Assembly Bill A2225

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the maintenance, improvement and repair of certain town highways

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A2225 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1836
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Highway Law
Laws Affected:
Add §205-c, Hway L; add §124, amd §1683, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10377, S3136
2011-2012: A836, A6325, S3641
2013-2014: A1407, S1965
2015-2016: A1837, S2265
2017-2018: A418, S2537
2019-2020: A3724, S2910
2021-2022: A326, S3825

2023-A2225 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits the designation of low volume roads and minimum maintenance roads by town boards; enacts provisions relating to the maintenance, improvement and repair of such roads.

2023-A2225 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2225
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, JONES, BUTTENSCHON, SANTABARBARA, WOER-
   NER, J. M. GIGLIO, PALMESANO, BARCLAY, DiPIETRO, SMULLEN, LEMONDES  --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  highway law and the vehicle and traffic law, in
   relation to the maintenance, improvement and repair  of  certain  town
   highways
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 205-c to
 read as follows:
   § 205-C. LOW VOLUME ROADS. 1. WHEN USED IN THIS SECTION, UNLESS OTHER-
 WISE EXPRESSLY STATED, OR UNLESS THE CONTEXT OR SUBJECT MATTER OTHERWISE
 REQUIRES, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A. "LOW-VOLUME ROAD" SHALL MEAN A  TOWN  HIGHWAY  OR  PORTION  THEREOF
 LOCATED  IN A TOWN, WHEN SUCH HIGHWAY HAS AN AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC COUNT
 OF LESS THAN FOUR HUNDRED MOTOR VEHICLES PER DAY. SUCH  TERM  SHALL  NOT
 APPLY  TO  ANY  HIGHWAY  OR ROAD OR PORTION THEREOF WHICH HAS PREVIOUSLY
 BEEN ABANDONED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO  HUNDRED  FIVE
 OF  THIS  ARTICLE  BECAUSE  IT SHALL NOT HAVE BEEN USED OR TRAVELED AS A
 HIGHWAY FOR SIX YEARS. LOW VOLUME ROADS MAY BE CLASSIFIED AS FOLLOWS:
   (I) "LOW-VOLUME COLLECTOR ROAD" SHALL  MEAN  A  LOW-VOLUME  ROAD  THAT
 COLLECTS  TRAFFIC  FROM  ANY  OTHER  CLASSIFICATION AND CHANNELS IT TO A
 HIGHER LEVEL ROAD, SUCH AS A STATE HIGHWAY, ARTERIAL OR INTERSTATE HIGH-
 WAY.
   (II) "RESIDENTIAL ACCESS ROAD"  SHALL  MEAN  A  LOW-VOLUME  ROAD  THAT
 PROVIDES  ACCESS  TO  RESIDENCES.   THE TRAFFIC GENERATED DEPENDS ON THE
 NUMBER OF RESIDENCES. ALL YEAR ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND  SCHOOL
 BUSES MUST BE PROVIDED.
   (III)  "RESOURCE/INDUSTRIAL  ACCESS ROAD" SHALL MEAN A LOW-VOLUME ROAD
 THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO FORESTS  OR  INDUSTRIAL  OR  MINING  OPERATIONS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03086-01-3
 A. 2225                             2
              

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