Title TRA, Transportation

* § 404. Establishment of the Daniel Boggs - Marvin Franklin New York\ncity transit authority track safety task force. There is hereby\nestablished the Daniel Boggs - Marvin Franklin New York city transit\ntrack safety task force with responsibility for the review of the Daniel\…

* § 405. Central staff. To meet areawide transportation planning needs\nand to provide centralized services to the transportation coordinating\ncommittees, the council shall provide for a central staff, and a staff\ndirector appointed by the council from a list provided by the p…

* § 405. Daniel Boggs - Marvin Franklin New York city transit\nauthority track safety task force membership. 1. The Daniel Boggs -\nMarvin Franklin New York city transit authority track safety task force\nshall consist of a total of four members as follows:\n (a) the commissione…

* § 406. Unified planning work program. 1. The council shall establish\ngoals, objectives, criteria, and standards for the development of work\nprograms for the use of federal and other planning funds.\n 2. The unified planning work program shall comprise the following\nmajor wo…

* § 406. Daniel Boggs - Marvin Franklin New York transit authority's\non-track safety program. 1. By May first, two thousand eight, the Daniel\nBoggs - Marvin Franklin New York city transit authority track safety\ntask force shall issue one or more reports setting forth the\nrec…

* § 407. Application for urban mass transportation funds. 1. The\ndepartment shall, on behalf of the council, make application annually to\nthe urban mass transportation administration and to other federal\nagencies as may be appropriate, for funds to support the council's\nplan…

* § 407. Annual inspection. The commissioner shall conduct an annual\ninspection of the compliance by the New York city transit authority with\nits internal track safety program and, on or before July first, two\nthousand eight and each year thereafter, shall issue to the New Yo…

* § 408. Allocation of funds for program year starting July first,\nnineteen hundred eighty-two. For the program year starting July first,\nnineteen hundred eighty-two, the allocation of funds to be made for the\nabove major program elements except for special studies, shall be\…

* § 408. Preservation of rights. The provisions of this article shall\nnot modify or impair rights of any party under any law including, but\nnot limited to, the provisions of article fourteen of the civil service\nlaw.\n * NB There are 2 § 408's\n

* § 409. Subregional pass through funds for program year starting July\nfirst, nineteen hundred eighty-two. For the program year starting July\nfirst, nineteen hundred eighty-two, subregional pass through funds shall\nbe made available to each county and city in proportion to it…

§ 41. Organization. 1. There is hereby created the Utica transit\nauthority. The authority shall be a body corporate and politic\nconstituting a public benefit corporation and shall be perpetual in\nduration and consist of at least five members. The chairman of the\nauthority sh…

* § 410. Transportation plans. 1. The council shall develop and review\nannually areawide transportation goals and objectives, considering\nfederal and state policies and requirements, for the guidance of its\nconstituent transportation coordinating committees.\n 2. Each transpo…

* § 411. Transportation improvement program. 1. Each transportation\ncoordinating committee shall develop and update annually a\ntransportation coordinating committee transportation improvement program\nin cooperation with state and local officials, regional and local\ntransit o…

* § 412. Program, finance, and administration committee. 1. The\ncouncil shall establish a program, finance, and administration\ncommittee, to be composed of staff representatives of the New York state\ndepartment of transportation, the metropolitan transportation authority,\nan…

* § 413. Nonregional transportation coordinating committees' actions.\n1. The following actions by the transportation coordinating committees,\nto be taken when necessary, shall be accepted as official metropolitan\nplanning organization actions without formal ratification by th…

* § 414. Coordination with adjacent metropolitan planning\norganizations. Within six months from the effective date of this\narticle, the council shall develop procedures for coordinating its plans\nand programs, and its planning and programming processes, with adjacent\nmetropo…

* § 415. Meetings and agendas. 1. Each transportation coordinating\ncommittee shall have an annual meeting, held each year between January\nfifteenth and February fifteenth. Its business agenda shall include:\n (a) Election of chairperson;\n (b) Endorsement of a transportation c…

* § 416. Central staff operation. 1. The department shall provide for\nthe financial operations of the central staff and ensure that the\ncentral staff activities are in compliance with applicable laws and\nregulations. The relative responsibilities of the council and the\ndepar…

* § 417. Council to act as the metropolitan planning organization for\npurposes of receipt of federal transportation assistance. Upon adoption\nof a joint resolution by the transportation coordinating committees and\napproval of such resolution by the governor, the council shall…

§ 42. Scope of jurisdiction. The territorial jurisdiction of the Utica\ntransit authority shall be coterminous with the territorial limits of\nthe City of Utica and of the areas the Utica transit commission is now\nserving. The Utica transit authority may provide its services or…

§ 420. Expenditure of moneys. The moneys received by the state from\nthe sale of bonds and/or notes pursuant to the Rebuild New York Through\nTransportation Infrastructure Renewal Bond Act of 1983 shall be expended\npursuant to annual appropriations for transportation infrastruc…

§ 421. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\ninclude and mean:\n 1. "Transportation infrastructure renewal project". The construction,\nreconstruction, improvement, reconditioning, and preservation, including\nthe acquisition of real property and inter…

§ 422. Powers and duties of the commissioner. The commissioner is\nhereby authorized:\n 1. To provide for the accomplishment of any authorized transportation\ninfrastructure renewal project unless otherwise provided for in law.\n 2. To provide for the accomplishment of any autho…

§ 423. Powers and duties of municipalities. A municipality is hereby\nauthorized to:\n 1. Undertake and carry out any municipal transportation infrastructure\nrenewal project for which state assistance is received or is to be\nreceived pursuant to this article.\n 2. To expend mo…

§ 424. Approval of projects. When the funds for municipal\ntransportation infrastructure renewal projects are appropriated to the\ndepartment, such projects shall be undertaken only pursuant to contract\nwith the commissioner entered into following submission to and approval\nby…

§ 425. Contracts for municipal transportation infrastructure renewal\nprojects. Any such contract between the commissioner and a municipality\nmay include such provisions as may be agreed upon by the parties\nthereto, and shall include, in substance, the following:\n a. an estim…

§ 426. Maintenance of records. In connection with each contract, the\ncommissioner and the municipality shall keep adequate records of the\namount of the payment by the state, the amount of federal assistance, if\nany, received by the municipality for the project, and of all mon…

§ 427. Equal employment opportunity program. 1. All contracts for\ndesign, construction, services and materials for transportation\ninfrastructure renewal projects of whatever nature and all documents\nsoliciting bids or proposals therefor shall contain or make reference to\nthe…

§ 428. Minority and women-owned business enterprise program. 1.\nFederal assistance projects. Where a transportation infrastructure\nrenewal project or municipal transportation infrastructure project\ninvolving federal assistance is undertaken to effectuate the provisions\nof th…

§ 43. Powers and duties. 1. Except as otherwise limited by this\narticle and by article five-I of the general municipal law, the Utica\ntransit authority shall have the following powers and duties, in\naddition to the other powers granted in article five-I of the general\nmunici…

§ 430. Legislative intent. The continuation and improvement of the\nappropriate level of rail freight and passenger service and the\nmaintenance and improvement of the railroad infrastructure enhances the\neconomic vitality of local communities and the state. The legislature,\nu…

§ 431. Program objectives. The objectives of the service enhancement\nprogram, are:\n 1. the continuation of essential rail freight and passenger service;\n 2. the preservation and improvement of railroad infrastructure; and\n 3. the improvement of the quality and quantity of ra…

§ 432. Railroad participation in the program. The level of railroad\nparticipation in the program for the period nineteen hundred\neighty-seven through nineteen hundred ninety-one shall depend on the\nestimated tax abatement as computed by the commissioner of taxation and\nfinan…

§ 433. Service enhancement plans. 1. Every railroad seeking to\nparticipate in the program shall annually by the first of February\nsubmit a list of potential service enhancement program elements to the\ndepartment. The department shall review these program elements for\nconsist…

§ 434. Reports. Railroads are to file one copy of their current plan\nannually with the department not later than a date determined according\nto the commissioner of taxation and finance schedule for producing\nrailroad ceiling values. The department shall review and comment on\…

§ 44. Officers and employees; compensation and expenses. 1. When the\noffice of the first chairman of the mass transportation authority\nbecomes vacant, the authority shall select a chairman from among its\nmembers. The Utica transit authority shall select from among its\nmember…

§ 440. New York state transportation energy conservation program. 1.\nAs used in this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears from\nthe context, the term:\n (a) "Applicant" shall mean any town, city, village, county and for any\nproject on the state highway/bridge sy…

§ 45. Vacancies and removals. A vacancy occurring other then by reason\nof the expiration of the term of a member of the Utica transit authority\nshall be filled for the unexpired term. The governing body of the\nmunicipality or when two or more municipalities are acting jointly…

§ 450. Expenditure of moneys. 1. The moneys received by the state from\nthe sale of bonds and/or notes pursuant to the Accelerated Capacity and\nTransportation Improvements of the Nineties Bond Act shall be expended\npursuant to annual appropriations for accelerated capacity and…

§ 451. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\ninclude and mean:\n 1. "Accelerated capacity and transportation improvements". The\nconstruction, reconstruction, capacity improvement, replacement,\nreconditioning and preservation, including the acquisitio…

§ 452. Powers and duties of the commissioner. The commissioner is\nhereby authorized:\n 1. To provide for the accomplishment of authorized accelerated\ncapacity and transportation improvements unless otherwise provided for\nin law.\n 2. To provide for the accomplishment of any a…

§ 453. Powers and duties of municipalities. A municipality is hereby\nauthorized:\n 1. To undertake and carry out municipal bridge improvements for which\nstate assistance is received or is to be received pursuant to this\narticle.\n 2. To expend moneys received from the state t…

§ 454. Approval of municipal bridge improvements. When the funds for\nmunicipal bridge improvements are appropriated to the department, such\nimprovements shall be undertaken only pursuant to contract with the\ncommissioner entered into following submission to and approval by th…

§ 455. Contracts for municipal bridge improvements. Any such contract\nbetween the commissioner and a municipality may include such provisions\nas may be agreed upon by the parties thereto and shall include, in\nsubstance, the following:\n 1. the municipal bridge improvements co…

§ 456. Maintenance of records. In connection with each contract, the\ncommissioner and the municipality shall keep adequate records of the\namount of the payment by the state, the amount of federal assistance, if\nany, received by the municipality for the municipal bridge improv…

§ 457. Regional distribution of petroleum business tax obligations\nfrom the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund. For the period April\nfirst, nineteen hundred ninety-three through March thirty-first,\nnineteen hundred ninety-seven, the amount of three billion nine hundred\n…

§ 46. Non-liability of authority members. No personal liability or\naccountability shall attach to any member of the Utica transit authority\nor to any person executing bonds of such authority by reason of the\nexecution or issuance thereof.\n

§ 47. Disqualification of members and employees. No member or employee\nof the Utica transit authority should have any interest, financial or\notherwise, direct or indirect, or engage in any business or transaction\nor professional activity or incur any obligation of any nature,…

* § 470. Expenditure of moneys. 1. In accordance with the provisions\nof the Transportation Infrastructure Bond Act of 2000 authorizing the\ncreation of general obligation debt in the amount of three billion eight\nhundred million dollars ($3,800,000,000), the moneys received by…

* § 471. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Transportation infrastructure project" shall mean a project\nundertaken with funds provided in whole or in part by the Transportation\nInfrastructure Bond Act of 2000, fo…