewer and Water Pipes, Cattle Passes or Other Crossings in Highways.

§  149.  Drainage,  sewer  and  water  pipes,  cattle  passes or other   crossings in highways. The town superintendent may, with the consent  of   the town board, upon the written application of any resident or taxpayer   of  his  town  or  a  corporation,  grant  permission for an overhead or   underground crossing, or to lay and maintain drainage, sewer  and  water   pipes  under  ground  within  the  portion  therein  described of a town   highway.  Permission shall not be granted for the laying and maintaining   of such pipes under the travelled part of the highway, except across the   same, for the purposes of sewerage and draining swamps or  other  lands,   and supplying premises with water. Such permission shall be granted upon   the  condition  that  such  pipes  and hydrants or crossings shall be so   laid, set or constructed as not to interrupt or  interfere  with  public   travel  upon  the  highway,  and  upon  the  further  condition that the   applicant will replace the earth removed and leave the  highway  in  all   respects  in  as  good  condition as before the laying of said pipes, or   construction of such crossings, and that such applicant will  keep  such   pipes and hydrants or crossing in repair and save the town harmless from   all damages which may accrue by reason of their location in the highway,   and  that upon notice by the town superintendent the applicant will make   the repairs required for the protection or preservation of the  highway.   The  permit  of  the  town  superintendent, with the consent of the town   board or county superintendent, and the  acceptance  of  the  applicant,   shall  be  executed  in  duplicate,  one  of which shall be filed in the   office of the town clerk and the other  in  the  office  of  the  county   superintendent.    In  case  the applicant shall fail to make any of the   repairs required to be made under the permit, they may be  made  by  the   town  superintendent  at the expense of the applicant, and such expenses   shall be a lien, prior to any other lien, upon the land benefited by the   use of the highway for such pipes,  hydrants  or  structures.  The  town   superintendent  may  revoke  such permit upon the applicant's failure to   comply with any of the conditions contained therein.
NY Hwy L § 150 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 7 - Town Superintendents 150 - Trees and Sidewalks.

§  150.  Trees and sidewalks. The town superintendent may, by an order   in writing, approved by a majority of the members  of  the  town  board,   authorize  the  owners of property adjoining the town highways, at their   own expense,  to  locate  and  plant  trees  and  locate  and  construct   sidewalks  along  the  town  highways, in conformity with the topography   thereof, which order with a map or diagram, showing the location of  the   sidewalk  and tree planting, certified by the town superintendent, shall   be filed in the office of the town clerk,  within  ten  days  after  the   making of the order.
NY Hwy L § 153 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 7 - Town Superintendents 153 - Custody of Shade Trees.

§  153.  Custody  of  shade  trees. The town superintendent shall have   control of all shade trees in the town highways of  the  town,  but  not   within  the  limits  of  an  incorporated  village,  and shall prosecute   complaints for malicious injury to, or unlawful acts  concerning  public   shade  trees.  Upon  recommendation of the town superintendent, the town   board of any town may appropriate general town moneys  for  setting  out   and preserving shade trees along the highways of any class in such town;   but  no  tree shall be so set out in a state highway without the consent   in writing of the commissioner of transportation except in a village  of   the first or second class, nor shall any trees be so set out in a county   road without the written consent of the county superintendent, except in   villages of the first and second class. Trees set out in a state highway   under  the  provisions  of this section shall not be removed without the   written consent of the commissioner of transportation. Trees set out  in   a  county road under the provisions of this section shall not be removed   without the written consent of the county superintendent. Trees set  out   in  a  state highway within villages of the first and second class which   tend to make travel or traffic thereon  unsafe  or  hazardous  shall  be   removed  or  their location changed by the proper village autohrity when   such removal or change of location is ordered  by  the  commissioner  of   transportation.
NY Hwy L § 154 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 7 - Town Superintendents 154 - Erection of Guide Boards.

§ 154. Erection of guide boards. The town superintendent may, with the   consent  of  the  town board, cause guide posts with proper inscriptions   and devices to be erected at the intersections of such highways therein,   as may be necessary, which shall be kept in repair by him at the expense   of the town. Upon written application to him, of five resident taxpayers   of any town or twenty resident taxpayers of the  county  in  which  such   town  is located, requesting the erection of one or more guide boards at   the intersection of highways in such town, it shall be his duty to cause   to be erected at the intersections mentioned in such  application,  such   guide boards indicating the direction, distances and names of the towns,   villages  or  cities to or through which such intersecting highways run.   Such application shall designate the highway intersections at which such   guide boards are requested to be erected, and may contain suggestions as   to the inscriptions and devices to be placed upon such boards. The  cost   of  the  erection and maintenance of such boards shall be a town charge.   If the town superintendent refuses or neglects for  a  period  of  sixty   days  after  receiving  such  application  to  comply  with  the request   contained therein, he shall, for such neglect or refusal, forfeit to the   town, the sum of twenty-five dollars, to be recovered by the  supervisor   in  the  name of the town and the amount so recovered shall be set apart   for the erection of such guide boards.
NY Hwy L § 155 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 7 - Town Superintendents 155 - Application for Service of Prisoners.

§  155. Application for service of prisoners. After satisfying himself   that proper quarters can be secured, the town superintendent  may,  with   the  consent of the town board, request the supervisor of the town under   the provisions of section ninety-three of the county law, to procure the   services of prisoners serving sentence in the county jail,  for  general   work upon the public highways of the town.
NY Hwy L § 156 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 7 - Town Superintendents 156 - Penalty, and Notice on Bridge.

§  156. Penalty, and notice on bridge. The town superintendent may fix   and prescribe a penalty, not less than one or more  than  five  dollars,   for riding or driving faster than a walk on any bridge in his town whose   chord  is  not  less  than  twenty-five  feet  in length, and put up and   maintain in a conspicuous place, at each end of the bridge, a notice  in   large  characters,  stating each penalty incurred. Whoever shall ride or   drive faster than a walk over any bridge, upon which notice  shall  have   been  placed,  and  shall  then be, shall forfeit for every offense, the   amount fixed by such town superintendent, and specified in the notice.
NY Hwy L § 157 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 7 - Town Superintendents 157 - Assessment of Cost Against Owners and Occupants.

§  157.  Assessment  of  cost  against  owners and occupants. The town   superintendent shall assess the cost of,1. Removing obstructions and moving and  resetting  poles  and  wires,   pursuant to section three hundred and nineteen.2.  Such  town  superintendent  shall serve personally or by mail upon   such owner, occupant or company, a written notice,  stating  that  at  a   time  and  place specified therein, he will assess such cost against the   owner, occupant or company neglecting to perform such duty. Such  notice   shall  be  served  at  least  eight  days previous to the time specified   therein. If directed against a company, it may be served upon it at  its   principal  place of business, or upon an agent of the company within the   town. At the time and place so specified,  he  shall  hear  the  parties   interested,   and  shall  thereupon  complete  the  assessment,  stating   therein, the name of each owner, occupant or  company,  and  the  amount   assessed against him or it, and shall return such assessment to the town   clerk  who  shall  present  the same to the town board of his town. Such   town board shall certify such assessment to the board of supervisors who   shall cause the amount stated therein to be levied against  such  owner,   occupant  or  company  and  any uncollected tax shall be a lien upon the   land affected.  The amount so levied shall  be  collected  in  the  same   manner  as  other  taxes  levied by such board, and shall be paid to the   supervisor of the town, to be applied in reimbursing the fund from which   such cost was defrayed.
NY Hwy L § 158 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 7 - Town Superintendents 158 - Neglect or Refusal to Prosecute.

§  158.  Neglect  or  refusal to prosecute. If the town superintendent   shall neglect or refuse to prosecute for any penalty, knowing  the  same   to  have  been  incurred, he shall be liable to a penalty of ten dollars   for every such neglect or refusal, which shall be recovered by action in   the name of the town, by the supervisor, or by any taxpayer of the  town   who shall indemnify the town for the costs and expense of the action, in   such manner as the supervisor may approve.
NY Hwy L § 159 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 7 - Town Superintendents 159 - Compensation for Services of Town Superintendents.

§  159.  Compensation  for services of town superintendents. If a town   superintendent shall be directed by the department of transportation  to   perform  services  in  respect to the maintenance and repair of improved   state highways within his town, compensation therefor shall be  paid  to   the  town  out  of  the moneys set apart as provided in this article for   such maintenance and repair. Such compensation shall  be  fixed  by  the   department  of  transportation and shall be based on the salary fixed by   the town board as compensation for his services performed for  the  town   under  this  chapter.  And  said department of transportation shall make   proper rules and regulations to carry into effect this provision.
NY Hwy L § 170 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 8 - Town Highways 170 - Survey for the Laying Out of a Highway.

§  170.  Survey  for  the  laying  out of a highway. Whenever the town   superintendent shall lay out any highway, either upon application to him   or otherwise, he shall notify the county superintendent, whose  duty  it   shall  be to either make a survey, or cause the same to be made, and the   town superintendent shall incorporate the  survey  in  an  order  to  be   signed  by  him,  and to be filed and recorded in the office of the town   clerk, who shall note the time of recording  the  same.  Notwithstanding   the provisions of any general or special law, the county superintendent,   his agents, contractors or employees when engaged on work connected with   laying  out a town highway, may pursuant to the eminent domain procedure   law enter upon any property for the  purpose  of  making  surveys,  test   pits,  test  borings,  or  other  investigations.  Claims for any damage   caused by such work may be adjusted by  the  town  board  or  determined   pursuant  to  the  eminent domain procedure law. The cost of such survey   shall be a town charge payable in  the  same  manner  as  other  charges   against the town.