NY State Senate Bill 2021-S6041

Senate Bill S6041

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires highway projects that receive state funding to include the assessment and repair of water infrastructure and provides for access to such water infrastructure

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to transportation
Mar 31, 2021	referred to transportation

2021-S6041 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Transportation Law
Laws Affected:: Add §23, Transp L; add §120-y, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S1289

2021-S6041 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires highway projects that receive state funding to include the assessment and repair of water infrastructure; provides for access to such water infrastructure.

2021-S6041 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6041

SPONSOR: HINCHEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the transportation law and the general municipal law, in
relation to requiring highway projects that receive state funding to
include the assessment and completion of any water infrastructure
repairs and providing for access to such water infrastructure

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Requires highway projects that receive state funding to include the
assessment and repair of water infrastructure and provides for access to
such water infrastructure.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:.

Section 1:  Requires that an assessment and completion of water infras-
tructure repairs or replacement is conducted anytime a road project that
receives state funding takes place.

Section 2:  Municipalities, in consultation with state DOT, will grant
access to any pipes or conduits necessary to completing any repairs or
replacement.

Section 3:  Effective Date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Often, infrastructure projects are done independently with little or no
coordination with other work site stakeholders. This means a road may be
torn up repeatedly at different times to address different types of work
site infrastructure, like water, utility lines and broadband.

Local governments when faced with planning and financing water mains,
sewers and storm drains benefit by combining roadway projects with water
installations and other public works. Whenever the ground is dug up,
"dig once" principles help reduce the cost of government and maximizes
the use of government resources.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:.
This act shall take effect on the 90th day after it shall have become
law.

2021-S6041 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6041
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 31, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the transportation law and the general municipal law, in
   relation to requiring highway projects that receive state  funding  to
   include  the  assessment  and  completion  of any water infrastructure
   repairs and providing for access to such water infrastructure
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The transportation law is amended by adding a new section
 23 to read as follows:
   § 23. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT AND REPAIR FOR  CERTAIN  HIGHWAY
 PROJECTS.    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
 HIGHWAY PROJECT WHICH RECEIVES STATE FUNDING SHALL INCLUDE AN ASSESSMENT
 AND COMPLETION OF ANY WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEED OF REPAIR IMMEDIATELY
 OR WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE
 TERM  "WATER  INFRASTRUCTURE"  SHALL  BE  DEEMED TO INCLUDE ANY PIPES OR
 OTHER CONDUITS FOR DRINKING WATER, WASTEWATER AND STORM WATER.
   § 2. The general municipal law is amended  by  adding  a  new  section
 120-y to read as follows:
   § 120-Y.  WATER INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT AND REPAIR.  MUNICIPALITIES,
 IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, SHALL ENSURE THAT
 ACCESS IS GRANTED TO ANY WATER PIPE OR CONDUIT INSTALLED PURSUANT TO THE
 PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWENTY-THREE OF THE TRANSPORTATION LAW.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10342-03-1

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