Title TRA, Transportation

* § 472. Powers and duties of the commissioner. In addition to other\npowers provided for in law, the commissioner is hereby authorized:\n 1. To provide for the accomplishment of any authorized transportation\ninfrastructure project, and to provide for the accomplishment of any\…

* § 473. Powers and duties of municipalities. A municipality is hereby\nauthorized:\n 1. To undertake and carry out any municipal transportation\ninfrastructure project for which state assistance is received or is to\nbe received pursuant to this article.\n 2. To expend money re…

* § 474. Approval of projects. When the funds for municipal\ntransportation infrastructure 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 the c…

* § 475. Contracts for municipal transportation infrastructure\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 1. an estimate of…

* § 476. 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 m…

* § 477. Consistency with federal tax law. All actions taken pursuant\nto this article shall be reviewed for consistency with provisions of the\nfederal internal revenue code and regulations thereunder, in accordance\nwith procedures established in connection with the issuance o…

* § 478. Compliance with other law. Every recipient of funds to be\nmade available pursuant to this article shall comply with all applicable\nstate, federal and local laws.\n * NB Not effective due to defeat of the Transportation Bond Act of\n2000\n

§ 48. Not within jurisdiction of public service commission. The\nacquisition, construction, reconstruction or improvement of any omnibus\ntransportation capital project by the Utica transit authority pursuant\nto this article shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of the publi…

§ 480. Expenditure of moneys. 1. In accordance with the provisions of\nthe rebuild and renew New York transportation bond act of two thousand\nfive authorizing the creation of general obligation debt in the amount\nof two billion nine hundred million dollars ($2,900,000,000), th…

§ 481. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n 1. "Transportation infrastructure project" shall mean a project\nundertaken with funds provided in whole or in part by the rebuild and\nrenew New York transportation bond act o…

§ 482. Powers and duties of the commissioner. In addition to other\npowers provided for in law, the commissioner is hereby authorized:\n 1. To provide for the accomplishment of any authorized transportation\ninfrastructure project, and to provide for the accomplishment of any\na…

§ 483. Powers and duties of municipalities. A municipality is hereby\nauthorized:\n 1. To undertake and carry out any municipal transportation\ninfrastructure project for which state assistance is received or is to\nbe received pursuant to this article.\n 2. To expend money rece…

§ 484. Approval of projects. When the funds for municipal\ntransportation infrastructure 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 the com…

§ 485. Contracts for municipal transportation infrastructure projects.\nAny such contract between the commissioner and a municipality may\ninclude such provisions as may be agreed upon by the parties thereto,\nand shall include, in substance, the following:\n 1. an estimate of t…

§ 486. 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…

§ 487. Consistency with federal tax law. All actions taken pursuant to\nthis article shall be reviewed for consistency with provisions of the\nfederal internal revenue code and regulations thereunder, in accordance\nwith procedures established in connection with the issuance of …

§ 488. Compliance with other law. Every recipient of funds to be made\navailable pursuant to this article shall comply with all applicable\nstate, federal and local laws.\n

§ 49. Plans for proposed municipal projects; statement of project\ncosts. The Utica transit authority shall file with the commissioner a\ncopy of each proposed municipal project embodying the plans,\nspecifications, estimated costs and proposed method of financing. Any\nchange m…

§ 50. Statewide transportation planning. Project coordination with\nstatewide transportation plan. Upon review of a proposed municipal\nproject submitted to the commissioner under section forty-nine herein,\nthe commissioner may transmit, within a reasonably prompt time, advisor…

§ 51. Comprehensive regional planning. Project coordination with\ncomprehensive regional planning. Prior to undertaking a municipal\nproject, the Utica transit authority shall comply with the provisions of\nthis section.\n Where a proposed municipal project is to be located in w…

§ 52. Construction contracts, cancellation of contracts,\ndisqualification to contract with mass transportation authority,\nstatement of non-collusion in bids on proposals. 1. Contracts of the\nUtica transit authority for construction, alteration, renovation,\ndemolition, excava…

§ 53. Financial assistance from and cooperation with the state and\nfederal governments. The Utica transit authority is empowered to include\nin agreements with the state and/or federal governments provisions that\nsuch government or governments shall have the right to approve i…

§ 54. Bonds. 1. The Utica transit authority shall have the power, and\nis hereby authorized, from time to time to borrow money and issue bonds\nin such amounts and upon such terms as it may deem advisable for any of\nthe purposes of this article. Bonds, except those for the acqu…

§ 55. Provisions of bonds. Bonds of the Utica transit authority shall\nbe authorized by its resolution and may be issued singly or in one or\nmore series, and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or\ntimes, bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding seven p…

§ 56. Negotiability of bonds. Whether or not any bonds, interim\ncertificates or other obligations of the Utica transit authority issued\npursuant to this article are of such form and character as to be\nnegotiable instruments under article eight of the uniform commercial\ncode,…

§ 57. Signature on bonds. In case any of the members or officers of\nthe Utica transit authority whose signatures appear on any bonds or\ncoupons shall cease to be such members or officers before the delivery\nof such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and\nsuf…

§ 58. Repurchase of bonds. The Utica transit authority shall have\npower to purchase any bonds issued by it for the purpose of retirement\nor investment. The Utica transit authority shall not purchase such\nbonds at a price in excess of the face value thereof plus a premium of\n…

§ 59. Suit on bonds. In any suit, action or proceeding upon any bond\nof the Utica transit authority or the security therefor, any such bond\nreciting in substance that it has been issued by such an authority to\naid in financing a municipal project to provide omnibus transporta…

§ 60. Bond covenants. 1. In connection with the issuance of bonds or\nthe incurring of an obligation, and to secure the payment of such bonds\nor obligations, the Utica transit authority, in addition to its other\npowers, may:\n (a) Pledge, covenant to pledge or covenant against…

§ 61. Bonds and notes as legal investments. The bonds and notes of the\nUtica transit authority are hereby made securities in which all public\nofficers and bodies of the state and all municipalities and municipal\nsubdivisions thereof, all insurance companies and associations a…

§ 62. Remedies against the Utica transit authority. 1. In an action\nor proceeding to foreclose a mortgage on property of the Utica transit\nauthority, the authority and all other necessary parties, shall be made\nparties defendant and shall take such steps in said action as may…

§ 62-a. Actions against authority. Except in an action for wrongful\ndeath, no action or special proceeding shall be prosecuted or maintained\nagainst the authority, its members, officers, or employees for personal\ninjury or damage to real or personal property alleged to have b…

§ 63. Liability of state or municipality. The bonds or other\nobligations of the Utica transit authority shall not be a debt of the\nstate or a municipality and neither the state nor a municipality shall\nbe liable thereon nor shall the Utica transit authority have power in\nany…

§ 64. Tax exemptions. 1. The Utica transit authority shall be exempt\nfrom the payment of (a) any taxes or fees to the state or any\nsubdivision thereof, (b) any fees to any officer or employee of the\nstate or of any subdivision thereof, except where it is provided by or\npursu…

§ 65. Depositories of funds. In order to protect funds deposited by\nthe Utica transit authority all banks, bankers, trust companies or other\npersons carrying on a banking business, organized under the laws of the\nstate, are authorized to give to the authority an undertaking w…

§ 66. Filing of by-laws, rules and regulations. 1. The Utica transit\nauthority shall file with the commissioner a copy of any by-laws, rules\nand regulations and amendments thereto adopted by it from time to time.\nNo such by-laws, rules and regulations and amendments thereto s…

§ 67. Dissolution. The Utica transit authority may apply to the\nsupreme court in any county within the Utica transit authority's\njurisdiction for an order dissolving such authority. The court thereupon\nshall hold a hearing in open court after such notice of hearing as the\nco…

§ 68. Disposal of records. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any\ngeneral, special or local law, the Utica transit authority or officer or\nemployee thereof is hereby empowered to destroy, sell or otherwise\ndispose of any book, paper, map photograph, microphotograph or other…

§ 69. Reproduction of records. The Utica transit authority may cause\nany paper, document or other record kept or recorded by it to be\nrecorded, copied or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic,\nmicrofilm, microcard, miniature photographic or other process which\naccurate…

§ 70. Special parkways. 1. The department shall be responsible for and\nshall have jurisdiction for the purposes of construction,\nreconstruction, improvement and maintenance of the special parkways as\ndesignated in this article, and for expediting the construction,\nreconstruc…

§ 71. Powers of commissioner. In addition to all powers conferred by\nother provisions of law, the commissioner with respect to special\nparkways designated by this article shall have power:\n 1. Subject to the approval of the state comptroller to provide\nprocedures for the rec…

§ 73-a. Short title. This article may be cited as the "rural public\ntransportation coordination assistance program".\n

§ 73-b. Legislative findings and purposes. The legislature hereby\nfinds, determines, and declares that:\n 1. the inability of persons in rural areas to access public or private\ntransportation services often is detrimental to the public health,\nsafety and general welfare becau…

§ 73-c. Definitions. Whenever used in this article, the following\nterms shall have the respective meanings:\n 1. "Department" shall mean the state department of transportation.\n 2. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of transportation.\n 3. "Committee" shall refer to th…

§ 73-d. Interagency coordinating committee on rural public\ntransportation. 1. There is hereby created a committee to be known as\nthe "interagency coordinating committee on rural public transportation",\nto be comprised of nineteen members. The commissioner or his or her\ndesig…

§ 73-e. Rural public transportation coordination assistance program.\n1. Program established. There is hereby established a rural public\ntransportation coordination assistance program which shall:\n a. enhance the access of people in rural counties to health care,\nshopping, ed…

§ 73-f. Local coordination of rural public transportation services.\nTransportation services funded under this article must be coordinated\nwith transportation services funded by other federal, state and local\nsources. Public, private, and private non-profit corporations or\nor…

§ 73-g. Financial assistance for creation of coordinated rural public\ntransportation services. 1. The commissioner may approve grants to any\nrural county having no coordinated public transportation service, for\nthe purpose of developing such a service, and such approval shall…

§ 73-h. Operating aid. 1. For those rural counties having an approved\nand implemented coordinated public transportation service plan which has\nmaintained existing levels of funding used for transportation by the\ncoordinated service and has documented the need for additional o…

§ 73-j. Special provisions relating to aid. 1. Within one hundred\ntwenty days after the adoption of a state budget containing an\nappropriation implementing this article, the commissioner shall send to\nthe county executive, if any, or the chairperson of the county\nlegislative…