Title TRA, Transportation

§ 19. Interstate high speed intercity rail passenger network compact.\nThe interstate high speed intercity rail passenger network compact is\nhereby ratified, enacted into law and entered into with all other\njurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially as follows…

§ 190. Application of article. This article shall apply to common\ncarriers of property by motor vehicle transporting household goods. The\nprovisions of this article shall not apply to:\n (a) the transportation of household goods by or for the federal, state\nor municipal gover…

§ 191. Certificate requirement. 1. No person or persons shall engage\nin intrastate transportation as a common carrier of household goods by\nmotor vehicle on any highway in this state, or hold themselves out by\nadvertising or any other means to provide such service, unless the…

§ 192. Probationary certificate. 1. A probationary certificate to\noperate as a common carrier of household goods by motor vehicle may be\nissued by the commissioner to a qualified applicant after public notice\nand with or without hearing. The application shall contain such\nin…

§ 193. Permanent certificate. 1. A permanent certificate to operate as\na common carrier of household goods by motor vehicle may be issued by\nthe commissioner after notice and with or without hearing to a carrier\nwhich has held a probationary certificate for at least six month…

§ 194. Agents. 1. Each motor carrier providing transportation of\nhousehold goods subject to this article, and any agent or agents\nemployed or utilized by it, shall be jointly and severally liable for\nany act or omission or for any violation of this chapter or any order or\nre…

§ 195. Amendment, revocation and transfer of certificates and permits.\n1. Certificates shall be effective from the date specified therein, and\nshall remain in effect until terminated as herein provided. Any such\ncertificate may, upon application of the holder thereof and in t…

§ 196. Rates and charges; common carriers of household goods. 1. It\nshall be the duty of every common carrier of household goods to\nestablish, observe and enforce just and reasonable rates, charges and\nclassifications, and just and reasonable regulations and practices\nrelati…

§ 197. Tariff requirements; common carriers of household goods. 1. No\ncommon carrier of household goods by motor vehicle shall engage in such\ntransportation unless the rates and charges of said carrier have been\nprescribed, or filed in accordance with the provisions of this a…

§ 198. Dispute settlement. 1. One or more motor carriers providing\ntransportation of household goods subject to the jurisdiction of the\ncommissioner or an industry association or associations representing\nmotor carriers providing transportation of household goods shall be\nen…

§ 198-a. Enforcement. The department shall enforce this article and\nany rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. The attorney\ngeneral, in response to a request by the commissioner or a complaint\nfrom a consumer, or on the attorney general's own initiative, may seek\…

§ 199. Liability for damage to property in transit. Every common\ncarrier of household goods by motor vehicle shall, upon demand, issue a\nbill of lading for all property delivered to it for transportation. No\ncontract, stipulation or clause in any bill of lading shall exempt a…

§ 2. Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter, unless a different\nmeaning clearly appears from the context the terms:\n 1. "Baggage company" means a person engaged under contract or\nagreement with a railroad company or street railroad company in the\nchecking of baggage, or …

§ 20. Nighttime work on major capital construction projects on\nhighways, expressways and parkways. 1. On every major limited access\nhighway, expressway and parkway capital construction project to be\ninitiated by the department in regions ten and eleven on and after April\nfir…

§ 21. Single audit program. 1. Municipalities and public authorities\nthat are required in any fiscal year to have a federal single audit\nperformed under paragraph (a) of part 200.501 of title 2 of the code of\nfederal regulations as amended from time to time, and that expend i…

§ 210. Application of this article. The term "motor truck" as used in\nthis article shall be deemed to mean and include any commercial motor\nvehicle held and used for the transportation of goods, wares and\nmerchandise for hire or for a business purpose, pursuant to the rules\n…

§ 211. General provisions. No driver of a motor truck or motor bus\nshall drive such vehicle or be on duty for any period of time in excess\nof that authorized pursuant to regulation of the commissioner. The\ncommissioner is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations\…

§ 212. Records. Every driver of a motor truck or motor bus shall keep\nand carry on the vehicle records showing the day and hour when and the\nplace where he went and was released from duty, whether in this state or\noutside of this state. The commissioner shall prescribe the fo…

§ 213. Penalties; enforcement. Any person violating the provisions of\nthis article or failing to keep or falsifying any records to be kept in\ncompliance therewith, or any corporation, company, association,\njoint-stock association, partnership, person or any officer or agent\n…

§ 214. Exemptions. a. The commissioner shall adopt rules and\nregulations establishing when the provisions of this article shall not\napply, which rules and regulations shall conform, as applicable, to\nparagraphs (b) through (r) of section 395.1 of title 49 of the code of\nfede…

§ 215. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares\nthat the state has a responsibility to insure the safety of public\ntransportation systems. Further, there exists a need for an independent,\ninvestigative and advisory body to examine the causes of accident…

§ 216. State public transportation safety board. 1. There is hereby\ncreated in the department a board, to be known as the state public\ntransportation safety board. Such board shall be responsible for the\ninvestigation of accidents involving public transportation in the state,…

§ 217. Powers and duties of the board. The board shall have the\nfollowing powers and duties:\n 1. To investigate accidents occurring on or involving public\ntransportation facilities or systems whether publicly or privately owned\nand report on the results of such investigation…

§ 218. Periodic review of safety plans and standards. The board may\nreview and recommend to the public transportation operators and carriers\nchanges in safety standards, public transportation operating practices\nand safety plans. Public transportation operators and carriers s…

§ 219. Assistance of other agencies. 1. To effectuate the purposes of\nthis article, the board may request and receive from any department,\ndivision, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state or any\npolitical subdivision thereof or any public authority such assist…

§ 219-a. Studies; surveys. In the accomplishment of the purposes of\nthis article, the board may undertake research and studies through its\nown personnel or in cooperation with any public or private agencies,\nincluding educational, safety research organizations, colleges,\nuni…

§ 219-b. Grants or gifts. The board, with the approval of the\ngovernor, may accept as agent of the state any grant, including federal\ngrants, or any gift for any of the purposes of this article. Any moneys\nso received may be expended by the board to effectuate any purpose of\…

§ 219-c. Operating authority. As used in this article, the term\n"metropolitan transportation authority" shall mean the authority and its\nsubsidiaries, the Long Island railroad, metro-north railroad,\nmetropolitan suburban bus authority and Staten Island rapid transit\noperatin…

§ 22. Work zone safety and enforcement. The department shall, in\ncooperation with the superintendent of state police, the commissioner of\nmotor vehicles, the chairman of the New York state thruway authority,\nlocal law enforcement agencies and representatives for contractors a…

§ 220. Short title. This article shall be known as the "grade crossing\nelimination act of nineteen hundred seventy." However, sections of the\ntransportation law falling within this article may be cited either as\nsections of the transportation law or as sections of the "grade …

§ 221. Purpose. This article shall continue the implementation of\nsection fourteen of article seven of the constitution and shall\nsupersede chapter six hundred seventy-seven and chapter six hundred\nseventy-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-eight, and all acts\nsupp…

§ 222. Applicability; general provisions of grade crossing\nelimination. 1. This article shall apply to all highway-railroad grade\ncrossing eliminations the construction work for which is commenced on or\nafter March first, nineteen hundred seventy-one, except that any such\npr…

§ 223. Expenses of elimination; approval and payment; costs of\nrailroad improvements. The expense of every highway-railroad grade\ncrossing elimination project constructed pursuant to the provisions of\nthis article, including incidental improvements connected therewith, as\nde…

§ 224. Statement of expenses; filing; reimbursement of state for\nrailroad improvements. Upon the determination of the commissioner of (1)\nthe cost of such elimination including incidental improvements connected\ntherewith; (2) the cost of such elimination exclusive of such inc…

§ 225. Performance of work. 1. Except for work on the railroad tracks\nor other railroad facilities performed by railroad company forces at the\ndirection of the commissioner and elimination work which the\ncommissioner determines shall be accomplished by use of departmental\nfo…

§ 226. Persons aggrieved; right to hearing; rehearing; appeals. Any\nperson aggrieved by any order or decision provided for in this article,\nor made pursuant thereto, and who was a party to such proceeding, may\nwithin thirty days after the service of such order or decision, ap…

§ 227. Federal aid; receipt and expenditure. The comptroller is hereby\nauthorized to accept from the federal government or any department or\nagency thereof any moneys in any way granted, allocated or apportioned\nfor the purpose of highway-railroad grade crossing eliminations …

§ 228. Acquisition of property required for grade crossing elimination\nprojects. 1. The commissioner shall cause to be prepared an accurate\nacquisition map of any and all property which he may deem necessary for\npurposes connected with the elimination of any grade crossing, o…

§ 229. Pending grade crossing elimination proceedings. In connection\nwith any proceedings for the elimination of a grade crossing in which\nall business and matters have not been completed on March first,\nnineteen hundred seventy-one, the commissioner may make any\ndeterminati…

§ 230. Expenditure of monies. The monies received by the state from\nthe sale of bonds pursuant to the rail preservation bond act of nineteen\nhundred seventy-four and the energy conservation through improved\ntransportation bond act of nineteen hundred seventy-nine shall be\nex…

§ 231. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\ninclude and mean:\n 1. "Municipality." A city, county not wholly contained within a city,\ntown, village, special transportation district, public benefit\ncorporation or other public corporation, or two or m…

§ 232. State assistance application procedure. 1. A municipality may\nsubmit an application for state assistance toward the cost of any\nmunicipal rail preservation project which is eligible for state\nassistance pursuant to this article to the commissioner in such form and\ncon…

§ 233. Powers and duties of the commissioner. In administering the\nprovisions of this article, the commissioner:\n 1. shall make an itemized estimate of funds or appropriations required\nannually for inclusion in the executive budget;\n 2. shall, by April first, nineteen hundre…

§ 234. Powers and duties of an applicant. An applicant shall have the\npower and authority to:\n 1. undertake and carry out any project for which state assistance is\nreceived or to be received pursuant to this article and maintain and\noperate such project;\n 2. expend money re…

§ 235. Approval of projects. 1. Rail preservation or local street or\nhighway projects shall be undertaken pursuant to this article only with\nthe approval of the commissioner, and in the case of municipal projects\nfor rail preservation, or local street or highway projects, pur…

§ 236. Contracts for projects. 1. The commissioner, in the name of the\nstate, may enter into contracts with municipalities, counties or the\ncity of New York to undertake rail preservation projects, or local\nstreet or highway projects, and any such municipality, county or the\…

§ 240. Transfer of functions. The functions and powers possessed by\nand the obligations and duties of the public service commission and the\ndepartment of public service pertaining to the regulation of common\ncarriers, bus companies, contract carriers of passengers by motor\nv…

§ 241. Transfer of employees. Upon the transfer of functions to the\ndepartment pursuant to this article, provision should be made for the\ntransfer to the department of such employees of the public service\ncommission and the department of public service who are engaged in\ncar…

§ 242. Transfer of records. The public service commission and the\ndepartment of public service shall deliver to the commissioner all\nbooks, papers, records and property of such commission and department\npertaining to the functions transferred pursuant to this article.\n

§ 243. Continuity of authority. For the purpose of succession to all\nfunctions, powers, duties and obligations transferred pursuant to this\narticle, the department shall constitute the continuation of the public\nservice commission and the department of public service, and not…