2023 New York Laws › TRA - Transportation › Article 21 - Implementation of the Transportation Infrastructure Bond Act of 2000 › 470 - Expenditure of Moneys.

* §  470.  Expenditure of moneys. 1. In accordance with the provisions
of the Transportation Infrastructure Bond Act of  2000  authorizing  the
creation of general obligation debt in the amount of three billion eight
hundred  million  dollars  ($3,800,000,000),  the moneys received by the
state from the sale of bonds and/or notes shall  be  expended  for  uses
eligible  pursuant to the Transportation Infrastructure Bond Act of 2000
pursuant to annual appropriations as follows:
(a) One billion  nine  hundred  million  dollars  ($1,900,000,000)  as
authorized by paragraph (a) of subdivision two of this section;
(b)  Three  hundred  million  dollars  ($300,000,000) as authorized by
paragraph (b) of subdivision two of this section; and
(c) One  billion  six  hundred  million  dollars  ($1,600,000,000)  as
authorized by subdivision two of section twelve hundred seventy-e of the
public authorities law.
2.  Program  distribution.  The  moneys received by the state from the
sale of bonds sold pursuant to the  Transportation  Infrastructure  Bond
Act  of  2000  for  uses  eligible  pursuant  to subdivisions a and b of
section four of the Transportation Infrastructure Bond Act of 2000 shall
be expended for  the  following  transportation  programs,  pursuant  to
annual appropriations:
(a)  One billion nine hundred million dollars ($1,900,000,000) for the
construction, reconstruction, replacement, improvement,  reconditioning,
rehabilitation  and  preservation,  including  engineering, construction
management, site preparation, clearances, the  preparation  of  designs,
plans,   specifications,  estimates,  environmental  impact  statements,
appraisals and  surveys,  and  the  acquisition  of  real  property  and
interests  therein  required  or  expected  to be required in connection
therewith, of:  state  highways,  bridges  and  parkways;  highways  and
bridges off the state highway system necessary or reasonably expected to
be  necessary as a project component or incidental to projects otherwise
authorized by this  paragraph  in  relation  to  the  canal  system  and
appurtenances thereto; border crossing enhancements either on or off the
state   highway   system;   the   improvement   and/or   elimination  of
highway-railroad grade crossings either on  or  off  the  state  highway
system;  pedestrian  and/or  bicycle  trails,  pathways and bridges that
serve transportation needs; the canal system and appurtenances  thereto,
including  moveable  bridges  that  cross  over  the canal system, canal
infrastructure improvement and enhancement projects, and improvement and
enhancement of canal harbors, service ports, marine terminals and marine
transportation  facilities  on  the  canal   system.   Recognizing   the
importance  of  addressing the most urgently needed projects in a timely
fashion, five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) shall be  allocated
for  uses  described  in this paragraph as related to projects involving
the conversion of Route 17 to I-86, Route 219, and the canal system  and
its appurtenances.
(b) Three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) for the construction,
reconstruction, replacement, improvement, reconditioning, rehabilitation
and  preservation,  including engineering, construction management, site
preparation,   clearances,   the   preparation   of   designs,    plans,
specifications,  estimates,  environmental impact statements, appraisals
and surveys, and the acquisition of real property and interests  therein
required  or  expected  to  be  required  in  connection  therewith, of:
highways and bridges either on or off the state highway system necessary
or reasonably expected  to  be  necessary  as  a  project  component  or
incidental  to projects otherwise authorized by this paragraph involving
airports and aviation facilities, ports, omnibus,  mass  transit,  rapid
transit  and  rail projects; airports and aviation facilities, equipment
and related projects as part of the program which shall be known as  the

New York Statewide Opportunities for Airport Revitalization ("NY SOARs")
program,   exclusive   of   those  airports  and  facilities  under  the
jurisdiction of the port  authority  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey  or
operated  by  the  state of New York; ports, marine terminals and marine
transportation facilities exclusive of those under the  jurisdiction  of
the  port authority of New York and New Jersey or the canal corporation;
omnibus,  mass  transit  and  rapid  transit  systems,  facilities,  and
equipment,   including  acquisition,  exclusive  of  those  operated  or
acquired by or under the jurisdiction of the metropolitan transportation
authority and its subsidiaries, the New York city transit authority  and
its  subsidiaries and the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority; urban,
commuter and intercity passenger  rail,  freight  rail,  and  intermodal
passenger  and  freight  facilities and equipment, including alterations
necessary to improve track clearances,  and  also  including  facilities
used  jointly  by  commuter  railroad  companies  and  freight  railroad
companies, but otherwise exclusive of those operated  by  or  under  the
jurisdiction  of  the  metropolitan  transportation  authority  and  its
subsidiaries, the New York city transit authority and  its  subsidiaries
and the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority.
* NB  Not  effective  due  to defeat of the Transportation Bond Act of
2000