What's happening
This bill requires New York State to fully reimburse local governments for operating and maintaining lighting along Sunrise Highway in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
Why it matters
Shifts financial responsibility from local governments to the state for lighting costs. , potentially freeing up significant resources in Nassau and Suffolk counties for other local priorities or services.
Standardizes the reimbursement process by requiring the state transportation commissioner to create uniform procedures. , which may reduce administrative confusion and ensure fair, consistent reimbursement for all affected municipalities.
Addresses longstanding local concerns over unfunded mandates. , as local governments have often argued that maintaining state highway infrastructure imposes undue financial burdens on them without sufficient state support.
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State Pays for Highway Lights
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History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5692
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 14, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN, FINCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to state assistance for the operation and maintenance of certain highway lighting systems
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The transportation law is amended by adding a new section 18-c to read as follows:
§ 18-c. State assistance for the operation and maintenance of certain highway lighting systems. 1. Any county, city, town, or village expending funds for the operation or maintenance of the lighting systems along route twenty-seven known as Sunrise highway located in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk shall be fully reimbursed for such expenditures by the state.
2. The commissioner shall promulgate a uniform procedure for the implementation of the provisions of this section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08545-01-7
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