What's happening
This bill allows the Town of Somers to make emergency repairs on certain state highways and be reimbursed by the state.
Why it matters
Empowers local action in emergencies. By enabling the Town of Somers to authorize immediate repairs on specified state highways, the bill helps address hazardous road conditions more quickly, potentially reducing accidents and vehicle damage before state intervention can occur.
Cost recovery for local governments. The legislation requires the state to reimburse the town for the actual costs of emergency repairs, ensuring local taxpayers are not financially burdened for maintaining state-owned infrastructure during emergencies.
Defines strict criteria for intervention. The town can only act when repairs are urgent, have already caused damage to multiple vehicles, and when the state is unable to respond promptly, ensuring this power is used in clear cases of need rather than for routine maintenance.
Clarifies accounting for reimbursements. The bill specifies how any reimbursed funds should be allocated within the town’s budget, maintaining transparency and proper use of state and local highway funds.
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- Held for consideration in transportation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7908
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 28, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. BYRNE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to allowing for the emergency repair of state highways within the Town of Somers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 142-e to read as follows:
§ 142-e. Emergency repair of state highways. 1. The town board of the town of Somers, Westchester county, may authorize the town superintendent to repair state routes thirty-five, one hundred, one hundred sixteen, one hundred eighteen, one hundred thirty-eight, one hundred thirty-nine and two hundred two within the town where a section of the state highway:
(a) requires immediate repairs;
(b) has caused damage to multiple vehicles traveling on the highway; and
(c) will not be repaired by the department in a timely manner.
2. Upon the town superintendent repairing a state highway, the department shall reimburse the town for their actual costs for performing the repair. 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 article 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 article.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11595-03-9
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