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- Referred to transportation
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Relates to increasing reimbursement rates paid by the state to cities for repair and maintenance of state arterials
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Nily Rozic
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Title of bill
An act to amend the highway law, in relation to increasing reimbursement rates paid by the state to cities for repair and maintenance of state arterials
Summary of provisions
This bill would amend the highway law to increase the rate used by the State when reimbursing municipalities for maintenance of the state highway system within city borders. The rate would be raised to one dollar and seventy-seven cents from eighty-five cents per square yard of the pavement area that is included in the state highway system and an additional twenty cents, up from ten cents, per square yard of such pavement area where such pavement area is located on any elevated bridge.
This bill provides for the rate to be increased each year by the percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, as published by the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, over the prior five years.
Reasons for support
Over the last 50 years, the State has delegated responsibility to municipalities to maintain State highways within city borders. The current reimbursement rate covers only 55 percent of the actual costs that municipalities throughout the state bear for the cost of highway maintenance, which includes, among other items, guide rail and fence repair, impact attenuator repair, and pothole maintenance.
This maintenance is essential for a safe ride on our highways.
Since 1987, the State has reimbursed cities at a rate of eighty-five cents per square yard of pavement, with no adjustments for inflation. Cities throughout the state would benefit from raising this rate to one dollar and seventy-seven cents per square yard, a rate reflecting the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increase since 1987. To ensure that the reimbursement rate keeps up with inflation, this bill would also require that the rate be indexed.
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Effective date
April 1, 2017
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