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                                    693
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ROZIC, ABINANTI, BARRETT, BRONSON, FAHY, GOTT-
   FRIED,  HUNTER,  JOYNER,  LUPARDO,  MAGNARELLI,  OTIS,   SANTABARBARA,
   SEAWRIGHT,   SIMON,  STECK,  STIRPE,  ZEBROWSKI,  DE LA ROSA,  CAHILL,
   WALLACE, DICKENS, VANEL, PHEFFER AMATO,  BARNWELL,  PICHARDO,  CUSICK,
   GALEF,  LAVINE,  JEAN-PIERRE,  QUART, RICHARDSON, NIOU, KIM, BICHOTTE,
   O'DONNELL, DAVILA, COLTON, L. ROSENTHAL, WILLIAMS, CARROLL,  D. ROSEN-
   THAL,  EPSTEIN,  BARRON, CYMBROWITZ, SOLAGES, DINOWITZ, PAULIN, PERRY,
   RODRIGUEZ, JONES,  WEPRIN,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  McMAHON,  BYRNE,  FRIEND,
   REYES,  CRUZ,  McDONOUGH,  MONTESANO,  BRABENEC, PALMESANO, RA, WALSH,
   M. MILLER, EICHENSTEIN, JACOBSON, GRIFFIN -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.
   of A. ABBATE, COOK, ENGLEBRIGHT, GLICK, HEVESI, HYNDMAN, NOLAN, THIELE
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to a state transpor-
   tation plan
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 15 of the  transportation  law,  subdivision  2  as
 amended  by chapter 524 of the laws of 2005 and subdivision 3 as amended
 by chapter 1064 of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as follows:
   § 15. Comprehensive statewide master plan for transportation.  1.  The
 department  shall  formulate [and from time to time revise] a long-range
 comprehensive statewide master plan for  the  balanced  development  and
 coordination of adequate, safe and efficient commuter and general trans-
 portation facilities and services in the state at reasonable cost to the
 people,  including,  but  not  limited to, STATE highways[,] AND BRIDGES
 UNDER THE JURISDICTION  OF  THE  COMMISSIONER,  BICYCLE  AND  PEDESTRIAN
 FACILITIES  ON  SUCH  STATE HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES, rapid transit, FREIGHT
 AND PASSENGER railroad, omnibus, marine and  other  mass  transportation
 facilities  and  services,  EXCLUDING  RAPID TRANSIT, RAILROAD, OMNIBUS,
 MARINE AND OTHER MASS TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES AND SERVICES  UNDER  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 JURISDICTION  OF  EITHER  THE  METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN-C OF THIS CHAPTER OR A  BI-STATE
 PUBLIC  BENEFIT CORPORATION, and PUBLIC USE aviation and airport facili-
 ties  and  services[,]  whether  publicly or privately owned, developed,
 operated or maintained, EXCLUDING AIRPORTS OPERATED BY A BI-STATE PUBLIC
 BENEFIT CORPORATION.   SUCH PLAN SHALL  INCLUDE  A  MINIMUM  TWENTY-YEAR
 FORECAST  PERIOD  AT THE TIME OF ADOPTION, ASSESS LONG-RANGE NEEDS SPAN-
 NING SUCH PERIOD, INCLUDE A FORECAST OF PAVEMENT AND  BRIDGE  CONDITIONS
 OF  STATE HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION-
 ER, AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION:
   A. THE MOST RECENT TWENTY-YEAR TRANSPORTATION  PLAN  ADOPTED  BY  EACH
 METROPOLITAN  PLANNING ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE STATE PURSUANT TO SUBPART
 C OF PART 450 OF TITLE 23 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS; AND
   B. THE MOST RECENT LONG-RANGE STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND STATE-
 WIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY THE STATE  PURSUANT
 TO SUBPART B OF PART 450 OF TITLE 23 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
   2.  The  department shall submit such plan to the governor, the tempo-
 rary president of the senate, the speaker of the  assembly  and  to  the
 department  of  state  on  or  before September first, [nineteen hundred
 sixty-eight, and thereafter shall submit appropriate revisions  of  such
 plan]  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REVIEW AND UPDATE
 SUCH PLAN AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS TO EXTEND THE FORECAST PERIOD TO  AT
 LEAST TWENTY YEARS, PROVIDED THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY REVISE SUCH PLAN AT
 ANY  OTHER  TIME  WITHOUT EXTENDING SUCH FORECAST PERIOD. THE DEPARTMENT
 SHALL SUBMIT ALL SUCH REVISED AND UPDATED PLANS  to  the  governor,  the
 temporary  president  of  the senate, the speaker of the assembly and to
 the department of state [from time to] AT THE time [as]  such  revisions
 are  made.  The  department  of  state  shall  review such plan and such
 revisions and shall submit a report thereon, together with  such  recom-
 mendations  as  it  may deem appropriate, to the governor, the temporary
 president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly. Such  plan  and
 such  revisions  shall  become  effective  upon approval by the governor
 [and], shall serve thereafter as a guide  to  the  public  and  publicly
 assisted  development  of  transportation facilities and services in the
 state, AND THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL MAINTAIN HARD COPIES OF THE MOST RECENT
 VERSION OF SUCH PLAN AND REVISIONS THERETO ON FILE AS A PUBLIC  DOCUMENT
 IN  THE  OFFICE  OF  THE COMMISSIONER AND AT EACH REGIONAL OFFICE OF THE
 DEPARTMENT.
   3. In formulating such plan and any such revisions, the department:
   a. shall conduct [one or more] AT LEAST ONE public [hearings]  HEARING
 IN EACH DEPARTMENT REGION;
   b.  may  consult  with and cooperate with (i) officials of departments
 and agencies of the state having duties and responsibilities  concerning
 transportation;
   (ii)  officials  and representatives of public corporations as defined
 in [article one, section  three  of  the  general  corporation]  SECTION
 SIXTY-FIVE OF THE GENERAL CONSTRUCTION law;
   (iii)  officials  and  representatives  of  the federal government, of
 neighboring states and of  interstate  agencies  on  problems  affecting
 transportation in this state;
   (iv)  officials  and  representatives  of  carriers and transportation
 facilities and systems in the state; and
   (v) persons, organizations and groups utilizing, served by, interested
 in or concerned with transportation facilities and systems in the state;
   c. may request and  receive  from  any  department,  division,  board,
 bureau,  commission or other agency of the state or any political subdi-

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 vision thereof or any public authority such assistance and data  as  may
 be  necessary to enable the department to carry out its responsibilities
 under this section; and
   d.  may  make  use  of  and  incorporate in the department's plan, any
 recognized long-range regional plan for transportation, survey or report
 developed by any public or private agency.
   4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAINTAIN ON ITS PUBLIC  WEBSITE  THE  PROPOSED
 AND  ADOPTED  LONG-RANGE  COMPREHENSIVE  STATEWIDE  MASTER  PLAN AND ALL
 PROPOSED AND ADOPTED REVISIONS THERETO, AND SHALL  PROVIDE  A  MEANS  ON
 SUCH  WEBSITE  FOR  THE PUBLIC TO SUBMIT COMMENTS THEREON TO THE DEPART-
 MENT.
   § 2. Subdivision 13 of section 14 of the transportation law, as  added
 by chapter 420 of the laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows:
   13.  To  report  from  time to time to the governor and make an annual
 report to the governor and  the  legislature  which  shall  include  its
 recommendations. ADDITIONALLY, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO
 THE  GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF
 THE ASSEMBLY, BEGINNING SEPTEMBER FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO  AND
 SEMI  ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, INCLUDING A LIST OF THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS IN
 THE DEPARTMENT'S CAPITAL PROGRAM THAT HAVE  EXPERIENCED  MAJOR  SCHEDULE
 CHANGES  OR MAJOR COST CHANGES IN LETTING SCHEDULE OR CONSTRUCTION COST,
 INCLUDING PROJECTS THAT WERE ELIMINATED AND PROJECTS  THAT  WERE  ADDED,
 SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE MOST RECENT STATE BUDGET. FOR EACH PROJECT THE
 REPORT  SHALL INCLUDE THE PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION,
 ORIGINAL AND REVISED LETTING DATES, AND A DETAILED  EXPLANATION  OF  WHY
 THE  CHANGES  OCCURRED.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM
 "MAJOR SCHEDULE CHANGES" IS DEFINED AS A TWELVE-MONTH OR MORE  DELAY  IN
 THE  LETTING  DATE  OF  A  PROJECT, AND THE TERM "MAJOR COST CHANGES" IS
 DEFINED AS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING AS  APPLICABLE:  A  GREATER  THAN  FIFTY
 PERCENT  CHANGE  FOR  PROJECTS  FIFTEEN  MILLION  DOLLARS OR LESS, AND A
 GREATER THAN TWENTY-FIVE  PERCENT  CHANGE  FOR  PROJECTS  IN  EXCESS  OF
 FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.