S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
July 8, 2020
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Buttenschon)
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to authorizing the town of
Deerfield in Oneida county to transfer jurisdiction of a road to the
state
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 31 of section 341 of the highway law is amended
by adding a new paragraph 6 to read as follows:
6. EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF
THE TOWN OF DEERFIELD IN THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA, HAVING PREVIOUSLY
APPROVED THE ABANDONMENT OF CERTAIN TOWN ROADS, AS SET FORTH IN THIS
SUBDIVISION, THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO ASSUME
JURISDICTION FOR STATE HIGHWAY PURPOSES OVER THE ROAD IDENTIFIED AS THE
SOUTH-BOUND SERVICE ROAD AND ASSOCIATED RAMP SECTIONS BUILT UNDER NEW
YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT D250071 IN NINETEEN
HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO PARALLEL TO STATE ROUTE EIGHT AND TWELVE FROM THE
CITY OF UTICA LINE NORTH TO THE MULANEY ROAD INTERCHANGE, INCLUDING ANY
PAVEMENT, SHOULDER AREA, DRAINAGE SYSTEM, LANDSCAPING, CURBS, AND
GUIDERAIL LOCATED THEREON OR IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THERETO.
§ 2. The commissioner of transportation and the town of Deerfield are
authorized to permanently close such portions of the highway transferred
to the state as necessary to eliminate travel over sections of the high-
way that are unfit or unnecessary for travel due to flooding or erosion,
provided, however, that provision is made for the access to or acquisi-
tion of any properties that would be denied access to public highways
due to such closure.
§ 3. This transfer of jurisdiction shall be deemed to transfer all
right, title and interest of the town of Deerfield in the transferred
highways to the state. Furthermore, the state acquisition of such prop-
erty pursuant to this act shall be deemed to be an acquisition pursuant
to section 30 of the highway law for all subsequent purposes and uses.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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