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Senate Bill S570

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the liability of the state to any person who suffers damage as a result of a defect in a state highway

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2019-S570 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Highway Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §58, Hway L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6702
2015-2016: S747
2017-2018: S5078

2019-S570 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the liability of the state to any person who suffers damage as a result of a defect in a state highway.

2019-S570 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S570 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    570
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the highway law, in  relation  to  state  liability  for
   defects in highways

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 58 of the highway law, as amended by  chapter  1110
 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   §  58. Liability of state for damages. The state shall [not] be liable
 for damages suffered by any person  from  defects  in  state  highways[,
 except] MAINTAINED BY THE STATE UNDER SUCH SYSTEM AS THE COMMISSIONER OF
 TRANSPORTATION  MAY ADOPT PURSUANT TO SECTION TWELVE OF THIS CHAPTER (1)
 between the first day of May and the fifteenth day of November [on  such
 highways as are maintained by the state under such system as the commis-
 sioner  of transportation may adopt pursuant to section twelve, but the]
 AND (2) BETWEEN THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER AND THE THIRTIETH  DAY  OF
 APRIL  FOR  DEFECTS  FOR  WHICH IT HAS BEEN GIVEN ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE
 NOTICE. THE liability for such damages shall  otherwise  remain  as  now
 provided  by  law,  notwithstanding  the construction or improvement and
 maintenance of such highways by the state under this chapter; but  noth-
 ing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to impose on the state any
 liability for defects in bridges over which the state  has  no  control.
 Within  the  limits  of incorporated villages the state shall maintain a
 width of pavement equal to the width of pavement constructed or improved
 at the expense of the state, if a state highway,  the  location  of  the
 state's  portion  of  such roadway within said incorporated limits to be
 determined by the center line of the roadway as shown on  the  plans  on
 file with the department of transportation and the state shall be liable
 for  damages to persons or property only when such damage shall occur as
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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