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                                  7885--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 28, 2020
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 Introduced  by Sens. KAPLAN, KENNEDY, KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
   portation  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in  relation  to  requiring  the
   department  of  transportation  to  annually prepare and submit to the
   legislature certain highway pavement and bridge condition reports
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 14 of the transportation law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 36 to read as follows:
   36.  TO  PREPARE  AND  SUBMIT  REPORTS  ON HIGHWAY PAVEMENT AND BRIDGE
 CONDITIONS, CAPITAL PROGRAM LETTING AND IMPLEMENTATION, CAPITAL  PROGRAM
 ACCOMPLISHMENTS,  AND  NON-MTA  DOWNSTATE  SUBURBAN  AND UPSTATE TRANSIT
 CAPITAL PROGRAMS.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUING THE
 FOLLOWING REPORTS IN A SEARCHABLE ELECTRONIC FORMAT ACCESSIBLE TO  USERS
 TO  THE  GOVERNOR,  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE SENATE, SPEAKER OF THE
 ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR OF
 THE ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR OF THE  SENATE  FINANCE
 COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE:
   (A)  ON OR BEFORE JUNE FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND BY JUNE FIRST OF
 EACH YEAR THEREAFTER, A REPORT FOR EACH FORTHCOMING  STATE  FISCAL  YEAR
 DETAILING  THE  DEPARTMENT'S  ON-STATE  SYSTEM CAPITAL PROJECTS AND OFF-
 STATE SYSTEM LOCAL CAPITAL PROJECTS, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO-A  OF
 SECTION TWO OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, PLANNED FOR THE FORTHCOMING FISCAL
 YEAR INCLUDING PROJECTS RECEIVING FUNDS PURSUANT TO NEW YORK WORKS. SUCH
 REPORT  SHALL  INCLUDE PROJECTS EXPECTED TO BE ADVERTISED FOR PUBLIC BID
 IN THE RESPECTIVE STATE FISCAL YEAR, INCLUDING ESTIMATED  LETTING  DATES
 BY   DEPARTMENT   REGION.  THE  REPORT  SHALL  ALSO  INCLUDE  A  PROJECT
 DESCRIPTION, PROPOSED MONTH OF LETTING, PROJECT  IDENTIFICATION  NUMBER,
 AND  PROJECT  COST  ESTIMATES. SUCH REPORT SHALL PRESENT PROJECT LETTING
 DETAILS BY DEPARTMENT REGION, WITHIN REGION BY  FUNDING  SOURCE,  WITHIN
 FUNDING SOURCE BY CAPITAL PROGRAM CATEGORY (PAVEMENT PRESERVATION, PAVE-
 MENT  RECONSTRUCTION,  BRIDGE  PRESERVATION,  BRIDGE  REHABILITATION  OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15558-02-0

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 REPLACEMENT, SAFETY, MOBILITY, AND OTHER), AND  WITHIN  CAPITAL  PROGRAM
 CATEGORY  BY  PROJECT PHASE (SCOPING, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, RIGHT-OF-
 WAY, FINAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION).  AFTER COMPLETION OF EACH  QUARTER,
 THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE A REPORT, INCLUDING THE ACTUAL LETTING DATES
 AND CONTRACT AMOUNTS FOR EACH PROJECT ACCOMPANIED BY THE  SAME  INFORMA-
 TION.  THE  REPORT  SHALL  ALSO  COMPARE CHANGES IN PLANNED CONSTRUCTION
 LETTINGS WITH ACTUAL PROJECT LETTINGS, CHANGES IN PROJECT COSTS OF  MORE
 THAN  TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT FOR PROJECTS EXCEEDING FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS
 AND THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS FOR SUCH PROJECT COST CHANGES,  CHANGES  IN
 PROJECT  LETTING  SCHEDULES  OF MORE THAN TWELVE MONTHS AND CONTRIBUTING
 FACTORS FOR SUCH CHANGES IN LETTING SCHEDULES, AND THE ESTIMATED  NUMBER
 OF JOBS CREATED BY EACH PROJECT.
   (B)  ON OR BEFORE JUNE FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND BY JUNE FIRST OF
 EACH YEAR THEREAFTER, AN  ACCOMPLISHMENT  REPORT  FOR  THE  PRIOR  STATE
 FISCAL  YEAR DETAILING THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING OBLIGATED FOR MAJOR CAPITAL
 PROGRAM CATEGORIES INCLUDING:  PAVEMENT  PRESERVATION,  PAVEMENT  RECON-
 STRUCTION,  BRIDGE  PRESERVATION,  BRIDGE REHABILITATION OR REPLACEMENT,
 SAFETY, AND MOBILITY. SUCH  CAPITAL  REPORT  SHALL  PRESENT  DETAILS  BY
 DEPARTMENT  REGION,  WITHIN  REGION  BY  FUNDING  SOURCE, WITHIN FUNDING
 SOURCE BY CAPITAL PROGRAM CATEGORY AND WITHIN CAPITAL  PROGRAM  CATEGORY
 BY  PROJECT PHASE, INCLUDING BY SCOPING, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, RIGHT-
 OF-WAY, FINAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
   (C) ON OR BEFORE JUNE FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND BY JUNE FIRST  OF
 EACH  YEAR  THEREAFTER,  A  HIGHWAY PAVEMENT AND BRIDGE CONDITION REPORT
 THAT DETAILS CONDITIONS OF STATE HIGHWAY PAVEMENT BY  DEPARTMENT  REGION
 AND  STATEWIDE  CONDITION GOALS FOR PAVEMENT, THE CONDITION OF STATE AND
 LOCALLY OWNED BRIDGES BY COUNTY AND THE STATEWIDE  CONDITION  GOALS  FOR
 BRIDGE  CONDITIONS,  AS  WELL  AS THE RESPECTIVE GOALS FOR EACH OF THESE
 CLASSES FOR THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS.
   (D) ON OR BEFORE JUNE FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND BY JUNE FIRST  OF
 EACH YEAR THEREAFTER, A REPORT DETAILING THE ALLOCATION AND DISBURSEMENT
 FOR  THE PRIOR STATE FISCAL YEAR OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR PUBLIC TRANS-
 PORTATION PROVIDERS  WITHIN  THE  METROPOLITAN  COMMUTER  TRANSPORTATION
 DISTRICT  THAT EXCLUDE THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND ITS
 SUBSIDIARIES, AND FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS OUTSIDE THE METRO-
 POLITAN COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT. THE REPORT ON FUND  USE  SHALL
 INDICATE  THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS ALLOCATED AND DISBURSED TO EACH RESPECTIVE
 TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER BY CAPITAL ELEMENT, INCLUDING, BUT  NOT  LIMITED
 TO:  ROLLING STOCK AND BUSES, PASSENGER STATIONS, TRACK, LINE EQUIPMENT,
 LINE STRUCTURES, SIGNALS AND COMMUNICATIONS, POWER EQUIPMENT,  EMERGENCY
 POWER  EQUIPMENT  AND SUBSTATIONS, SHOPS, YARDS, MAINTENANCE FACILITIES,
 DEPOTS AND TERMINALS, SERVICE VEHICLES, SECURITY  SYSTEMS,  ELECTRIFICA-
 TION EXTENSIONS, AND UNSPECIFIED, MISCELLANEOUS AND EMERGENCY.  FURTHER,
 THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL CONDUCT A NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR EACH PUBLIC TRANS-
 PORTATION PROVIDER THAT INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: VEHICLE AGE  AND
 CONDITION, FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT STATE OF GOOD REPAIR, CONSISTENCY WITH
 FEDERAL  AND  STATE SYSTEM SAFETY PLANS, AND AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL AND
 LOCAL RESOURCES TO COMPLETE A PROJECT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.