Title TRA, Transportation

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

* § 405. Central staff. To meet areawide transportation planning needs and to provide centralized services to the transportation coordinating committees, the council shall provide for a central staff, and a staff director appointed by the council from a list provided by the perm…

* § 405. Daniel Boggs - Marvin Franklin New York city transit authority track safety task force membership. 1. The Daniel Boggs - Marvin Franklin New York city transit authority track safety task force shall consist of a total of four members as follows: (a) the commissioner or …

* § 406. Unified planning work program. 1. The council shall establish goals, objectives, criteria, and standards for the development of work programs for the use of federal and other planning funds. 2. The unified planning work program shall comprise the following major work el…

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

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

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

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

* § 408. Preservation of rights. The provisions of this article shall not modify or impair rights of any party under any law including, but not limited to, the provisions of article fourteen of the civil service law. * NB There are 2 § 408's

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

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

* § 410. Transportation plans. 1. The council shall develop and review annually areawide transportation goals and objectives, considering federal and state policies and requirements, for the guidance of its constituent transportation coordinating committees. 2. Each transportati…

* § 411. Transportation improvement program. 1. Each transportation coordinating committee shall develop and update annually a transportation coordinating committee transportation improvement program in cooperation with state and local officials, regional and local transit opera…

* § 412. Program, finance, and administration committee. 1. The council shall establish a program, finance, and administration committee, to be composed of staff representatives of the New York state department of transportation, the metropolitan transportation authority, and on…

* § 413. Nonregional transportation coordinating committees' actions. 1. The following actions by the transportation coordinating committees, to be taken when necessary, shall be accepted as official metropolitan planning organization actions without formal ratification by the c…

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 421. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall include and mean: 1. "Transportation infrastructure renewal project". The construction, reconstruction, improvement, reconditioning, and preservation, including the acquisition of real property and interests …

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

§ 423. Powers and duties of municipalities. A municipality is hereby authorized to: 1. Undertake and carry out any municipal transportation infrastructure renewal project for which state assistance is received or is to be received pursuant to this article. 2. To expend money rec…

§ 424. Approval of projects. When the funds for municipal transportation infrastructure renewal projects are appropriated to the department, such projects shall be undertaken only pursuant to contract with the commissioner entered into following submission to and approval by the…

§ 425. Contracts for municipal transportation infrastructure renewal projects. Any such contract between the commissioner and a municipality may include such provisions as may be agreed upon by the parties thereto, and shall include, in substance, the following: a. an estimate o…

§ 426. Maintenance of records. In connection with each contract, the commissioner and the municipality shall keep adequate records of the amount of the payment by the state, the amount of federal assistance, if any, received by the municipality for the project, and of all moneys…

§ 427. Equal employment opportunity program. 1. All contracts for design, construction, services and materials for transportation infrastructure renewal projects of whatever nature and all documents soliciting bids or proposals therefor shall contain or make reference to the fol…

§ 428. Minority and women-owned business enterprise program. 1. Federal assistance projects. Where a transportation infrastructure renewal project or municipal transportation infrastructure project involving federal assistance is undertaken to effectuate the provisions of this a…

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

§ 430. Legislative intent. The continuation and improvement of the appropriate level of rail freight and passenger service and the maintenance and improvement of the railroad infrastructure enhances the economic vitality of local communities and the state. The legislature, upon …

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

§ 432. Railroad participation in the program. The level of railroad participation in the program for the period nineteen hundred eighty-seven through nineteen hundred ninety-one shall depend on the estimated tax abatement as computed by the commissioner of taxation and finance p…

§ 433. Service enhancement plans. 1. Every railroad seeking to participate in the program shall annually by the first of February submit a list of potential service enhancement program elements to the department. The department shall review these program elements for consistency…

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

§ 44. Officers and employees; compensation and expenses. 1. When the office of the first chairman of the mass transportation authority becomes vacant, the authority shall select a chairman from among its members. The Utica transit authority shall select from among its members, a…

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

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

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

§ 451. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall include and mean: 1. "Accelerated capacity and transportation improvements". The construction, reconstruction, capacity improvement, replacement, reconditioning and preservation, including the acquisition of …

§ 452. Powers and duties of the commissioner. The commissioner is hereby authorized: 1. To provide for the accomplishment of authorized accelerated capacity and transportation improvements unless otherwise provided for in law. 2. To provide for the accomplishment of any authoriz…

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

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

§ 455. Contracts for municipal bridge improvements. Any such contract between the commissioner and a municipality may include such provisions as may be agreed upon by the parties thereto and shall include, in substance, the following: 1. the municipal bridge improvements cost; 2…

§ 456. Maintenance of records. In connection with each contract, the commissioner and the municipality shall keep adequate records of the amount of the payment by the state, the amount of federal assistance, if any, received by the municipality for the municipal bridge improveme…

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

§ 46. Non-liability of authority members. No personal liability or accountability shall attach to any member of the Utica transit authority or to any person executing bonds of such authority by reason of the execution or issuance thereof.

§ 47. Disqualification of members and employees. No member or employee of the Utica transit authority should have any interest, financial or otherwise, direct or indirect, or engage in any business or transaction or professional activity or incur any obligation of any nature, wh…

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

* § 471. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Transportation infrastructure project" shall mean a project undertaken with funds provided in whole or in part by the Transportation Infrastructure Bond Act of 2000, for tho…