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                                   5792
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to  authorizing  the  town  of
   Newburgh,  Orange  county, to establish a road improvement district in
   the Ridge Hudson Valley development area

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.   The town of Newburgh, in the county of Orange, is hereby
 authorized to establish a special road improvement district pursuant  to
 articles  12  and  12-A  of the town law. Such road improvement district
 shall be established, funded, operated and otherwise controlled  by  the
 provisions of articles 12 and 12-A of the town law and the provisions of
 this  act.    To the extent that the provisions of this act shall in any
 way be in conflict with articles 12  and  12-A  of  the  town  law,  the
 provisions of this act shall be controlling.
   § 2. For the purposes of this act, the Ridge Hudson Valley development
 area  shall  include  the following tax parcels, identified by their tax
 map reference numbers, section-block-lot, within the town  of  Newburgh:
 60-3-41.3,  60-3-41.4,  60-3-48, 60-4-49.1, 60-3-49.22, 60-3-56, 71-4-8,
 71-4-9, 71-4-10, 71-4-11, 71-4-12, 71-4-13,  71-4-14,  71-5-9,  71-5-15,
 71-5-16, 97-1-13.3, 97-1-20.3.
   §  3. The purpose of the road improvement district shall be to provide
 for earthwork and site preparation, construction, repair, reconstruction
 and maintenance of roads and related appurtenances within and around the
 Ridge Hudson Valley development area  to  ensure  certain  improvements,
 upgrades  and  repairs are made pursuant to certain development criteria
 established by the town of  Newburgh.  Any  such  development  criteria,
 construction  or reconstruction and subsequent maintenance thereof shall
 be subject to and in accordance with applicable provisions of the  high-
 way  law,  procedures  established  by  the New York state department of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 transportation and the consents of the  New  York  state  department  of
 transportation, where applicable.
   § 4. Section 202-c of the town law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 sion 11 to read as follows:
   11.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL
 LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, WHENEVER THE TOWN BOARD OF  THE
 TOWN  OF NEWBURGH, ORANGE COUNTY, SHALL DETERMINE IT TO BE IN THE PUBLIC
 INTEREST, SAID TOWN BOARD MAY, UPON ITS OWN MOTION AND WITHOUT PETITION,
 BUT AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING HELD IN THE MANNER AND UPON THE NOTICE SPECI-
 FIED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, DIMINISH THE SIZE  OF,  EXTEND,
 MERGE  OR COMBINE ANY LIGHTING DISTRICT OR DISTRICTS, OR OTHERWISE AMEND
 SAME, PROVIDED THAT A PERIOD OF AT LEAST ONE  YEAR  SHALL  HAVE  ELAPSED
 SINCE  THE  DATE  OF  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  ANY SUCH DISTRICT AND, FURTHER,
 PROVIDED THAT THERE BE NO INDEBTEDNESS, OUTSTANDING AND UNPAID, INCURRED
 TO ACCOMPLISH ANY OF THE PURPOSES OF SUCH DISTRICT.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.