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History
- Referred to transportation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 43–18
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.106
- Referred to transportation
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to transportation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 50–12
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- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.49
- Referred to transportation
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Eliminates requirement for consent of an authority having jurisdiction over state land in the Adirondack park when the location of a highway thereon is changed
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Teresa Sayward
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S343
Title of bill
An act to amend the highway law, in relation to changing the location of highways over certain lands owned and occupied by the state in the Adirondack park
Purpose
To amend the highway law to remove the ability of the State to modify, abandon or close roads within the Adirondack Park.
Summary of provisions
Section 1- Amends Section 212 of the highway law, as amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 1988 to add a new subsection 2 that reads The provisions of this section shall not apply to any highway within the Adirondack park, as defined in subdivision one of section 9-0101 of the environmental conservation law.
Section 2- Effective date.
Existing law
Section 211 of the highway laws allows the state to modify, abandon or close town roads that pass through lands owned and controlled by the state.
Justification
Within the Adirondack Park, the State has closed existing town roads on several occasions since 1970. Over the past twelve years, the State has acquired hundreds of thousands of additional acres within the Park on which many town roads are located. For instance, in 2006 the state proposed to close the West River Road in the Town of Wells, Hamilton County despite the opposition of the town board who wishes to continue to maintain it and keep it open to the public.
Section 212 of the highway law, grants the State unlimited authority and disregards the wishes of local governments. Furthermore, the closing of town roads by the State disrupts local transportation without compensation to the local community.
The introduction of this legislation has been requested by the Adirondack Park Local Government Review Board and is also supported by the Adirondack Conservation Council.
Legislative history
2009/10: S.321 Transportation; A.448 Transportation 2007/08: S.4113 Transportation; A.7082 Transportation.
Fiscal implications
None to the State
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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