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N.Y. Highway Law § 182 Costs; by whom paid
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§ 182. Costs; by whom paid. In all cases of assessments of damages by\nsupreme court, the costs thereof shall be paid by the town thereof,\nexcept that when reassessment of damages shall be had on the application\nof the party for whom the damages were assessed, and such damages…
N.Y. Highway Law § 184 When officers of different towns disagree about highway
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§ 184. When officers of different towns disagree about highway. When\nthe town superintendent of any town or officers of any village or city\nhaving the powers of town superintendents shall differ with the town\nsuperintendent or superintendents of any other town or with the off…
N.Y. Highway Law § 185 Difference about improvements
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§ 185. Difference about improvements. When the town superintendent or\nthe officers of a village or city having the powers of town\nsuperintendents therein, shall desire to make a new or altered highway\nextending beyond the bounds of such town, village or city, a better\nhighwa…
N.Y. Highway Law § 186 Highway in two or more towns
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§ 186. Highway in two or more towns. When application is made to lay\nout, alter or discontinue a highway located in two or more towns, all\nnotices or proceedings required to be served upon the town\nsuperintendents shall be served upon the town superintendent of each\ntown; an…
N.Y. Highway Law § 187 Laying out, dividing and maintaining highway upon town line, or wholly in one town but adjacent to another town
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§ 187. Laying out, dividing and maintaining highway upon town line, or\nwholly in one town but adjacent to another town. An application to lay\nout a highway upon the line between two or more towns, or wholly in one\ntown but adjacent to another town, shall be made to the town\n…
N.Y. Highway Law § 188 Final determination, how carried out
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§ 188. Final determination, how carried out. The final determination\nof the supreme court relating to laying out, altering or discontinuing a\nhighway, and all orders and other papers filed or entered in the\nproceedings, or certified copies thereof from the court where such\nd…
N.Y. Highway Law § 189 Highways by use
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§ 189. Highways by use. All lands which shall have been used by the\npublic as a highway for the period of ten years or more, shall be a\nhighway, with the same force and effect as if it had been duly laid out\nand recorded as a highway, and the town superintendent shall open al…
N.Y. Highway Law § 19 Planting trees and shrubs along state highways
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§ 19. Planting trees and shrubs along state highways. The commissioner\nof transportation, in his discretion, may plant rows or groups of\nsuitable trees along the bounds of existing state highways at such\nplaces as he may determine and may also plant on the banks of such cuts\…
N.Y. Highway Law § 19-A Pollinator friendly plant species; medians
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§ 19-a. Pollinator friendly plant species; medians. 1. The\ncommissioner shall, in cooperation with the department of environmental\nconservation, develop policies and procedures to encourage the use of\nnative plant species that are pollinator friendly in medians along\nhighway…
N.Y. Highway Law § 190 Fences to be removed
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§ 190. Fences to be removed. Whenever a highway shall have been laid\nout through any inclosed, cultivated or improved lands, in conformity to\nthe provisions of this chapter, the town superintendent shall give to\nthe owner or occupant of the land through which such highway sha…
N.Y. Highway Law § 191 Highways or roads along division lines
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§ 191. Highways or roads along division lines. Whenever a highway or\nprivate road shall be laid along the division line between lands of two\nor more persons, and wholly upon one side of the line, and the land upon\nboth sides is cultivated or improved, the persons owning or oc…
N.Y. Highway Law § 192 Adjournments
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§ 192. Adjournments. If any accident shall prevent any of the\nproceedings required by this chapter relating to the laying out,\naltering or discontinuing of a highway, or the laying out of a private\nroad, to be done on the day assigned, the proceedings may be adjourned\nto som…
N.Y. Highway Law § 193 Contracts for the construction of town highways
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§ 193. Contracts for the construction of town highways. The town board\nof any town may provide that the construction of new highways and\nbridges, or the permanent improvement or reconstruction of existing\nhighways and bridges or repairing, rebuilding or replacing walks on\nhi…
N.Y. Highway Law § 194 Construction or improvement of town highways by county and town
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§ 194. Construction or improvement of town highways by county and\ntown. 1. The board of supervisors of a county may provide for the\nconstruction or improvement under this section of a town highway or\nsection thereof in one or more towns of the county or of a highway laid\nout…
N.Y. Highway Law § 195 County aid for construction, improvement and maintenance of town highways
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§ 195. County aid for construction, improvement and maintenance of\ntown highways. 1. The board of supervisors of a county may aid a town or\ntowns in the construction or improvement of a town highway or town\nhighways therein, and shall designate the highway or highways which t…
N.Y. Highway Law § 196 County aid for connecting highway through villages
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§ 196. County aid for connecting highway through villages. The board\nof supervisors of a county may, upon the petition of the board of\ntrustees of an incorporated village, provide for the construction or\nimprovement of a highway or section thereof, through such village, at\nt…
N.Y. Highway Law § 197 Damages for change of grade
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§ 197. Damages for change of grade. In any town in which a town\nhighway shall be repaired, graded and macadamized from curb to curb by\nthe authorities of the town the owner or owners of the land adjacent to\nthe said highway shall be entitled to recover from the town the damag…
N.Y. Highway Law § 198 Interest on damages for change of grade
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§ 198. Interest on damages for change of grade. Whenever awards shall\nbe lawfully made, pursuant to any statute of this state, for damages\nsustained by real estate or any improvements thereon by reason of any\nchange of grade of any street, avenue or road in front thereof, the…
N.Y. Highway Law § 199 Widening highways; petition
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§ 199. Widening highways; petition. When any part of a highway in any\ntown of this state, not in an incorporated village or city, running\nbetween two or more villages or cities, has, because of the wearing away\nby a river or stream or any other natural cause, become narrower …
N.Y. Highway Law § 2 Definitions
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§ 2. Definitions. 1. When used in this chapter, unless the context or\nsubject matter otherwise requires, the terms "state department of\ntransportation," "state transportation department," "department of\ntransportation," "transportation department," "department," "state\ncommi…
N.Y. Highway Law § 20 Roadside rest areas
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§ 20. Roadside rest areas. 1. The commissioner of transportation is\nhereby authorized and empowered to acquire roadside sites along state\nhighways and to develop roadside rest areas. The commissioner may\nutilize for this purpose suitable lands already owned by the state,\nexc…
N.Y. Highway Law § 203 Widening, how constructed
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§ 203. Widening, how constructed. The town superintendent shall\nconstruct such widening of the highway according to plans and\nspecifications adopted by the county superintendent and approved by the\ntown board of his town. The bills and expenses incurred in such work\nshall be…
N.Y. Highway Law § 204 Actions to compel widening; how affected by petition
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§ 204. Actions to compel widening; how affected by petition. In case\nan action might lie in any court of this state against the town\nsuperintendent of any town or towns to compel such superintendent to\nwiden a part of a highway, the width of which has become less than that\nr…
N.Y. Highway Law § 205 Highways abandoned
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§ 205. Highways abandoned. 1. Every highway that shall not have been\nopened and worked within six years from the time it shall have been\ndedicated to the use of the public, or laid out, shall cease to be a\nhighway; but the period during which any action or proceeding shall ha…
N.Y. Highway Law § 205-A Seasonal limited use highway
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§ 205-a. Seasonal limited use highway. 1. The town highway\nsuperintendent is authorized to annually designate, on or before the\nfirst day of November in each year, a town highway as a seasonal limited\nuse highway.\n 2. Seasonal limited use highways shall be those town highway…
N.Y. Highway Law § 205-B Qualified abandonment of certain town highways
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§ 205-b. Qualified abandonment of certain town highways. 1.\nAbandonment of town highways which are access roads to state forest\npreserve lands or lands now owned or hereafter acquired by the state and\nheld under the jurisdiction of the department of environmental\nconservatio…
N.Y. Highway Law § 205-C Minimum maintenance roads
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* § 205-c. Minimum maintenance roads. 1. a. The town board of any\ndesignated town may, after a public hearing, adopt a local law\ndesignating any low-volume road or portion thereof providing\nagricultural or recreational land access, except for farm access roads\nor roads that …
N.Y. Highway Law § 206 Highways in lands acquired by the United States for fortification purposes deemed abandoned
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§ 206. Highways in lands acquired by the United States for\nfortification purposes deemed abandoned. When land sought to be acquired\nby the United States of America for the purpose of fortifications\nincludes a highway or portion thereof, the condemnation proceedings may\ninclu…
N.Y. Highway Law § 207 Discontinuance of highway
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§ 207. Discontinuance of highway. Whenever the town superintendent of\nany town shall determine that any portion of any highway or street, not\nwithin the limits of an incorporated village, which is the terminus of\nsuch street or highway, is unnecessary for highway purposes, an…
N.Y. Highway Law § 208 Description to be recorded
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§ 208. Description to be recorded. Immediately upon making and\nentering the order mentioned in section two hundred and seven of this\nchapter, the said town superintendent shall cause a written description\nof that portion of the street or highway ordered to be discontinued to\…
N.Y. Highway Law § 209 Damages caused by discontinuance
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§ 209. Damages caused by discontinuance. Any person or corporation\ninterested as owner or otherwise, in any lands and claiming any loss or\ndamages, legal or equitable, by reason of the discontinuance,\nabandonment or closing of any street or highway, not within the limits\nof …
N.Y. Highway Law § 21 Restoration, preservation and enhancement of natural or scenic beauty
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§ 21. Restoration, preservation and enhancement of natural or scenic\nbeauty. The commissioner of transportation is hereby authorized and\nempowered to acquire property for the restoration, preservation and\nenhancement of natural or scenic beauty of areas traversed by state\nhi…
N.Y. Highway Law § 210 Papers, where filed
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§ 210. Papers, where filed. All applications, certificates,\nappointments and other papers relating to the laying out, altering or\ndiscontinuing of any highway shall be filed by the town superintendent\nas soon as a decision shall have been made thereon in the town clerk's\noff…
N.Y. Highway Law § 211 Costs of motion
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§ 211. Costs of motion. Costs of a motion to confirm, vacate or modify\nthe report of commissioners of appraisal appointed by the court to lay\nout, alter or discontinue a highway may be allowed in the discretion of\nthe court not exceeding fifty dollars. On an uncontested motio…
N.Y. Highway Law § 211-A Abandonment of certain town highways
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§ 211-a. Abandonment of certain town highways. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of this chapter, and upon the request of the county\nsuperintendent of highways, any town board may, by resolution duly\nadopted, declare any town highway or portion thereof in the town running\n…
N.Y. Highway Law § 211-B Abandonment of certain town highways in school districts
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§ 211-b. Abandonment of certain town highways in school districts.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and upon the\nrequest of either the county superintendent of highways or the town\nsuperintendent of highways, any town board may, by resolution duly\nadopted…
N.Y. Highway Law § 212 Changing location of highways over certain lands owned and occupied by the state
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§ 212. Changing location of highways over certain lands owned and\noccupied by the state. If a highway passes over or through lands wholly\nowned and occupied by the state, the location of such portion of such\nhighway as passes through such lands may be altered and changed, or …
N.Y. Highway Law § 212-A Abandoning of parts of town highways
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§ 212-a. Abandoning of parts of town highways. Whenever, pursuant to\nthis chapter or under the provisions of any statute, any town road shall\nhave been widened, straightened, extended, drained, paved or otherwise\nimproved and in the process thereof a town shall have acquired …
N.Y. Highway Law § 213 Construction and repair of approaches to private lands
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§ 213. Construction and repair of approaches to private lands. The\nowners or occupants of lands shall construct and keep in repair all\napproaches or driveways from the town highway, under the direction of\nthe town superintendent, and it shall be unlawful for such owner or\noc…
N.Y. Highway Law § 214 Depositing ashes, snow, ice, stones, sticks, et cetera upon the highway
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§ 214. Depositing ashes, snow, ice, stones, sticks, et cetera upon the\nhighway. Any person who shall deposit or throw loose stones in the\ngutter or grass adjoining a town highway, or shall deposit or throw upon\na highway, ashes, papers, snow, ice, stones, sticks, or other rub…
N.Y. Highway Law § 216 When town not liable for damages
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§ 216. When town not liable for damages. No town shall be liable for\nany damage resulting to persons or property by the reason of the\nbreaking of any bridge, sluice or culvert, by transportation on the same\nof any traction engine, portable piece of machinery, or of any vehicl…
N.Y. Highway Law § 218 Storm water sewers in town highways
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§ 218. Storm water sewers in town highways. 1. Storm water laterals,\npetition for improvement. The town board may, in any town where an\noutlet drain or sewer has been or is to be constructed in any public\nhighway, construct one or more storm water drains or sewers in one or\n…
N.Y. Highway Law § 219 Definitions
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§ 219. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "Town highway" shall\nmean highways constructed, improved or maintained by the town with the\naid of the state or county, under the provisions of the highway law,\nincluding all highways in towns, outside of incorporated villages\n…
N.Y. Highway Law § 22 Multi-use areas adjacent to and recreational, natural and scenic areas along state highways
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§ 22. Multi-use areas adjacent to and recreational, natural and scenic\nareas along state highways. The commissioner of transportation is hereby\nauthorized and empowered to acquire property in order to provide\nmulti-use areas adjacent to state highways and recreational, natura…
N.Y. Highway Law § 220 Improvement of town highways; submission of plan
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§ 220. Improvement of town highways; submission of plan. 1. The town\nboard of any town may, upon its own determination, or upon\nrecommendation of the town superintendent, elect to improve, repair or\nreconstruct any portion or portions of its town highways which are part\nof t…
N.Y. Highway Law § 221 Compilation of approved plans; estimated costs
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§ 221. Compilation of approved plans; estimated costs. Not later than\nthe twenty-eighth day of February each year, the commissioner shall\ncompile all approved plans and estimate the probable cost of each\napproved project, the probable amount of state aid to be allocated to\ne…
N.Y. Highway Law § 222 Specifications
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§ 222. Specifications. 1. It is the intent of this article that the\nimprovement, repair or reconstruction of such town highways, including\nnecessary grade and culvert work and any plans and specifications\nthereof, shall conform generally to the following minimum\nspecificatio…
N.Y. Highway Law § 223 Surfacing of town highways
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§ 223. Surfacing of town highways. 1. Plans for surfacing town\nhighways may be adopted and filed and otherwise follow the procedure\nprovided in section two hundred twenty of this article for plans for the\nimprovement, repair or reconstruction of town highways.\n 2. The provis…
N.Y. Highway Law § 224 Bridges
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§ 224. Bridges. Neither in the improvement, repair or reconstruction\nof town highways, nor in the surfacing thereof, pursuant to this\narticle, shall the continuity of the roadbed be interrupted by bridge\nstructures which are not at least four feet wider than such roadbed, but…
N.Y. Highway Law § 225 Performance of work
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§ 225. Performance of work. 1. All work on an approved project shall\nbe under the immediate control and direct supervision of the town\nsuperintendent, subject to inspection by the commissioner and the county\nsuperintendent. Such work or any part thereof may be consummated (a)…