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ities necessary to ensure that highways, parkways and bridges meet or
exceed their optimum useful life; [expenses of control of snow and ice
on state highways by the department of transportation including but not
limited to personal services, nonpersonal services and fringe benefits,
payment of emergency aid for control of snow and ice in municipalities
pursuant to section fifty-five of the highway law, expenses of control
of snow and ice on state highways by municipalities pursuant to section
twelve of the highway law, and for expenses of arterial maintenance
agreements with cities pursuant to section three hundred forty-nine of
the highway law;] personal services, nonpersonal services, and fringe
benefit costs of the department of transportation for bus safety
inspection activities, rail safety inspection activities, and truck
safety inspection activities; [costs of the department of motor vehi-
cles, including but not limited to personal and nonpersonal services;]
costs of engineering and administrative services of the department of
transportation, including but not limited to fringe benefits; the
contract services provided by private firms in accordance with section
fourteen of the transportation law; personal services and nonpersonal
services, for activities including but not limited to the preparation of
designs, plans, specifications and estimates; construction management
and supervision activities; costs of appraisals, surveys, testing and
environmental impact statements for transportation projects; expenses in
connection with buildings, equipment, materials and facilities used or
useful in connection with the maintenance, operation, and repair of
highways, parkways and bridges thereon; and project costs for:
construction, reconstruction, improvement, reconditioning and preserva-
tion of rail freight facilities and intercity rail passenger facilities
and equipment; construction, reconstruction, improvement, reconditioning
and preservation of state, municipal and privately owned ports;
construction, reconstruction, improvement, reconditioning and preserva-
tion of municipal airports; privately owned airports and aviation capi-
tal facilities, excluding airports operated by the state or operated by
a bi-state municipal corporate instrumentality for which federal funding
is not available provided the project is consistent with an approved
airport layout plan; and construction, reconstruction, enhancement,
improvement, replacement, reconditioning, restoration, rehabilitation
and preservation of state, county, town, city and village roads, high-
ways, parkways and bridges; and construction, reconstruction, improve-
ment, reconditioning and preservation of fixed ferry facilities of
municipal and privately owned ferry lines for transportation purposes,
and the payment of debt service required on any bonds, notes or other
obligations and related expenses for highway, parkway, bridge and
project costs for: construction, reconstruction, improvement, recondi-
tioning and preservation of rail freight facilities and intercity rail
passenger facilities and equipment; construction, reconstruction,
improvement, reconditioning and preservation of state, municipal and
privately owned ports; construction, reconstruction, improvement, recon-
ditioning and preservation of municipal airports; privately owned
airports and aviation capital facilities, excluding airports operated by
the state or operated by a bi-state municipal corporate instrumentality
for which federal funding is not available provided the project is
consistent with an approved airport layout plan; construction, recon-
struction, enhancement, improvement, replacement, reconditioning, resto-
ration, rehabilitation and preservation of state, county, town, city and
village roads, highways, parkways and bridges; and construction, recon-
struction, improvement, reconditioning and preservation of fixed ferry
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facilities of municipal and privately owned ferry lines for transporta-
tion purposes, purposes authorized on or after the effective date of
this section. Beginning with disbursements made on and after the first
day of April, nineteen hundred ninety-three, moneys in such fund shall
be available to pay such costs or expenses made pursuant to appropri-
ations or reappropriations made during the state fiscal year which began
on the first of April, nineteen hundred ninety-two. Beginning the first
day of April, nineteen hundred ninety-three, moneys in such fund shall
also be used for transfers to the general debt service fund and the
revenue bond tax fund of amounts equal to that respectively required for
service contract and financing agreement payments as provided and
authorized by section three hundred eighty of the public authorities
law, section eleven of chapter three hundred twenty-nine of the laws of
nineteen hundred ninety-one, as amended, and sections sixty-eight-c and
sixty-nine-o of this chapter.
S 3. Paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 89-b of the state finance
law, as amended by section 11 of part C of chapter 57 of the laws of
2014, is amended to read as follows:
a. Moneys in the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund shall,
following appropriation by the legislature, be utilized for: recon-
struction, replacement, reconditioning, restoration, rehabilitation and
preservation of state, county, town, city and village roads, highways,
parkways, and bridges thereon, to restore such facilities to their
intended functions; construction, reconstruction, enhancement and
improvement of state, county, town, city, and village roads, highways,
parkways, and bridges thereon, to address current and projected capacity
problems including costs for traffic mitigation activities; aviation
projects authorized pursuant to section fourteen-j of the transportation
law and for payments to the general debt service fund of amounts equal
to amounts required for service contract payments related to aviation
projects as provided and authorized by section three hundred eighty-six
of the public authorities law; programs to assist small and minority and
women-owned firms engaged in transportation construction and recon-
struction projects, including a revolving fund for working capital
loans, and a bonding guarantee assistance program in accordance with
provisions of this chapter; matching federal grants or apportionments to
the state for highway, parkway and bridge capital projects; the acquisi-
tion of real property and interests therein required or expected to be
required in connection with such projects; preventive maintenance activ-
ities necessary to ensure that highways, parkways and bridges meet or
exceed their optimum useful life; [expenses of control of snow and ice
on state highways by the department of transportation including but not
limited to personal services, nonpersonal services and fringe benefits,
payment of emergency aid for control of snow and ice in municipalities
pursuant to section fifty-five of the highway law, expenses of control
of snow and ice on state highways by municipalities pursuant to section
twelve of the highway law, and for expenses of arterial maintenance
agreements with cities pursuant to section three hundred forty-nine of
the highway law;] personal services, nonpersonal services, and fringe
benefit costs of the department of transportation for bus safety
inspection activities, rail safety inspection activities, and truck
safety inspection activities; costs of engineering and administrative
services of the department of transportation, including but not limited
to fringe benefits; the contract services provided by private firms in
accordance with section fourteen of the transportation law; personal
services and nonpersonal services, for activities including but not
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limited to the preparation of designs, plans, specifications and esti-
mates; construction management and supervision activities; costs of
appraisals, surveys, testing and environmental impact statements for
transportation projects; expenses in connection with buildings, equip-
ment, materials and facilities used or useful in connection with the
maintenance, operation, and repair of highways, parkways and bridges
thereon; and project costs for: construction, reconstruction, improve-
ment, reconditioning and preservation of rail freight facilities and
intercity rail passenger facilities and equipment; construction, recon-
struction, improvement, reconditioning and preservation of state, munic-
ipal and privately owned ports; construction, reconstruction, improve-
ment, reconditioning and preservation of municipal airports; privately
owned airports and aviation capital facilities, excluding airports oper-
ated by the state or operated by a bi-state municipal corporate instru-
mentality for which federal funding is not available provided the
project is consistent with an approved airport layout plan; and
construction, reconstruction, enhancement, improvement, replacement,
reconditioning, restoration, rehabilitation and preservation of state,
county, town, city and village roads, highways, parkways and bridges;
and construction, reconstruction, improvement, reconditioning and pres-
ervation of fixed ferry facilities of municipal and privately owned
ferry lines for transportation purposes, and the payment of debt service
required on any bonds, notes or other obligations and related expenses
for highway, parkway, bridge and project costs for: construction, recon-
struction, improvement, reconditioning and preservation of rail freight
facilities and intercity rail passenger facilities and equipment;
construction, reconstruction, improvement, reconditioning and preserva-
tion of state, municipal and privately owned ports; construction, recon-
struction, improvement, reconditioning and preservation of municipal
airports; privately owned airports and aviation capital facilities,
excluding airports operated by the state or operated by a bi-state
municipal corporate instrumentality for which federal funding is not
available provided the project is consistent with an approved airport
layout plan; construction, reconstruction, enhancement, improvement,
replacement, reconditioning, restoration, rehabilitation and preserva-
tion of state, county, town, city and village roads, highways, parkways
and bridges; and construction, reconstruction, improvement, recondition-
ing and preservation of fixed ferry facilities of municipal and private-
ly owned ferry lines for transportation purposes, purposes authorized on
or after the effective date of this section. Beginning with disburse-
ments made on and after the first day of April, nineteen hundred nine-
ty-three, moneys in such fund shall be available to pay such costs or
expenses made pursuant to appropriations or reappropriations made during
the state fiscal year which began on the first of April, nineteen
hundred ninety-two. Beginning the first day of April, nineteen hundred
ninety-three, moneys in such fund shall also be used for transfers to
the general debt service fund and the revenue bond tax fund of amounts
equal to that respectively required for service contract and financing
agreement payments as provided and authorized by section three hundred
eighty of the public authorities law, section eleven of chapter three
hundred twenty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-one, as
amended, and sections sixty-eight-c and sixty-nine-o of this chapter.
S 4. Subdivision 5 of section 89-b of the state finance law is amended
by adding two new paragraphs d and e to read as follows:
D. MONEYS IN THE DEDICATED HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE TRUST FUND APPROPRIATED
BY THE LEGISLATURE FOR EXPENSES OF CONTROL OF SNOW AND ICE ON STATE
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HIGHWAYS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO PERSONAL SERVICES, NONPERSONAL SERVICES AND FRINGE BENEFITS, PAYMENT
OF EMERGENCY AID FOR CONTROL OF SNOW AND ICE IN MUNICIPALITIES PURSUANT
TO SECTION FIFTY-FIVE OF THE HIGHWAY LAW, EXPENSES OF CONTROL OF SNOW
AND ICE ON STATE HIGHWAYS BY MUNICIPALITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION TWELVE
OF THE HIGHWAY LAW, AND FOR EXPENSES OF ARTERIAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS
WITH CITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE OF THE HIGHWAY
LAW SHALL NOT EXCEED:
(I) $252 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN--TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN;
(II) $189 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN;
(III) $126 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND
NINETEEN; AND
(IV) $63 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY.
(V) FOR FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE AND
FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT YEARS THEREAFTER NO MONEYS FROM THE DEDICATED HIGHWAY
AND BRIDGE TRUST FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED FOR EXPENSES OF CONTROL OF SNOW
AND ICE ON STATE HIGHWAYS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO PERSONAL SERVICES, NONPERSONAL SERVICES AND FRINGE
BENEFITS, PAYMENT OF EMERGENCY AID FOR CONTROL OF SNOW AND ICE IN MUNI-
CIPALITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION FIFTY-FIVE OF THE HIGHWAY LAW, EXPENSES
OF CONTROL OF SNOW AND ICE ON STATE HIGHWAYS BY MUNICIPALITIES PURSUANT
TO SECTION TWELVE OF THE HIGHWAY LAW, AND FOR EXPENSES OF ARTERIAL MAIN-
TENANCE AGREEMENTS WITH CITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-
NINE OF THE HIGHWAY LAW.
E. MONEYS IN THE DEDICATED HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE TRUST FUND APPROPRIATED
BY THE LEGISLATURE FOR COSTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PERSONAL AND NONPERSONAL SERVICES SHALL NOT
EXCEED:
(I) $156 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN--TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN;
(II) $117 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN;
(III) $78 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND
NINETEEN; AND
(IV) $39 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY.
(V) FOR FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE AND
FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT YEARS THEREAFTER NO MONEYS FROM THE DEDICATED HIGHWAY
AND BRIDGE TRUST FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED FOR COSTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
MOTOR VEHICLES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PERSONAL AND NONPERSONAL
SERVICES.
S 5. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend-
ments to paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 89-b of the state
finance law made by section two of this act shall be subject to the
expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to section 2 of part
B of chapter 84 of the laws of 2002, as amended, when upon such date the
provisions of section three of this act shall take effect.
