Title TRA, Transportation

§ 244. Continuation of rules and regulations. All rules and\nregulations, acts, determinations, orders and decisions of the public\nservice commission and the department of public service, pertaining to\nthe functions transferred pursuant to this article, in force at the time\no…

§ 245. Completion of unfinished business. Any business or other matter\nundertaken or commenced by the public service commission or the\ndepartment of public service pertaining to or connected with the\nfunctions, powers, obligations and duties transferred pursuant to this\narti…

§ 246. Terms occurring in laws, contracts or other documents.\nWhenever the public service commission or the department of public\nservice is referred to or designated in any law, contract or document\npertaining to the functions, powers, obligations and duties transferred\npurs…

§ 247. Existing rights and remedies preserved. No existing right or\nremedy of any character shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of\nthis article.\n

§ 248. Pending actions and proceedings. No action or proceeding\npending on March first, nineteen hundred seventy-one brought by or\nagainst the public service commission or the department of public\nservice, and pertaining to or connected with the functions, powers,\nobligation…

§ 249. Transfer of appropriations. All appropriations or\nreappropriations for the functions herein transferred heretofore made to\nthe public service commission or the department of public service, or\nsegregated pursuant to law, to the extent of remaining unexpended or\nunencu…

§ 25. Interstate bridge commission. The commissioner of transportation\nor his duly authorized representative shall constitute the interstate\nbridge commission. Such commission shall, together with a similar board\nor commission from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, constitute…

§ 250. Opinions, determinations, decisions and judgments. All\nopinions, determinations, decisions and judgments hitherto rendered in a\ncourt of competent jurisdiction in an action or proceeding in which the\npublic service commission or department of public service was a party…

§ 251. Codification of changes. The commissioner shall prepare or\ncause to be prepared for the submission to a session of the legislature\na codification of the laws relating to the functions, powers and duties\nof the public service commission or the department of public servi…

§ 26. Expense of maintenance a joint charge; reconstruction of\nbridges. Upon the acquisition as aforesaid by this state jointly with\nthe commonwealth of Pennsylvania of the bridge properties, rights and\nfranchises, as hereinbefore provided, such bridge or bridges, except in\n…

§ 260. Department of public works abolished. The department of public\nworks in the state government, created, established and continued by\nsection five of the public works law, as last amended by chapter three\nhundred fifty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-one, is …

§ 261. Transfer of functions. All of the functions and powers\npossessed by and all the obligations and duties of the department of\npublic works and the superintendent of public works, except those\npertaining to the construction of public buildings, and flood control\nand shor…

§ 262. Transfer of employees. Upon the transfer of functions to the\ndepartment of transportation pursuant to this chapter, provision shall\nbe made for the transfer to the department of transportation of such\nemployees of the department of public works who are engaged in carry…

§ 263. Transfer of records. The superintendent of public works shall\ndeliver to the commissioner of transportation all books, papers, records\nand property of the department of public works and the superintendent of\npublic works pertaining to the functions herein transferred.\…

§ 264. Continuity of authority. For the purpose of succession to all\nfunctions, powers, duties, and obligations transferred and assigned to,\ndevolved upon and assumed by it pursuant to this chapter, the department\nof transportation shall be deemed and held to constitute the\n…

§ 265. Completion of unfinished business. Any business or other matter\nundertaken or commenced by the department of public works or the\nsuperintendent of public works pertaining to or connected with the\nfunctions, powers, obligations and duties hereby transferred and\nassigne…

§ 266. Continuance of rules and regulations. All rules, regulations,\nacts, determinations and decisions of the department of public works and\nthe superintendent of public works pertaining to the functions herein\ntransferred and assigned, in force at the time of such transfer,…

§ 267. Terms occurring in laws, contracts and other documents.\nWhenever the superintendent of public works or the department of public\nworks is referred to or designated in any law, contract or document\npertaining to the functions, powers, obligations and duties hereby\ntrans…

§ 268. Existing rights and remedies preserved. No existing right or\nremedy of any character shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of\nthis chapter.\n

§ 269. Pending actions and proceedings. No action or proceeding\npending at the time when this chapter shall take effect, brought by or\nagainst the superintendent of public works or the department of public\nworks shall be affected by any provision of this chapter, but the same…

§ 27. Power to sell and lease property; disposition of proceeds.\nProvided that concurrent legislation for the same purpose be enacted by\nthe commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the said joint commission be and is\nhereby authorized and empowered as follows:\n (a) To sell and dispose…

§ 270. Transfer of appropriations heretofore made to department of\npublic works. All appropriations or reappropriations for the functions\nherein transferred heretofore made to the department of public works, or\nsegregated pursuant to law, to the extent of remaining unexpended…

§ 271. Codification of changes. The commissioner of transportation\nshall prepare or cause to be prepared for submission to the next regular\nsession of the legislature a codification of the laws relating to the\nfunctions, powers and duties of the department of transportation a…

§ 272. Time to take effect. This act shall take effect September\nfirst, nineteen hundred sixty-seven.\n

§ 30. Urban transportation planning. Notwithstanding section seven\nhundred thirty-four of the executive law or any other law, the\ncommissioner shall have power to sponsor, conduct and undertake urban\ntransportation studies and to act as the state planning agency for\nmetropol…

§ 300. Declaration of policy. In order to assure effective discharge\nof state responsibility with respect to the provision of adequate mass\ntransportation services to the inhabitants of the State, the department\nmay enter into an agreement with any municipal corporation to pa…

§ 301. Definitions. Whenever used in this article, unless a different\nmeaning clearly appears from the context: 1. "Mass transportation\ncapital project." The acquisition, construction, reconstruction or\nimprovement with federal assistance of any rapid transit, railroad,\nomni…

§ 302. Application for assistance. The commissioner is hereby\nauthorized to receive and review applications from municipal\ncorporations for state aid for municipal projects, and to approve such\napplications, within the amounts appropriated therefor, as are part of\nor consist…

§ 303. State appropriation. No moneys shall be expended for the state\nshare of any municipal project unless and until the project has been\napproved by the commissioner and unless and until such project shall\nhave been recommended by the governor in a budget bill which specifi…

§ 304. Project grant procedure. State moneys may be expended for any\nmunicipal project pursuant to a contract entered into by the\ncommissioner, in the name of the state, and the municipal corporation\nundertaking such project. Any such contract may include such provisions\nas …

§ 305. Reimbursement of state overpayments. The commissioner shall\nkeep adequate records of the amount of the payments made by the state in\nconnection with each contract concerning a municipal project authorized\nby this article and the amount of the federal assistance actuall…

§ 306. Progress reporting. The commissioner shall prepare and file\nannually on or about the first of December with the governor, the office\nof planning services, and the director of the budget a report on the\nscope and results of construction undertaken in accordance with thi…

§ 31. Mass transportation demonstration projects. The commissioner\nshall have power to sponsor, conduct and undertake mass transportation\ndemonstration projects which will assist in carrying out urban\ntransportation plans and research, including but not limited to the\ndevelo…

§ 31-a. Purchase through the state division of standards and purchase\nin the office of general services by certain not-for-profit\ncorporations. A corporation, incorporated under the not-for-profit\ncorporation law of the state of New York and approved by the federal\ngovernmen…

§ 32. Niagara thruway toll removal fund. 1. There is hereby created\nwithin the department of transportation the "Niagara thruway toll\nremoval fund". The fund shall be a corporate governmental agency\nconstituting a public benefit corporation. It shall be administered by\nthree…

§ 33. Purposes of fund. The purposes of this fund shall be to provide\na means for elimination of existing tolls, except bridge tolls, on the\nNiagara section of the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway within the\ncontext of protection of the rights of the bond holders of the New Y…

§ 34. General powers and duties of the fund. The fund shall have the\nfollowing powers in addition to those specifically conferred elsewhere\nin this article:\n 1. To sue and be sued;\n 2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;\n 3. To make and alter by-laws for its orga…

§ 35. Resources of fund. 1. (a) There shall be paid into the fund any\nand all moneys received by the state from the federal government in\npayment of its share, pursuant to the applicable provisions of title\ntwenty-three, United States Code, of the cost of construction of said…

§ 36. Article not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective.\nIf any section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or provision of\nthis article shall be unconstitutional or be ineffective in whole or in\npart, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or ineff…

§ 37. Inconsistent provisions of other acts superseded. Insofar as the\nprovisions of this article are inconsistent with the provisions of any\nother act, general or special, the provisions of this article shall be\ncontrolling.\n

§ 40. Definitions. Whenever used in this article, unless a different\nmeaning clearly appears from the context:\n 1. "Authority" shall mean a public benefit corporation created by\nsection forty-one of this article for the purposes specified in article\nfive-I of the general mun…

* § 400. Air transportation facilities and services at Stewart and\nRepublic airports. 1. In order to meet present and future state needs\nwith respect to the provision of adequate, safe and efficient air\ntransportation facilities and services to the public, and to promote the\…

* § 400. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and\ndeclares that:\n 1. Transportation of people and goods is vital to the economic and\nsocial well-being of the metropolitan area embracing the counties of\nNassau, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester and the c…

* § 401. Stewart airport commission. 1. Upon assumption by the\ndepartment of transportation of jurisdiction over the airport facility\nand surrounding area located in the county of Orange, known as Stewart\nairport, there shall thereupon be created a Stewart airport commission.…

* § 401. Continuation of transportation coordinating committees;\ncommittee membership. 1. The Mid-Hudson south transportation\ncoordinating committee is continued, with voting membership to include:\n (a) the Westchester county executive;\n (b) the Putnam county executive;\n (c…

* § 402. Republic airport commission. 1. Upon assumption by the\ndepartment of transportation of jurisdiction over the airport facility\nand surrounding area located in the county of Suffolk, known as Republic\nairport, there shall thereupon be created a Republic airport commiss…

* § 402. Council membership. 1. The council of transportation\ncoordinating committees is hereby created and shall have as voting\nmembers:\n (a) the Westchester county executive;\n (b) the Putnam county executive;\n (c) the chairman of the Rockland county legislature;\n (d) the…

* § 403. Officers. 1. The commissioner of transportation shall serve\nas the permanent co-chairperson of the council with functional\nresponsibility for agency operations. There shall be a rotating council\nco-chairperson, elected each year in turn by one of the transportation\n…

* § 403. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:\n 1. "New York city transit authority" shall be deemed to include its\nsubsidiary, the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority,\nand any other agency that may come under the control of the New York\ncity tra…

* § 404. Voting by consensus. All actions taken by the transportation\ncoordinating committees and by the council shall be by the unanimous\nvote of affected parties, with the co-chairpersons judging the extent to\nwhich members are affected by proposed committee or council acti…