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N.Y. Highway Law § 280 Additional amount of state aid
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§ 280. Additional amount of state aid. (a) In any year for which any\ntown has failed to raise any tax for the repair and improvement of\nhighways outside of cities and villages and by reason of such failure is\nnot entitled to any amount of state aid in such year as provided in…
N.Y. Highway Law § 281 Mileage and actual valuation
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§ 281. Mileage and actual valuation. 1. The mileage of highways in\ntowns to be used in determining the amounts to be paid to such towns\nunder the provisions of this article shall be the tables of mileage\nheretofore prepared by the state engineer, until the corrected tables of…
N.Y. Highway Law § 282 Apportionment and payment of state money; liability
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§ 282. Apportionment and payment of state money; liability. The\ncomptroller shall annually apportion to the towns, upon the basis of\nmileage certified to him by the commissioner of transportation, the\namounts so required to be paid by the state, and shall forthwith pay\nsuch …
N.Y. Highway Law § 283 Custody of highway moneys
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§ 283. Custody of highway moneys. All moneys levied and collected as\nprovided in this article, all moneys collected as penalties under this\nchapter, or received from any other source and available for highway,\nbridge and miscellaneous purposes and all moneys paid to the town …
N.Y. Highway Law § 284 Expenditures for repair and improvement of highways
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§ 284. Expenditures for repair and improvement of highways. The moneys\nlevied and collected for the repair and improvement of highways,\nincluding sluices, culverts and bridges having a span of less than five\nfeet and boardwalks or renewals thereof, the moneys received from th…
N.Y. Highway Law § 285 Expenditures for bridges and other highway purposes
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§ 285. Expenditures for bridges and other highway purposes. The moneys\nlevied and collected, or raised by the issue and sale of bonds or notes\nand such other moneys as the town board, by resolution, shall have\ntransferred pursuant to section one hundred thirteen of the town l…
N.Y. Highway Law § 285-A Transfers between highway fund accounts
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§ 285-a. Transfers between highway fund accounts. (1) Notwithstanding\nany other provisions of law and except as limited by this section, the\ntown board of any town may, by resolution, authorize the transfer of\nmoneys between any of the funds or accounts authorized by section …
N.Y. Highway Law § 29 Property for highways, bridges and other highway uses and purposes to be acquired by acquisition
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§ 29. Property for highways, bridges and other highway uses and\npurposes to be acquired by acquisition. 1. Notwithstanding any\ninconsistent provisions of this chapter, or any other laws, general or\nspecial, the commissioner of transportation shall, whenever the federal\ngover…
N.Y. Highway Law § 291 Compensation of supervisor and town clerk
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§ 291. Compensation of supervisor and town clerk. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of section twenty-seven of the town law, members of boards of\nsupervisors shall be allowed and paid the compensation provided by law,\nfor services of members of boards of supervisors while servin…
N.Y. Highway Law § 292 Additional expenditure for improvement, repair and maintenance of town highways
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§ 292. Additional expenditure for improvement, repair and maintenance\nof town highways. Upon the written application of twenty-five taxpayers\nof a town, filed with the town clerk, the electors thereof may, at a\nregular or special town meeting, vote by ballot upon a propositio…
N.Y. Highway Law § 3 Classification of highways
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§ 3. Classification of highways. Highways are hereby divided into five\nclasses.\n 1. State highways are those constructed or improved under this chapter\nat the sole expense of the state, including the highways specified and\ndescribed in sections three hundred and forty and th…
N.Y. Highway Law § 30 Acquisition by the state of property required for the construction and reconstruction of state highways and structures thereon
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§ 30. Acquisition by the state of property required for the\nconstruction and reconstruction of state highways and structures\nthereon. 1. (a) Upon the construction, reconstruction or improvement,\npursuant to this chapter of a state highway the property required\ntherefor may b…
N.Y. Highway Law § 300 Private road
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§ 300. Private road. An application for a private road shall be made\nin writing to the town superintendent of the town in which it is to be\nlocated, specifying its width and location, courses and distances, and\nthe names of the owners and occupants of the land through which i…
N.Y. Highway Law § 301 Jury to determine necessity and assess damages
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§ 301. Jury to determine necessity and assess damages. The town\nsuperintendent to whom the application shall be made shall appoint as\nearly a day as the convenience of the parties interested will allow,\nwhen, at a place designated in the town, a jury will be selected for the\…
N.Y. Highway Law § 302 Copy application and notice delivered to applicant
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§ 302. Copy application and notice delivered to applicant. Such town\nsuperintendent shall deliver to the applicant a copy of the application,\nto which shall be added a notice of the time and place appointed for the\nselection of the jury, addressed to the owners and occupants …
N.Y. Highway Law § 303 Copy and notice to be served
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§ 303. Copy and notice to be served. The applicant on receiving the\ncopy and notice shall, on the same day, or the next day thereafter,\nexcluding Sundays and holidays, cause such copy and notice to be served\nupon the persons to whom it is addressed, by delivering to each of t…
N.Y. Highway Law § 304 List of jurors, and drawing jurors
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§ 304. List of jurors, and drawing jurors. At such time and place, on\ndue proof of the service of the notice, the town superintendent shall,\nin the presence of a justice of the peace of such town, to be designated\nby him and who shall be present at such time, openly draw thir…
N.Y. Highway Law § 305 Delivery, execution and return of venire
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§ 305. Delivery, execution and return of venire. The justice of the\npeace attending upon such drawing of jurors shall thereupon issue a\nvenire, and the same shall be delivered and executed in the same manner\nas a venire for jurors drawn in a justice's court, as provided in, a…
N.Y. Highway Law § 306 Jury to determine and assess damages; fees of justice of peace and constable
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§ 306. Jury to determine and assess damages; fees of justice of peace\nand constable. At the time and place to which the proceeding has been\nadjourned, as provided in section three hundred and four hereof, the\ntown superintendent, and the justice of the peace so designated by …
N.Y. Highway Law § 307 Their verdict
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§ 307. Their verdict. The jury shall view the premises, hear the\nallegations of the parties, and such witnesses as they may produce, and\nif they shall determine that the proposed road is necessary, they shall\nassess the damages to the person or persons through whose land it i…
N.Y. Highway Law § 308 Value of highway discontinued
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§ 308. Value of highway discontinued. If the necessity of such private\nroad has been occasioned by the alteration or discontinuance of a public\nhighway running through the lands belonging to a person through whose\nlands the private road is proposed to be opened, the jury shal…
N.Y. Highway Law § 309 Papers to be recorded in the town clerk's office
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§ 309. Papers to be recorded in the town clerk's office. The town\nsuperintendent shall annex to such verdict the application, and their\ncertificate that the road is laid out, and the same shall be filed and\nrecorded in the town clerk's office.\n
N.Y. Highway Law § 31 Exchange of reservation lands of the Seneca Nation of Indians
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§ 31. Exchange of reservation lands of the Seneca Nation of Indians.\n1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Seneca Nation of\nIndians which owns and occupies reservation lands or any real property\ninterest therein as the common property of the Seneca Nation may, by…
N.Y. Highway Law § 310 Damages to be paid before opening the road
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§ 310. Damages to be paid before opening the road. The damages\nassessed by the jury shall be paid by the party for whose benefit the\nroad is laid out, before the road is opened or used; but if the jury\nshall certify that the necessity of such private road was occasioned by\nt…
N.Y. Highway Law § 311 Fees of officers
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§ 311. Fees of officers. Every juror serving on the jury, in\nproceedings for a private road, shall be entitled to receive for his\nservices one dollar and fifty cents to be paid by the applicant.\n
N.Y. Highway Law § 312 Motion to confirm, vacate or modify
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§ 312. Motion to confirm, vacate or modify. Within thirty days after\nthe decision of the jury shall have been filed in the town clerk's\noffice, the owner, occupant or applicant may apply to the county court\nwherein such private road is situated, for an order confirming, vacat…
N.Y. Highway Law § 313 Costs of new hearing
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§ 313. Costs of new hearing. If upon a new hearing, the damages\nassessed are increased, the applicant shall pay the costs and expenses\nthereof, otherwise the owner shall pay the same.\n
N.Y. Highway Law § 314 For what purpose private road may be used
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§ 314. For what purpose private road may be used. Every such private\nroad, when so laid out, shall be for the use of such applicant, his\nheirs and assigns; but not to be converted to any other use or purpose\nthan that of a road; nor shall the occupant or owner of the land thr…
N.Y. Highway Law § 315 Credit on private road
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§ 315. Credit on private road. Any person living upon a private road\nmay be credited on account of his highway taxes in any year an amount\nequal to the value of the work which the town superintendent may deem\nnecessary to be done in such year upon such road. The town\nsuperin…
N.Y. Highway Law § 315-A Improvement corporations; right of acquisition
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§ 315-a. Improvement corporations; right of acquisition. Any\ncorporation formed for the purpose of developing or improving real\nproperty, which lays out for public use roads, streets, avenues or\nhighways, upon or through its lands, if unable to agree with the owners\nof any r…
N.Y. Highway Law § 316 Entitled to free use of highways
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§ 316. Entitled to free use of highways. The authorities having charge\nor control of any highway, public street, park, parkway, driveway, or\nplace, shall have no power or authority to pass, enforce or maintain any\nordinance, rule or regulation by which any person using a bicy…
N.Y. Highway Law § 317 Drug free school zone signs
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§ 317. Drug free school zone signs. Any political subdivision of the\nstate having jurisdiction over any highway within school grounds, as\ndefined in subdivision fourteen of section 220.00 of the penal law, may,\nupon the request of the appropriate school authority, place, caus…
N.Y. Highway Law § 319 Obstructions and their removal
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§ 319. Obstructions and their removal. 1. Obstructions, within the\nmeaning of this section, shall include trees which have been cut or have\nfallen either on adjacent lands or within the bounds of the highway, in\nsuch a manner as to interfere with public travel therein; limbs …
N.Y. Highway Law § 320 Injuries to highways
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§ 320. Injuries to highways. Whoever shall injure any highway or\nbridge maintained at the public expense, by obstructing or diverting any\ncreek, water-course or sluice, or by dragging logs or timber on its\nsurface or by drawing or propelling over the same a load of such weigh…
N.Y. Highway Law § 322 Trees, removal from highway bounds
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§ 322. Trees, removal from highway bounds. Any tree standing or lying\non land within the bounds of any highway shall be for the proper use of\nthe owner or occupant of such land. Except in villages of the first and\nsecond class, no growing tree shall be cut down, removed or de…
N.Y. Highway Law § 323 Injuring fruit or shade trees
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§ 323. Injuring fruit or shade trees. It shall be unlawful for any\nperson or persons whatsoever in this state to hitch any horse or other\nanimal to or leave the same standing near enough to injure any fruit or\nforest tree growing within the bounds of the public highway, or us…
N.Y. Highway Law § 324 Penalty for falling trees
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§ 324. Penalty for falling trees. If any person shall cut down any\ntree on land not occupied by him, so that it shall fall into any\nhighway, river or stream, unless by the order and consent of the\noccupant, the person so offending shall forfeit to such occupant the sum\nof on…
N.Y. Highway Law § 325 Fallen trees to be removed
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§ 325. Fallen trees to be removed. If any tree shall fall, or be\nfallen by any person from any inclosed land into any highway, any person\nmay give notice to the occupant of the land from which the tree shall\nhave fallen, to remove the same within two days; if such tree shall …
N.Y. Highway Law § 326 Penalties, how recovered
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§ 326. Penalties, how recovered. All penalties or forfeitures given in\nthis chapter, and not otherwise specially provided for, shall be\nrecovered by the town superintendent, in the name of the town in which\nthe offense shall be committed; and when recovered, shall be applied …
N.Y. Highway Law § 327 Lighting roads, highways and bridges
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§ 327. Lighting roads, highways and bridges. The town board of any\ntown may from time to time provide for lighting dangerous portions of\nany road or highway defined by section three of this chapter or\nconstructed or improved under the provisions of section one hundred and\nni…
N.Y. Highway Law § 328 Lighting of public highways or bridges
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§ 328. Lighting of public highways or bridges. The board of\nsupervisors of any county may from time to time provide for lighting\npublic highways, or portions thereof, or bridges, located in such county\noutside of cities and villages. The initial action of the board shall be\n…
N.Y. Highway Law § 329 Land monuments and markers; duty of highway superintendents and commissioner of transportation in regard thereto
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§ 329. Land monuments and markers; duty of highway superintendents and\ncommissioner of transportation in regard thereto. If, upon the\nconstruction, reconstruction or improvement of a state highway, county\nroad or town highway, including widening and straightening, any land\nb…
N.Y. Highway Law § 330 Ramps in street curbing
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§ 330. Ramps in street curbing. No public street, sidewalk adjacent to\na curb, sidewalk adjacent to a parking lot, sidewalk adjacent to a\nprivate road open to public motor vehicle traffic or highway shall be\nconstructed or reconstructed unless the curbing thereof is designed …
N.Y. Highway Law § 331 Consideration of complete street design
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§ 331. Consideration of complete street design. (a) For all state,\ncounty and local transportation projects that are undertaken by the\ndepartment or receive both federal and state funding and are subject to\ndepartment of transportation oversight, the department or agency with…
N.Y. Highway Law § 332 Portion of the Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail to be designated as the "Ronald H
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§ 332. Portion of the Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail to be designated\nas the "Ronald H. Miller Memorial Bike Trail". All that portion of the\nMohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail in the village of Menands, commencing at\nthe city of Watervliet border, continuing in a generally southerl…
N.Y. Highway Law § 340-A Designation of state interstate routes
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§ 340-a. Designation of state interstate routes. State interstate\nroutes are hereby set forth and generally described as follows:\n Interstate Route 501. Beginning at the New York City-Westchester\ncounty line north of Pelham Bay park, thence generally northeasterly\nthrough or…
N.Y. Highway Law § 340-B Construction, improvement and maintenance of state interstate highways
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§ 340-b. Construction, improvement and maintenance of state interstate\nhighways. 1. The highway routes and connections set forth and described\nin section three hundred forty-a of the highway law shall be designated\n"interstate highways" and shall be constructed or improved ac…
N.Y. Highway Law § 340-C Designation of state expressways
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§ 340-c. Designation of state expressways. State expressway routes are\nhereby set forth and generally described as follows:\n Southern tier expressway. Beginning at a point on the Broome-Tioga\ncounty line in the vicinity of state highway four hundred twenty, as\ndetermined by …
N.Y. Highway Law § 340-D Construction, improvement and maintenance of state expressways
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§ 340-d. Construction, improvement and maintenance of state\nexpressways. 1. The expressways set forth and described in section three\nhundred forty-c of the highway law shall be constructed or improved\naccording to such designs and types as determined by the commissioner of\nt…
N.Y. Highway Law § 341 Designation of state highways
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§ 341. Designation of state highways. The state highway system shall\nconsist of the highways designated and set forth in this section\ntogether with the highways, streets or roads, or portions thereof,\ndesignated or authorized to be a part of the state highway system\npursuant…