NY State Senate Bill 2023-S8341

Senate Bill S8341

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Dissolves the New York state thruway authority, and transferring all functions, duties, debts, and obligations of such authority to the department of transportation; repealer

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2023-S8341 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Banking Law
Laws Affected:: Amd Various Laws, generally

2023-S8341 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Dissolves the New York state thruway authority; transfers all functions, employees, records, authority, debts and obligations of such authority to the department of transportation.

2023-S8341 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8341

SPONSOR: WALCZYK
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the banking law, the canal law, the economic development
law, the court of claims act, the environmental conservation law, the
executive law, the highway law, the parks, recreation and historic pres-
ervation law, the public authorities law, the public officers law, the
real property tax law, the retirement and social security law, the state
finance law, the tax law, the transportation law, the vehicle and traf-
fic law, and the veterans' services law, in relation to dissolving the
New York state thruway authority, and transferring all functions,
duties, debts, and obligations of such authority to the department of
transportation; and to repeal certain provisions of the public authori-
ties law, the criminal procedure law, the environmental conservation
law, the highway law, the public officers law, the retirement and social
security law, the state finance law, and the transportation law, in
relation thereto

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill abolishes the New York State Thruway Authority in its entire-

ty.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Abolishes the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) and
transfers all duties, debts, functions, and operations to the New York
State Department of Transportation (DOT).

Section 2: Transfers all NYSTA functions to DOT.

Section 3: Transfers all NYSTA employees to DOT.

Section 4: Transfers all NYSTA records to DOT.

Section 5: Establishes the continuity of authority from the NYSTA to
DOT.

Section 6: Establishes the completion of unfinished business from the
NYSTA to DOT.

Section 7: Establishes the continuity of rules and regulations from the
NYSTA to DOT.

Section 8: Designates DOT as the new reference point in case the NYSTA
is mentioned in laws, contracts, and other documents.

Section 9: Establishes that no existing right or remedy of any character
shall be lost, impaired, or affected by this act.

Section 10: Establishes that all pending actions and proceedings against
the NYSTA shall be transferred to DOT upon the bill becoming law.

Section 11: Transfers all assets and liabilities from NYSTA to DOT.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The New York State Thruway Authority must be abolished. Unfortunately,
it has cost New Yorkers a great deal of money since its inception.  The
main purpose of the Thruway Authority was to manage the Thruway in its
infancy, when it was paid for with bonds. To generate revenue to pay off
said bonds, the State utilized tolls. The Governor at the time, Thomas
Dewey, promised that tolls would go away once the bonds were paid for
The bonds were paid off in 1992, but the tolls remain.  In recent years,
tolls have increased dramatically as well. New Yorkers deserve better.

This bill would move all of the Thruway Authority's functions to the
Department of Transportation.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

Savings due to consolidation of the Thruway Authority and the Department
of Transportation.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

2023-S8341 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8341
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the banking law, the canal law, the economic development
   law, the court of claims act, the environmental conservation law,  the
   executive  law,  the  highway  law, the parks, recreation and historic
   preservation law, the public authorities law, the public officers law,
   the real property tax law, the retirement and social security law, the
   state finance law, the tax law, the transportation  law,  the  vehicle
   and  traffic  law,  and  the  veterans'  services  law, in relation to
   dissolving the New York state thruway authority, and transferring  all
   functions,  duties,  debts,  and  obligations of such authority to the
   department of transportation; and to repeal certain provisions of  the
   public  authorities law, the criminal procedure law, the environmental
   conservation law, the  highway  law,  the  public  officers  law,  the
   retirement  and  social  security  law, the state finance law, and the
   transportation law, in relation thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. Dissolution of the New York state thruway authority. The
 New  York  state thruway authority is hereby dissolved and discontinued,
 and all functions, duties, debts, and obligations are hereby transferred
 to the department of transportation in accordance with the provisions of
 this act.
   2. Transfer of functions. All of the functions  and  powers  possessed
 by,  and all of the obligations and duties of the New York state thruway
 authority are transferred and assigned to, assumed by and devolved  upon
 the department of transportation, in accordance with and pursuant to the
 provisions of this act.
   3.  Transfer of employees. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
 rule, or regulation to the contrary, upon the transfer of functions from
 the New York state thruway authority pursuant to this act, all employees
 of the New York state thruway authority  shall  be  transferred  to  the
 department  of  transportation.  Employees  transferred pursuant to this
 section shall be transferred without further examination  or  qualifica-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD13563-01-3
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 tion  and  shall  retain their respective civil service classifications,
 status  and  collective  bargaining  unit  designations  and  collective
 bargaining agreements.
   4.  Transfer  of  records.  All books, papers, and property of the New
 York state thruway authority shall be provided to and deemed  to  be  in
 the possession of the department of transportation.
   5. Continuity of authority. For the purpose of succession of all func-
 tions,  powers,  duties  and  obligations  transferred  and assigned to,
 devolved upon and assumed by it pursuant to this act, the department  of
 transportation  shall  be deemed and held to constitute the continuation
 of the New York state thruway authority.
   6. Completion of unfinished business. Any  business  or  other  matter
 undertaken or commenced by the New York state thruway authority pertain-
 ing  to  or connected with the functions, powers, obligations and duties
 hereby transferred and assigned to the department of transportation  and
 pending  on  the  effective  date  of  this  act,  may  be conducted and
 completed by the department of transportation in  the  same  manner  and
 under  the  same  terms  and  conditions  and with the same effect as if
 conducted and completed by the New York state thruway authority.
   7. Continuation of rules  and  regulations.  All  rules,  regulations,
 acts,  orders, determinations, and decisions of the New York state thru-
 way authority pertaining to the functions  and  powers  transferred  and
 assigned pursuant to this act, in force at the time of such transfer and
 assumption,  shall  continue  in  full  force and effect as rules, regu-
 lations, acts, orders, determinations and decisions of the department of
 transportation until duly modified or abrogated by such department.
   8. Terms occurring in laws, contracts and  other  documents.  Whenever
 the  New York state thruway authority, or the board thereof, is referred
 to or designated in any contract or document  pertaining  to  the  func-
 tions, powers, obligations and duties hereby transferred to and assigned
 to the department of transportation, such reference or designation shall
 be deemed to refer to the department of transportation.
   9. Existing rights and remedies preserved. No existing right or remedy
 of  any  character shall be lost, impaired or affected by any provisions
 of this act.
   10. Pending actions and proceedings. No action or  proceeding  pending
 at  the  time when this act shall take effect, brought by or against the
 New York state  thruway  authority,  or  the  board  thereof,  shall  be
 affected by any provision of this act, but the same may be prosecuted or
 defended  in  the  name of the department of transportation. In all such
 actions and proceedings, the department of transportation, upon applica-
 tion of the court, shall be substituted as a party.
   11. Transfer of assets and liabilities. All assets and liabilities  of
 the  New  York  state  thruway  authority  are hereby transferred to and
 assumed by the department of transportation.
   § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 103 of the banking law,
 as amended by chapter 227 of the laws of 2013, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (c)  Loans  (exclusive  of any loan described in paragraph (a) of this
 subdivision) to any state other than the state of New York,  or  to  any
 foreign  nation,  [the New York State thruway authority,] the Triborough
 bridge and tunnel authority, The Port of New York Authority, a  railroad
 corporation,  a  municipal  corporation  of  this  state,  a corporation
 subject to the jurisdiction of  a  public  service  commission  of  this
 state,  or  any  international lending facility or public benefit corpo-
 ration designated by the superintendent by regulation, may equal but not
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 exceed twenty-five per centum of the capital  stock,  surplus  fund  and
 undivided profits of such bank or trust company.
   § 3. Subdivision 24 of section 2 of the canal law, as added by section
 14  of  part TT of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
   24. "[Thruway] FORMER THRUWAY authority" shall  mean  the  FORMER  New
 York  state  thruway  authority,  a  body corporate and politic FORMERLY
 constituting a public corporation created and  constituted  pursuant  to
 THE FORMER title nine of article two of the public authorities law.
   §  4.  Section 5 of the canal law, as amended by section 16 of part TT
 of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   § 5. Transfer of powers and duties relating to canals and canal  lands
 to  the  power authority of the state of New York. The powers and duties
 of the FORMER thruway authority relating to the  New  York  state  canal
 system  as  set  forth  in  articles one through and including fourteen,
 except article seven, of this chapter, and except properties in  use  on
 the  effective  date  of this article in support of highway maintenance,
 equipment management and traffic signal operations of the department  of
 transportation,  heretofore transferred by the commissioner of transpor-
 tation to the FORMER thruway authority, are hereby  transferred  to  and
 merged  with the authority, to be exercised by the authority directly or
 through the canal corporation on behalf of the people of  the  state  of
 New  York. In addition, the commissioner of transportation and the chair
 of the authority or his or her designee may, in their discretion,  enter
 into  an  agreement  or agreements transferring the powers and duties of
 the commissioner of transportation relating to any or all of the bridges
 and highways as set forth in article seven of this chapter, to be  exer-
 cised  by  the  authority  directly  or through the canal corporation on
 behalf of the people of the state of New York, and, as determined to  be
 feasible  and advisable by the authority's trustees, shall enter into an
 agreement or agreements directly or through the  canal  corporation  for
 the  financing,  construction, reconstruction or improvement of lift and
 movable bridges on the canal system. Such powers shall be in addition to
 other powers enumerated in title one  of  article  five  of  the  public
 authorities  law.  All of the provisions of title one of article five of
 such law which are not inconsistent with this chapter shall apply to the
 actions and duties of  the  authority  pursuant  to  this  chapter.  The
 authority  shall  be deemed to be the state in exercising the powers and
 duties transferred pursuant to this section but for no other purposes.
   § 5. Section 6 of the canal law, as added by chapter 766 of  the  laws
 of 1992, and subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 as amended by section 17, and
 subdivision 6 as amended and paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 6 and
 subdivision  7  as  added by section 18, of part TT of chapter 54 of the
 laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   § 6. Transfer of canal lands and other assets.  1. The jurisdiction of
 the FORMER thruway authority over the New York state  canal  system  and
 over  all state assets, equipment and property, both tangible and intan-
 gible, owned or used  in  connection  with  the  planning,  development,
 construction,  reconstruction, maintenance and operation of the New York
 state canal system, as set forth in articles one through  and  including
 fourteen,  except  article seven, of this chapter, and except properties
 in use on the effective date of this article in support of highway main-
 tenance, equipment management  and  traffic  signal  operations  of  the
 department of transportation, heretofore transferred by the commissioner
 of  transportation  to  the  FORMER thruway authority, are hereby trans-
 ferred without consideration to the authority, to be held by the author-
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 ity in the name of the people of the state of New York. In addition  the
 commissioner  of transportation and the chair of the authority or his or
 her designee may, in their discretion, enter into an agreement or agree-
 ments transferring jurisdiction over any or all of the bridges and high-
 ways  set  forth  in article seven of this chapter, and any or all state
 assets, equipment and property, both tangible and intangible,  owned  or
 used  in connection with the planning, development, construction, recon-
 struction, maintenance and operation of such bridges and highways, which
 shall be transferred without consideration to the authority, to be  held
 by  the  authority  through the corporation in the name of the people of
 the state of New York. Any other rights and obligations  resulting  from
 or  arising  out  of  the  planning,  development,  construction, recon-
 struction, operation or maintenance of the New York state  canal  system
 shall  be  deemed  assigned  to  and shall be exercised by the authority
 through the corporation[, except that the authority  may  designate  the
 chair  of  the  thruway  authority to be its agent for the operation and
 maintenance of the New York  state  canal  system,  provided  that  such
 designation shall have no force or effect after January first, two thou-
 sand  seventeen].  Such  canal  system  shall remain the property of the
 state and under its management and control as exercised by  and  through
 the  authority,  through the corporation which shall be deemed to be the
 state for the purposes of such management and control of the canals  but
 for no other purposes.
   2.  The  department  of  transportation  [and thruway authority] shall
 deliver to the authority all books, policies, procedures, papers, plans,
 maps, records, equipment and property of such department  pertaining  to
 the functions transferred pursuant to this article.
   3.  All rules, regulations, acts, determinations, orders and decisions
 of the commissioner of transportation, department of transportation,  or
 FORMER  thruway authority pertaining to the functions transferred pursu-
 ant to this article in force at the time of such transfer shall continue
 in force and effect as rules, regulations, acts, determinations,  orders
 and  decisions  of  the authority and corporation until duly modified or
 abrogated by such authority or corporation.
   4. Any business or other matters undertaken or commenced by the FORMER
 thruway authority,  including  executed  contracts,  permits  and  other
 agreements,  but  excluding  bonds,  notes or other evidences of indebt-
 edness, pertaining to or connected with the  powers,  duties  and  obli-
 gations  transferred  pursuant  to  this  article,  and in effect on the
 effective date of the transfer of such matters from the  FORMER  thruway
 authority  to  the authority provided for in this article, shall, except
 as otherwise agreed by the authority and the FORMER  thruway  authority,
 be  conducted  and completed by the authority through the corporation in
 the same manner and under the same terms and  conditions  and  with  the
 same effect as if conducted and completed by the FORMER thruway authori-
 ty, provided that nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to require
 the  authority to take any action in a manner that would in its judgment
 be inconsistent with the provisions of any bond or  note  resolution  or
 any  other  contract with the holders of the authority's bonds, notes or
 other obligations.
   5. No existing rights or remedies of the  state,  authority,  [thruway
 authority,]  or canal corporation shall be lost, impaired or affected by
 reason of this article.
   [6. (a) No action or proceeding pending on the effective date  of  the
 transfer of powers, duties and obligations from the thruway authority to
 the  authority  brought by or against the thruway authority, the commis-
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 sioner of transportation, the corporation, the department of transporta-
 tion or the authority shall be affected by this article.  Any  liability
 arising out of any act or omission occurring prior to the effective date
 of  the  transfer of the powers, duties and obligations from the thruway
 authority to the authority, of the officers, employees or agents of  the
 thruway authority, the department of transportation, or any other agency
 of  the  state,  other  than  the authority, in the performance of their
 obligations or duties under the canal law, any other law of the state or
 any federal law, or pursuant to a contract entered  into  prior  to  the
 effective date of such transfer, shall remain a liability of the thruway
 authority,  the department of transportation or such other agency of the
 state and not of the authority.
   (b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained  in  para-
 graph  (a) of this subdivision, the state shall indemnify and hold harm-
 less the thruway authority, the corporation and the  authority  for  any
 and all claims, damages, or liabilities, whether or not caused by negli-
 gence, including civil and criminal fines, arising out of or relating to
 any  generation,  processing,  handling, transportation, storage, treat-
 ment, or disposal of solid or hazardous wastes in the  canal  system  by
 any  person  or entity other than the thruway authority or the authority
 occurring prior to  August  third,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-two.  Such
 indemnification  shall  extend to, without limitation, any releases into
 land, water or air, including but not limited  to  releases  as  defined
 under  the federal comprehensive environmental response compensation and
 liability act of nineteen hundred eighty, occurring or existing prior to
 August third, nineteen hundred ninety-two;  provided  that  the  thruway
 authority,  the  corporation  and  the  authority shall cooperate in the
 investigation and remediation of hazardous waste and other environmental
 problems.
   (c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained  in  para-
 graph (a) of this subdivision, the thruway authority shall indemnify and
 hold  harmless the corporation and the authority for any and all claims,
 damages, or liabilities, whether or not caused by negligence,  including
 civil  and criminal fines, arising out of or relating to any generation,
 processing, handling, transportation, storage, treatment, or disposal of
 solid or hazardous wastes in the canal system by any  person  or  entity
 other  than the authority occurring after August third, nineteen hundred
 ninety-two and no later than the  effective  date  of  the  transfer  of
 powers, duties and obligations from the thruway authority to the author-
 ity.  Such  indemnification  shall  extend  to,  without limitation, any
 releases into land, water or air, including but not limited to  releases
 as  defined  under  the  federal  comprehensive  environmental  response
 compensation and liability act of nineteen hundred eighty, occurring  or
 existing  prior  to the effective date of the transfer of powers, duties
 and obligations from the thruway authority to  the  authority;  provided
 that  the  corporation and the authority shall cooperate in the investi-
 gation and remediation of hazardous waste and other environmental  prob-
 lems.
   (d) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the thruway authori-
 ty  shall  retain  all liabilities, whether or not caused by negligence,
 arising out of any acts or omissions occurring on or after August third,
 nineteen hundred ninety-two, in connection with its powers,  duties  and
 obligations with respect to the corporation. The authority and the state
 shall  not be held liable in connection with any liabilities arising out
 of such acts or omissions.
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   7. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in connection
 with the transfer of jurisdiction of the corporation  to  the  authority
 and  the  assumption  of  management  of the corporation as a subsidiary
 corporation of the authority pursuant to the chapter of the laws of  two
 thousand  sixteen  which  added  this subdivision, the thruway authority
 shall have the power to fulfill any existing agreements or  obligations,
 make  any agreements, receive, retain or pay any funds, deemed necessary
 and in the public interest to effectuate the provisions  and  intent  of
 this chapter, including but not limited to, the entering into any agree-
 ments  with the corporation, the authority and any other federal, state,
 municipal or other entities, and to receive funds from the federal emer-
 gency management agency or the state, to fulfill the thruway authority's
 existing financial or other obligations arising  from  its  jurisdiction
 over the canal system and the corporation.]
   §  6.  Paragraph  2  of subdivision (a) of section 168 of the economic
 development law, as amended by chapter  33  of  the  laws  of  2006,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (2) the [chairman] CHAIRPERSON or his or her designated representative
 of the [New York state thruway authority, the] New York power authority,
 and  the  tourism  advisory  council,  the New York state council on the
 arts, the canal corporation, the  canal  recreationway  commission,  the
 Olympic regional development authority, and the Hudson River park trust;
   §  7.  Paragraph  (ii)  of subdivision a of section 11 of the court of
 claims act, as amended by chapter 439 of the laws of 1999, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (ii) In any action brought in the court of  claims  against  the  [New
 York state thruway authority, the] city university of New York[,] or the
 New  York  state  power  authority,  a copy of the claim shall be served
 personally or by certified mail, return  receipt  requested,  upon  such
 defendant,  in  addition  to  the  attorney  general,  within  the times
 hereinbefore provided for filing with the clerk of the  court,  and  any
 notice  of  intention  shall  be served personally or by certified mail,
 return receipt requested, upon such defendant, in addition to the attor-
 ney general, within the times hereinbefore provided for service upon the
 attorney general. Service by certified mail, return  receipt  requested,
 shall not be complete until the claim or notice of intention is received
 by  the  defendant. Personal service upon any defendant shall be made in
 the same manner as described in the civil practice law and rules.
   § 8. Paragraph d of subdivision 5 of section 3-0311  of  the  environ-
 mental  conservation law, as amended by chapter 741 of the laws of 1991,
 is amended to read as follows:
   d. Albany Port District Commission, Battery Park City Authority, Capi-
 tal District Transportation Authority, Central New York Regional  Trans-
 portation  Authority,  Dormitory  Authority  of  the  State of New York,
 Facilities Development Corporation, Metropolitan Transportation Authori-
 ty (including the operations of all of its operating  units),  New  York
 State Energy Research and Development Authority, New York State Environ-
 mental  Facilities Corporation, New York State Olympic Regional Develop-
 ment Authority, [New York State Thruway Authority,] New York State Urban
 Development  Corporation,  Niagara  Frontier  Transportation  Authority,
 Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority, Port Authority of New York and New
 Jersey,  Port  of  Oswego Authority, Power Authority of the State of New
 York, Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority; and
   § 9. Subdivision 2 of section 6-0103 of the environmental conservation
 law, as added by chapter 433 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read  as
 follows:
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   2.  "State  infrastructure  agency"  shall  mean  the  department, the
 department of transportation, the department of education,  the  depart-
 ment  of  health,  the  department of state, the New York state environ-
 mental facilities corporation, the New York state housing finance  agen-
 cy,  the  housing  trust fund corporation, the dormitory authority, [the
 thruway authority,] the port authority of New York and New  Jersey,  the
 empire  state development corporation, the New York state urban develop-
 ment corporation and all other New York authorities. Any subsidiary  of,
 or  corporation  with the same members or directors as, a public benefit
 corporation identified in this subdivision shall also be  deemed  to  be
 within the definition of state infrastructure agency under this article.
   §  10.  Subdivision 1 of section 9-1705 of the environmental conserva-
 tion law, as added by chapter 674 of the laws of  2007,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1.  There is hereby established the New York invasive species council.
 Such council shall consist of a total of [nine] EIGHT members and  shall
 include  the commissioner, the commissioners of agriculture and markets,
 transportation, parks, recreation and historic preservation,  education,
 the  secretary  of state, [the chairperson of the New York state thruway
 authority,] the director of the New York state  canal  corporation,  and
 the  chairperson  of  the  Adirondack Park agency, or a designee of such
 department, agency or public authority.
   § 11. Paragraph b of  subdivision  1  and  subdivision  2  of  section
 19-0320  of  the environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 621
 of the laws of 1998, are amended to read as follows:
   b. "Roadside program" means a roadside examination  program  conducted
 pursuant  to  the  heavy  duty  vehicle  emissions reduction act for the
 inspection of emissions and emission control equipment, at any public or
 quasi-public location as designated by the commissioner  of  transporta-
 tion with the concurrence of the department [and, where appropriate, the
 New York state thruway authority].
   2.  The department, jointly with the departments of motor vehicles and
 transportation, shall develop a program for the inspection of  emissions
 from  heavy  duty  vehicles. Such inspection program shall consist of an
 annual inspection program and a roadside program. The annual  inspection
 program  developed  in  accordance with this section shall be limited to
 heavy duty vehicles registered or required to be registered in  counties
 in  the  state designated as being in serious, severe or extreme non-at-
 tainment of the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone pursuant
 to the 1990 amendments of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.    7511).
 Under no circumstances shall such program require heavy duty vehicles to
 meet  emission  standards  more  stringent than the new vehicle emission
 standards to which such vehicles were certified pursuant to the  federal
 Clean  Air Act. The department shall, with the department of transporta-
 tion [and, where appropriate, the New  York  state  thruway  authority],
 jointly  develop criteria for roadside program site selection and proce-
 dures for the control of traffic and operation of such sites.
   § 12. Subdivision 2 of section 27-1903 of the environmental  conserva-
 tion  law, as added by section 3 of part V1 of chapter 62 of the laws of
 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   2. State government must make an essential contribution to the  devel-
 opment  and  implementation of environmentally, economically and techni-
 cally viable waste tire management programs. The department shall  coop-
 erate  with  other  state agencies, including the department of economic
 development, New York state energy research and  development  authority,
 the department of transportation, [the New York state thruway authority]
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 and the department of health, to ensure that waste tires are effectively
 managed  and used in environmentally acceptable ways consistent with the
 purposes of this chapter.
   §  13.  Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 37-0301 of the envi-
 ronmental conservation law, as added by chapter 663 of the laws of 1994,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (d) dormitory authority of the state of New York, facilities  develop-
 ment  corporation,  metropolitan transportation authority (including the
 operations of all  of  its  operating  units),  New  York  state  energy
 research and development authority, New York state environmental facili-
 ties corporation, New York state olympic regional development authority,
 [New  York  state  thruway  authority,] New York state urban development
 corporation, port authority of  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  and  power
 authority of the state of New York.
   §  14. Subdivision 1 of section 21 of the executive law, as amended by
 chapter 699 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   1. There is hereby created in  the  executive  department  a  disaster
 preparedness  commission  consisting of the commissioners of transporta-
 tion, health, division of criminal justice services, education, economic
 development, agriculture and markets,  housing  and  community  renewal,
 general  services,  labor,  environmental  conservation,  mental health,
 addiction services and supports, parks, recreation and historic  preser-
 vation,  corrections  and  community  supervision,  children  and family
 services, homeland security and  emergency  services,  and  people  with
 developmental  disabilities,  the president of the New York state energy
 research and development authority, the superintendents of state  police
 and  financial services, the secretary of state, the state fire adminis-
 trator, the chair of the public service commission, the adjutant  gener-
 al,  the  office  of  information technology services, and the office of
 victim services, the chairs of [the thruway authority,] the  office  for
 the aging, the metropolitan transportation authority, the port authority
 of  New York and New Jersey, the chief professional officer of the state
 coordinating chapter of the American Red Cross, the  chief  professional
 officer  of  2-1-1  New  York  state and three additional members, to be
 appointed by the governor, two of whom shall be chief  executives.  Each
 member  agency  may designate an executive level officer of that agency,
 with responsibility for disaster preparedness matters, who may represent
 that agency on the commission. The commissioner of the division of home-
 land security and emergency services shall serve as chair of the commis-
 sion, and the governor shall designate the vice chair of the commission.
 The members of the commission, except those who serve ex officio,  shall
 be  allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the perform-
 ance of their duties under this article but shall receive no  additional
 compensation for services rendered pursuant to this article.
   §  15. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 11 of section 310 of the executive
 law, as amended by chapter 463 of the laws of 2011, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (b)  a "state authority," as defined in subdivision one of section two
 of the public authorities law, and the following:
         Albany County Airport Authority;
         Albany Port District Commission;
         Alfred, Almond, Hornellsville Sewer Authority;
         Battery Park City Authority;
         Cayuga County Water and Sewer Authority;
         (Nelson A. Rockefeller) Empire State Plaza Performing Arts
           Center Corporation;
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         Industrial Exhibit Authority;
         Livingston County Water and Sewer Authority;
         Long Island Power Authority;
         Long Island Rail Road;
         Long Island Market Authority;
         Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority;
         Metro-North Commuter Railroad;
         Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority;
         Metropolitan Transportation Authority;
         Natural Heritage Trust;
         New York City Transit Authority;
         New York Convention Center Operating Corporation;
         New York State Bridge Authority;
         New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority;
         [New York State Thruway Authority;]
         Niagara Falls Public Water Authority;
         Niagara Falls Water Board;
         Port of Oswego Authority;
         Power Authority of the State of New York;
         Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation;
         Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority;
         State Insurance Fund;
         Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority;
         State University Construction Fund;
         Syracuse Regional Airport Authority;
         Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority.
         Upper Mohawk valley regional water board.
         Upper Mohawk valley regional water finance authority.
         Upper Mohawk valley memorial auditorium authority.
         Urban Development Corporation and its subsidiary corporations.
   §  16.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 821 of the executive
 law, as added by chapter 96 of the laws of 2019, is amended to  read  as
 follows:
   (b)  a "state authority," as defined in subdivision one of section two
 of the public authorities law, and the following:
 Albany County Airport Authority;
 Albany Port District Commission;
 Alfred, Almond, Hornellsville Sewer Authority;
 Battery Park City Authority;
 Cayuga County Water and Sewer Authority;
 (Nelson A. Rockefeller) Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center
 Corporation;
 Industrial Exhibit Authority;
 Livingston County Water and Sewer Authority;
 Long Island Power Authority;
 Long Island Rail Road;
 Long Island Market Authority;
 Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority;
 Metro-North Commuter Railroad;
 Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority;
 Metropolitan Transportation Authority;
 Natural Heritage Trust;
 New York City Transit Authority;
 New York Convention Center Operating Corporation;
 New York State Bridge Authority;
 New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority;
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 [New York State Thruway Authority;]
 Niagara Falls Public Water Authority;
 Niagara Falls Water Board;
 Port of Oswego Authority;
 Power Authority of the State of New York;
 Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation;
 Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority;
 State Insurance Fund;
 Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority;
 State University Construction Fund;
 Syracuse Regional Airport Authority;
 Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority;
 Upper Mohawk Valley Regional Water Board;
 Upper Mohawk Valley Regional Water Finance Authority;
 Upper Mohawk Valley Memorial Auditorium Authority;
 Urban Development Corporation and its subsidiary corporations.
   §  17.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 5 of section 10-f of the highway
 law, as amended by section 6 of part A of chapter  57  of  the  laws  of
 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  Funding  of  municipal projects will be made upon the application
 for funding of prior expenditures in a format prescribed by the  commis-
 sioner.  [Such  funding  of state projects may be pursuant to agreements
 between the commissioner and the New York state  thruway  authority  and
 may  be  from  the  proceeds of bonds, notes or other obligations issued
 pursuant to section three hundred eighty-five of the public  authorities
 law.]
   §  18.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 5 of section 10-g of the highway
 law, as amended by section 7 of part A of chapter  57  of  the  laws  of
 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  Funding  of  municipal projects will be made upon the application
 for funding of prior expenditures in a format prescribed by the  commis-
 sioner.  [Such  funding  of state projects may be pursuant to agreements
 between the commissioner and the New York state  thruway  authority  and
 may  be  from  the  proceeds of bonds, notes or other obligations issued
 pursuant to section three hundred eighty-five of the public  authorities
 law.]
   §  19.  Subdivision  4  of  section 23 of the highway law, as added by
 chapter 599 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
   4. In the preparation of this report the  commissioner  shall  consult
 with the county and other state governments, [the New York state thruway
 authority,]  the  port  authority  of  New  York and New Jersey and such
 public or private agencies as the commissioner deems appropriate.
   § 20. Subdivision 4 of section 23 of the  highway  law,  as  added  by
 chapter 698 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
   4. In the preparation of this report, the commissioner and the commis-
 sioner  of  environmental conservation shall consult with the county and
 other state governments, [the New York  state  thruway  authority,]  the
 port  authority  of  New  York and New Jersey and such public or private
 agencies as the commissioner deems appropriate.
   § 21. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 88-a  of  the  highway
 law,  as  amended  by  section 12 of part D of chapter 60 of the laws of
 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) the chairperson, or his or her designated representative,  of  the
 [New  York  state thruway authority, the] adirondack park agency and the
 tourism advisory council;
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   § 22. The paragraph relating to interstate route  504,  the  paragraph
 relating to interstate route 506, and the opening paragraph of the para-
 graph  relating  to  interstate route connection 520 of section 340-a of
 the highway law, the paragraph  relating  to  interstate  route  504  as
 amended  by  chapter  120 of the laws of 1987, the paragraph relating to
 interstate route 506 and the opening paragraph of the paragraph relating
 to interstate route connection 520, as amended by chapter  1110  of  the
 laws of 1971, are amended to read as follows:
   Interstate Route 504. Beginning on the Pennsylvania-New York border in
 the  vicinity  of Lake Erie, thence in a general northeasterly direction
 passing in the vicinity of Dunkirk, to the  vicinity  of  Big  Tree  and
 generally northerly to the town of Cheektowaga, and continuing northerly
 to  the  vicinity  of Williamsville and generally easterly through or in
 the vicinity of Batavia and Syracuse, intersecting interstate route  505
 in  the  vicinity  of  Syracuse,  continuing  generally easterly passing
 through or in the vicinity of Oneida, Utica, Little Falls, Amsterdam and
 Schenectady to an intersection with interstate route 502 in the vicinity
 of Albany the foregoing route being a portion  of  the  New  York  state
 thruway;  thence  in  a  general  easterly direction through the city of
 Albany to an intersection with interstate route connection  540  in  the
 vicinity  of  Lower  Patroon  Island,  thence in a general southeasterly
 direction to a point on the Berkshire section  of  the  New  York  state
 thruway  in  the vicinity of state highway five thousand eighty-four, as
 determined by the commissioner of transportation [and  the  chairman  of
 the  New  York state thruway authority], thence continuing along the New
 York state thruway to the New York-Massachusetts border, such interstate
 route to be designated, in addition to any other name or designation, as
 the "AMVETS Memorial Highway".
   Interstate Route 506. Beginning at interstate route 504 in the town of
 Cheektowaga,  thence  generally  westerly  and   northwesterly   through
 Buffalo, across Grand Island, the foregoing route being a portion of the
 New  York  state  thruway,  and  thence generally westerly to the United
 States-Canada border in the  vicinity  of  Lewiston;  also  including  a
 connection  beginning  at  the Peace bridge toll plaza, as determined by
 the commissioner of transportation, thence generally  southwesterly  and
 southerly  to  a  point on the southbound lane of the Niagara section of
 the New York state thruway in the vicinity of Porter avenue,  as  deter-
 mined by the commissioner of transportation [and the chairman of the New
 York state thruway authority].
   From interstate route 502 in the vicinity of Elmsford, generally east-
 erly  passing  through or northerly of White Plains to a connection with
 interstate route 501 in the vicinity of Rye,  including  an  interchange
 with  interstate  route  501,  which interchange is to be maintained and
 constructed [jointly] by the department of transportation [and  the  New
 York State thruway authority] in a manner determined by the commissioner
 of transportation [and the New York State thruway authority]. The county
 of  Westchester  is hereby authorized to convey to the state of New York
 all the right, title, interest and option rights of the people of  West-
 chester  county  in  and to such parts of the lands, buildings and other
 real property and rights thereto acquired and  held  by  it,  as  deemed
 necessary by the commissioner of transportation of the state of New York
 for  purposes  connected  with  an  expressway known as interstate route
 connection 520 (Central Westchester highway-Cross  Westchester  express-
 way)  from  interstate route 502 in the vicinity of Elmsford in the town
 of Greenburgh to a connection with interstate route 501 in the  vicinity
 of Rye, through and over the Tarrytown-White Plains parkway reservation,
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 Central  Westchester  parkway  reservation, Bronx river parkway reserva-
 tion, Silver Lake park reservation, Mamaroneck river parkway reservation
 and Hutchinson river parkway reservation.
   §  23.  Subdivisions  4  and  5  of section 347 of the highway law, as
 amended by chapter 394 of the laws of  1996,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  If  the  commissioner shall determine, prior to the filing of such
 copy of the acquisition map in the office of the county clerk as  afore-
 said, that changes, alterations or modifications of such description and
 map  as filed [in the main office of the New York state thruway authori-
 ty] WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION should  be  made,  he  or  she
 shall,  subject  to  the provisions in article two of the eminent domain
 procedure law if applicable, direct the preparation of an amended acqui-
 sition map, either by preparing a new map or by making  changes  on  the
 original  tracing  of such map, with a notation indicating such changes.
 On the approval of such amended map by the  commissioner,  it  shall  be
 filed  [in the main office of the New York state thruway authority] WITH
 THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION in the same manner as the original  map
 was  filed  and  the amended map shall thereupon in all respects and for
 all purposes supersede the map previously filed.
   5. If the commissioner shall determine prior to filing a copy  of  the
 map in the office of the county clerk or register as provided in section
 four  hundred  two  of  the  eminent domain procedure law, that such map
 should be withdrawn, he or she shall file a certificate of withdrawal in
 the offices of the [New York state thruway authority and] DEPARTMENT  OF
 TRANSPORTATION  AND  THE  department  of  law.  Upon  the filing of such
 certificate of withdrawal, the map to which it refers shall be cancelled
 and all rights thereunder shall cease and determine.
   § 24. Subdivision 22 of section 3.09  of  the  parks,  recreation  and
 historic  preservation law, as added by chapter 657 of the laws of 2006,
 is amended to read as follows:
   22. Be empowered to [enter into an agreement with the New  York  state
 thruway authority, which shall allow the office to] utilize an electron-
 ic  toll  collection  system  for  the collection of any entrance fee or
 parking fee at any historic site, park or recreational facility.
   § 25. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 25.05  of  the  parks,
 recreation and historic preservation law, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  In an emergency, for the purpose of emergency travel only, during
 the period of time when and at locations where snow  upon  the  highways
 renders travel by motor vehicles impractical, as so declared and permit-
 ted  [in the case of the state thruway by the thruway authority], in the
 case of [other] state highways by the state agency or  authority  having
 jurisdiction to regulate traffic thereon, and in the case of other high-
 ways by the chief executive officer of the municipality having jurisdic-
 tion over such highways.
   § 26. Subdivisions 1 and 7 of section 1005-b of the public authorities
 law,  as  added  by  section  22 of part TT of chapter 54 of the laws of
 2016, are amended to read as follows:
   1. The public benefit corporation known as the "New York  state  canal
 corporation"  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  "canal  corporation")
 created as a subsidiary corporation of the FORMER New York state thruway
 authority pursuant to chapter seven hundred sixty-six  of  the  laws  of
 nineteen  hundred  ninety-two is hereby continued and reconstituted as a
 subsidiary corporation of the authority and shall have only the power to
 operate, maintain, construct, reconstruct,  improve,  develop,  finance,
 and  promote  all of the canals, canal lands, feeder canals, reservoirs,
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 canal terminals, canal terminal  lands  and  other  property  under  the
 jurisdiction  of  the canal corporation pursuant to article one-A of the
 canal law (hereinafter referred to as the "canal system"). Reference  in
 any  provision  of law, general, special or local, or in any rule, regu-
 lation or public document to the canal corporation or the  canal  corpo-
 ration  as  a  subsidiary of the FORMER New York state thruway authority
 shall be deemed to be and construed as a reference to the  canal  corpo-
 ration continued by this section.
   7.  The  employees  of the canal corporation shall not be deemed to be
 employees of the authority by reason of their employment  by  the  canal
 corporation.  All  officers and employees of the canal corporation shall
 be subject to the provisions of the civil service law which shall  apply
 to  the  canal  corporation and such corporation shall be subject to the
 jurisdiction of the New York state department of civil service  and  the
 New  York  state  civil  service commission. The canal corporation shall
 participate in the  New  York  state  and  local  employees'  retirement
 system.  Nothing  contained  in  a  chapter  of the laws of two thousand
 sixteen that added this section shall be construed to affect the  rights
 and  privileges  of  the canal corporation or any of its employees under
 any provisions of the civil service  law  or  any  existing  or  expired
 collective  bargaining  agreement  in effect as of the effective date of
 transfer of the canal corporation from the FORMER thruway  authority  to
 the  authority. Any such employee who at the time of such transfer shall
 have been in a negotiating unit represented by an employee  organization
 which  was  certified  or recognized pursuant to article fourteen of the
 civil service law shall continue to  be  represented  by  said  employee
 organization.  There  shall  be no reduction of staff, loss of position,
 including partial displacement, such as reduction in the hours  of  non-
 overtime,  wages,  or employment benefits as a result of the transfer of
 the canal corporation from the FORMER thruway authority to the authority
 for twenty-four months following such transfer.
   § 27. Subdivision 2 of section 2603-a of the public  authorities  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  451 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this  section,
 all  contracts over one million dollars in value made and awarded by the
 dormitory authority, the metropolitan transportation authority,  OR  the
 bridge  authority  [or the thruway authority], on its account or for the
 benefit of a state agency or authority,  for  the  construction,  recon-
 struction, alteration, repair, maintenance or improvement of any road or
 bridge,  shall  contain  a provision that the structural iron and struc-
 tural steel used or supplied in the performance of the contract  or  any
 subcontract  thereto  and permanently incorporated into the surface road
 or bridge shall be produced or made in whole or substantial part in  the
 United  States,  its territories or possessions. In the case of a struc-
 tural iron or structural steel product all manufacturing must take place
 in the United States, from the initial melting stage through the  appli-
 cation of coatings, except metallurgical processes involving the refine-
 ment  of  steel  additives.  For  purposes of this section, "permanently
 incorporated" shall mean an iron or steel product that  is  required  to
 remain in place at the end of the project contract, in a fixed location,
 affixed to the public work to which it was incorporated.  Iron and steel
 products  that  are  capable of being moved from one location to another
 are not permanently incorporated into a public building or public work.
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   § 28. Paragraph f of subdivision 6  of  section  2897  of  the  public
 authorities  law,  as added  by section 1 of part F of chapter 58 of the
 laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   f. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, disposals
 for  use  of  the  [thruway  authority's] DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S
 fiber optic system, or any part thereof, may be made through  agreements
 based on set fees that shall not require public auction, provided that:
   i. the [thruway authority] DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION has determined
 the disposal of such property complies with all applicable provisions of
 this chapter;
   ii.  the  [thruway  authority] DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION has deter-
 mined that disposal of such property is in  the  best  interest  of  the
 [thruway authority] DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION;
   iii. the set fees established by the [thruway authority] DEPARTMENT OF
 TRANSPORTATION for use of the fiber optic system, or part thereof, shall
 be  based  on  an  independent appraisal of the fair market value of the
 property; and
   iv. any public authority, state agency,  municipality,  not-for-profit
 hospital  organized  under section forty-three hundred one of the insur-
 ance law, public library, or institution of higher education located  in
 New  York state shall be required only to pay the actual cost of provid-
 ing for use of the fiber optic system, but not exceeding the fair market
 value determined pursuant to subparagraph (iii) of this  paragraph.  For
 purposes  of  this paragraph, "public authority" shall refer to entities
 defined in section two of the public authorities law.   For purposes  of
 this  paragraph,  "institution of higher education" shall refer to enti-
 ties as defined in subdivisions two and three of section six hundred one
 of the education law.
   Disposals of the fiber optic system,  or  any  part  thereof,  through
 agreements  based  on  set fees shall not require the explanatory state-
 ments required by this section. Any disposal of property,  contract  for
 disposal  of property or agreement made pursuant to this paragraph shall
 not be deemed valid and enforceable unless  it  shall  first  have  been
 approved by both the comptroller and the attorney general.
   § 29. Paragraph (j) of subdivision 1 of section 19 of the public offi-
 cers law, as added by section 24 of part TT of chapter 54 of the laws of
 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   (j)  For  purposes  of this section, the term "employee" shall include
 directors, officers and employees of the  [thruway  authority,  and  the
 directors,  officers  and  employees of the] canal corporation. In those
 cases where the definition of the term "employee" provided in this para-
 graph is applicable, the term "state", as utilized in subdivisions  two,
 three,  and four of this section, shall mean the [thruway authority when
 the employee is a director, officer, or employee of the thruway authori-
 ty, or the] canal corporation, when the employee is a director, officer,
 or employee of the canal corporation.
   § 30. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of  section  582-a  of  the  real
 property  tax  law,  as  added  by  chapter  515 of the laws of 2001, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) On lands under lease from the state [or the thruway authority] for
 non-residential purposes considered to support  water  dependent  activ-
 ities;
   § 31. Subdivision h of section 13 of the retirement and social securi-
 ty  law,  as  amended  by chapter 496 of the laws of 1967, is amended to
 read as follows:
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   h. The retirement system may use a part of its  funds,  not  exceeding
 ten  per  centum of its assets, (1) for purchasing or leasing of land in
 the city of Albany and the construction thereon  of  a  suitable  office
 building or buildings for the transaction of the business of the retire-
 ment  system  and (2) for purchasing or leasing of land in the cities of
 Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo, Binghamton, New York, Rochester and Utica and
 the construction thereon of a suitable office building or buildings  for
 purposes of lease or sale to the state and (3) for purchasing or leasing
 of land in the city of Albany on the north and south sides of Washington
 avenue  commonly  known as the "Campus Site" acquired by the state for a
 state buildings site pursuant to the provisions of chapter five  hundred
 seventy-two  of  the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred  forty-seven  and  the
 construction thereon of  power  plants  including  service  connections,
 electric  substations including service connections, garages, warehouses
 and restaurant facilities deemed necessary for the efficient and econom-
 ical operation of the office building or buildings constructed  on  such
 land  and  (4)  for  purchasing or leasing of land in the city of Albany
 acquired by the state for suitable parking facilities for the use prima-
 rily of employees of the state and persons having  business  with  state
 departments  and  state  agencies  and  the construction thereon of such
 structures, appurtenances and facilities deemed necessary for the  effi-
 cient  and economical operation of the parking facilities constructed on
 such land and (5)  for  purchasing  or  leasing  of  land  in  locations
 approved by the state university trustees and the construction, acquisi-
 tion,  reconstruction,  rehabilitation or improvement of suitable build-
 ings or facilities thereon for purposes of lease or sale  to  the  state
 university construction fund, such buildings or facilities to be used by
 the  state  university or by state-operated institutions or statutory or
 contract colleges under the jurisdiction of the state university  or  by
 the  students,  faculty and staff of the state university or of any such
 state-operated institution or statutory or contract college,  and  their
 families  [and (6) for purchasing of lands from the New York state thru-
 way authority and the construction thereon  of  an  office  building  or
 other  buildings  for purposes of lease or sale to the thruway authority
 for its own use under such terms and conditions, including consideration
 and length of term, as shall  be  agreed  upon  between  the  retirement
 system and the thruway authority].
   The retirement system from time to time may lease to any public agency
 any  portion  of a building constructed for the transaction of its busi-
 ness which may not be required for such purpose,  upon  such  terms  and
 conditions as shall be deemed to be for the best interest of the retire-
 ment system.
   Real  property of the retirement system acquired or constructed pursu-
 ant to this subdivision shall be exempt from taxation.
   § 32. Paragraph 1 of subdivision j of section 41 of the retirement and
 social security law, as amended by section 3 of part A of chapter 60  of
 the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   1. In addition to any other service credit to which he or she is enti-
 tled,  a  member  who meets the requirements set forth in paragraphs two
 and three of this subdivision shall be granted  one  day  of  additional
 service credit for each day of accumulated unused sick leave which he or
 she has at time of retirement for service, but such credit shall not (a)
 exceed  one  hundred  sixty-five  days, (b) be considered in meeting any
 service or age requirements prescribed  in  this  chapter,  and  (c)  be
 considered  in computing final average salary. However, for an executive
 branch member designated managerial or confidential pursuant to  article
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 fourteen of the civil service law or in the collective negotiating units
 established  by article fourteen of the civil service law designated the
 professional, scientific and technical services  unit,  the  rent  regu-
 lation  services  negotiating  unit,  the  security services negotiating
 unit, the security supervisors negotiating unit,  the  state  university
 professional  services  negotiating  unit,  the  administrative services
 negotiating unit, the institutional services negotiating unit, the oper-
 ational services negotiating unit and the division of military and naval
 affairs negotiating unit and, effective on and  after  June  twenty-sev-
 enth,  two  thousand  seventeen for the agency police services unit such
 service credit limitation provided in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph
 shall not exceed two hundred days. For a nonjudicial officer or employee
 of the unified court system not in a collective negotiating unit or in a
 collective negotiating unit specified in  section  one  of  chapter  two
 hundred three of the laws of two thousand four, for employees of the New
 York  state  dormitory  authority,  [for employees of the New York state
 thruway authority,] the New York state canal corporation and  the  state
 university  construction  fund  and for employees of the New York liqui-
 dation bureau such service credit limitation  provided  in  subparagraph
 (a) of this paragraph shall not exceed two hundred days. For members who
 first  become  members  of a public retirement system of the state on or
 after April first, two thousand twelve, such credit shall not exceed one
 hundred days.
   § 33. Paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of subdivision 1 of section 68-a  of
 the state finance law, as added by section 2 of part I of chapter 383 of
 the laws of 2001, are amended to read as follows:
   (c) [the New York state thruway authority;
   (d)] the New York state environmental facilities corporation;
   [(e)] (D) the New York state housing finance agency.
   §  34.  Subdivision  8  of  section  68-b of the state finance law, as
 amended by section 60 of part JJJ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   8.  Revenue  bonds  may  only  be  issued  for authorized purposes, as
 defined in section sixty-eight-a of this  article.  Notwithstanding  the
 foregoing,  the  dormitory authority of the state of New York[,] AND the
 urban development corporation [and the New York state thruway authority]
 may issue revenue bonds for any authorized purpose  of  any  other  such
 authorized  issuer through March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five.
 [Any such revenue bonds issued by the New York state  thruway  authority
 shall  be  subject to the approval of the New York state public authori-
 ties control board, pursuant to section fifty-one of the public authori-
 ties law.] The authorized issuers shall not issue any revenue  bonds  in
 an  amount  in  excess  of  statutory authorizations for such authorized
 purposes.  Authorizations for such authorized purposes shall be  reduced
 in  an  amount  equal  to  the  amount  of revenue bonds issued for such
 authorized purposes under this article. Such reduction shall not be made
 in relation to revenue bonds issued to fund reserve funds, if  any,  and
 costs of issuance, if these items are not counted under existing author-
 izations,  nor  shall  revenue bonds issued to refund bonds issued under
 existing authorizations reduce the amount of such authorizations.
   § 35. Subdivision 2 of section 69-j of the state finance law, as added
 by section 1 of part HH of chapter 58 of the laws of 2012, is amended to
 read as follows:
   2. The New York works task force  shall  establish  an  implementation
 council  comprised  of:  the director of the division of the budget, the
 commissioners of the department of economic development, the  department
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 of  transportation,  the  office  of general services, the department of
 labor, the department of environmental conservation and  the  office  of
 parks, recreation and historic preservation, the secretary of state, the
 chancellors  of the state university of New York and the city university
 of New York, the president and chief executive officer of  the  environ-
 mental facilities corporation, and the executive directors of the dormi-
 tory  authority  of the state of New York, the New York power authority,
 the Long Island power authority, the New York state energy research  and
 development  authority,  the New York state bridge authority, the metro-
 politan transportation authority, [the New York state thruway authority]
 and the port authority of New York and New Jersey, the director of state
 operations and such other members as the New York works  task  force  or
 the governor may determine shall facilitate the purposes of the New York
 works  task  force. Each member of the implementation council may desig-
 nate an individual to attend and participate  in  New  York  works  task
 force meetings and deliberations on his or her behalf.
   § 36. Subdivision 1 of section 69-m of the state finance law, as added
 by  section  58 of part HH of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended
 to read as follows:
   1. "Authorized issuer" shall mean the dormitory authority of the state
 of New York, the New York state urban development corporation, [the  New
 York state thruway authority,] and any successors thereto.
   §  37.  Subdivision  8  of  section  69-n of the state finance law, as
 amended by section 24-a of part I of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   8.  Revenue  bonds  may  only  be  issued  for authorized purposes, as
 defined in section sixty-nine-m of  this  article.  Notwithstanding  the
 foregoing, any authorized issuer may issue revenue bonds for any author-
 ized purpose. [Any such revenue bonds issued by the New York state thru-
 way  authority  shall  be  subject to the approval of the New York state
 public authorities control board, pursuant to section fifty-one  of  the
 public  authorities  law.]  The  authorized  issuers shall not issue any
 revenue bonds in an amount in excess  of  statutory  authorizations  for
 such  authorized  purposes.  Authorizations for such authorized purposes
 shall be reduced in an amount equal  to  the  amount  of  revenue  bonds
 issued  for  such authorized purposes under this article. Such reduction
 shall not be made in relation to revenue bonds issued  to  fund  reserve
 funds,  if  any,  and  costs of issuance, if these items are not counted
 under existing authorizations, nor shall revenue bonds issued to  refund
 bonds  issued  under  existing  authorizations reduce the amount of such
 authorizations.
   § 38. Subdivisions 6, 7 and 8 of section 88-b  of  the  state  finance
 law,  subdivision  6  as  amended by chapter 65 of the laws of 1988, and
 subdivisions 7 and 8 as added by chapter 13 of the  laws  of  1987,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   6.  Moneys in the suburban transportation fund transferred pursuant to
 section twelve hundred seventy-a of the public authorities law shall  be
 made  available  to  the  state department of transportation for capital
 projects in the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Putnam, Dutch-
 ess, Orange and Rockland on the basis of each county's average pro  rata
 share  of  the  mortgage  recording tax receipts raised in such counties
 pursuant to subdivision one of section two hundred sixty-one of the  tax
 law  during  the  period  January  first,  nineteen  hundred eighty-four
 through December thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-six as  certified
 by  the metropolitan transportation authority. Moneys transferred to the
 suburban transportation fund at the request of Dutchess, Orange or Rock-
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 land county pursuant to subdivision  three  of  section  twelve  hundred
 seventy-b  of  the  public  authorities  law  shall be used by the state
 department of transportation to increase the proportionate share of such
 capital  projects  in  such  county.  Such projects shall be financed by
 means of a state advance [to be reimbursed by the New York state thruway
 authority, or its successor agency, through the issuance of its bonds or
 notes in the manner set forth in subdivision seven of this  section,  or
 by means of a state advance] to be reimbursed directly from the suburban
 transportation fund.
   7.  (a)  For  projects  funded  by  the  suburban transportation fund,
 PAYMENTS TO the state department of transportation [may  enter  into  an
 agreement  with  the  New York state thruway authority, or its successor
 agency, for the purpose of having the thruway authority, or its  succes-
 sor  agency,  issue  bonds  or  notes  to  pay the capital costs of such
 project. Such agreement shall be subject to approval by the director  of
 the division of the budget.
   (b)  For  projects  funded  pursuant to this subdivision, the affected
 municipality shall enter into an agreement with the department of trans-
 portation for the conveyance of all  affected  real  property  including
 highways,  roads  and bridges to the thruway authority, or its successor
 agency, for the term of the bonds or notes issued by the thruway author-
 ity, or its successor agency, for such project or for such lesser period
 that such bonds or notes are outstanding.  During  the  period  of  such
 conveyance  to  the  thruway  authority,  or  its  successor agency, the
 department of transportation or the municipality shall agree to maintain
 the facility in a state of good repair,  the  responsibility  for  which
 shall  be  with  the state, or municipality, which had jurisdiction over
 said facility prior to such agreement.
   (c) Upon the final retirement of all bonds and  notes  issued  by  the
 thruway authority, or its successor agency, for such purpose, such prop-
 erty shall automatically revert to the conveying entity.
   8. Payments to the thruway authority, or its successor agency,] pursu-
 ant  to this section shall be subject to appropriation from the suburban
 transportation fund. [The thruway authority, or  its  successor  agency,
 shall utilize such moneys to pay the debt service on such bonds or notes
 and to meet administrative costs in connection therewith.]
   §  39. Paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of subdivision 3 and subdivisions 8
 and 11 of section 89-b of the state finance law, paragraphs (b), (c) and
 (d) of subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 56 of the laws of  1993,  and
 subdivisions  8  and 11 as added by section 4 of part O of chapter 59 of
 the laws of 2009, are amended to read as follows:
   (b) Moneys in the  special  obligation  reserve  and  payment  account
 shall,  following  appropriation  by  the  legislature,  be used [to pay
 amounts due to the New York state thruway authority as dedicated highway
 and bridge trust fund cooperative agreement  payments  pursuant  to  the
 provisions of dedicated highway and bridge trust fund cooperative agree-
 ments  entered  into  between  the  authority  and] BY the department of
 transportation [pursuant to sections ten-e,  ten-f,  and  ten-g  of  the
 highway  law, the provisions of section three hundred eighty-five of the
 public authorities law] FOR USE TOWARDS MAINTAINING THE NEW  YORK  STATE
 THRUWAY, and pursuant to the provisions of this section.
   (c)  The  comptroller  is  hereby  authorized and directed to transfer
 monthly no later than the last day of each month, any moneys, if any, in
 excess of the aggregate amounts required to be set  aside  in  order  to
 meet  the requirements established in paragraph (d) of this subdivision,
 to the highway and bridge capital account, provided however that  in  no
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 event  shall  such transfers occur unless and until the aggregate of all
 dedicated highway and bridge trust fund cooperative  agreement  payments
 certified to the comptroller for such fiscal year shall have been appro-
 priated  in  accordance  with  the  provisions of this section.   [Addi-
 tionally, in no event shall the comptroller pay over and distribute  any
 revenues of the fund to any person other than the New York state thruway
 authority  if any payment required to be set aside pursuant to paragraph
 (b) of this subdivision has not been made to the authority on  the  date
 by  which  it  was required to have been made pursuant to such schedule;
 provided, however, that no person, including such authority or the hold-
 ers of its bonds or notes shall have any lien on such revenues and  such
 agreement  shall be executory only to the extent of such revenues avail-
 able to the state in such fund.
   (d) Upon receipt by the comptroller of a certificate  or  certificates
 from  the  chairperson of the New York state thruway authority submitted
 pursuant to section three hundred eighty-five of the public  authorities
 law,  that such authority requires a payment or payments, from the dedi-
 cated highway and bridge trust fund, the comptroller shall pay from such
 fund pursuant to an appropriation on or before the fifteenth day of  any
 month preceding the payment as the chairperson thereof may direct in any
 such certificate, the amount or amounts so certified. The chairperson of
 such  authority  shall  furnish the commissioner of taxation and finance
 with copies of such certificates. In  order  to  set  aside  the  moneys
 necessary  to  meet  the  amounts  required on the payment date or dates
 herein, the comptroller shall comply with the provisions of this  subdi-
 vision.]
   8.  The  state  comptroller  shall  at  the commencement of each month
 certify to the director of the budget, the chairpersons  of  the  senate
 finance  and assembly ways and means committees, AND the commissioner of
 transportation[, and the chairman of the thruway authority]  the  amount
 disbursed  from  the  dedicated  highway  and  bridge  trust fund in the
 preceding month, the  amounts  reimbursed  [by  the  thruway  authority]
 PURSUANT  TO  APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE, the revenues received in
 the fund,  and  the  unreimbursed  disbursements[,  in  accordance  with
 section ten-e of the highway law].
   11.  The department of transportation shall provide to the state comp-
 troller and the chairpersons of the senate finance and assembly ways and
 means committees, [not later than fourteen days subsequent to reimburse-
 ment from bond proceeds to the dedicated highway and bridge trust  fund,
 a  cooperative  agreement  schedule of all projects so reimbursed. Such]
 AFTER AN APPROPRIATION FROM THE DEDICATED HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE TRUST FUND,
 A schedule OF USES OF SUCH APPROPRIATION FUNDS, THAT shall include,  but
 not be limited to, an identifying project number, the work type, project
 description,  county, total cost, percentage of federal funding, letting
 date, scheduled completion date, [life to  date  dedicated  highway  and
 bridge  trust fund disbursements, prior amount of thruway authority bond
 proceeds reimbursement, the amount of the  current  reimbursement,]  and
 the probable life of each such project.
   §  40.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 5 of section 92-r of the state
 finance law, as amended by chapter 56 of the laws of 1993, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (a) Upon receipt by the comptroller of a certificate  or  certificates
 from  the  chairperson  of  the  local government assistance corporation
 submitted pursuant to section thirty-two hundred  forty  of  the  public
 authorities  law,  that such corporation requires a payment or payments,
 from the local government assistance tax fund, the comptroller shall pay
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 from such fund pursuant to an appropriation on or before the date speci-
 fied in such certificate or  within  thirty  days  after  such  receipt,
 whichever  is later, to such corporation, as the chairperson thereof may
 direct  in any such certificate, the amount or amounts so certified. The
 chairperson of such corporation shall furnish the commissioner of  taxa-
 tion and finance with copies of such certificates. In order to set aside
 the moneys necessary to meet the amounts required on the payment date or
 dates  specified  in  such  certificate or certificates, the comptroller
 shall comply with the provisions of paragraph (b) of  this  subdivision.
 The  comptroller shall from time to time, but in no event later than the
 fifteenth day of each month (other than the last  month  of  the  fiscal
 year)  and  the  last  day  of the last month of the fiscal year of each
 fiscal year, pay over and distribute to the credit of the  general  fund
 of  the  state  treasury all revenues in the local government assistance
 tax fund, if any, in excess of the aggregate amount required to  be  set
 aside  pursuant  to  paragraph  (b) of this subdivision provided that an
 appropriation has been made to pay all amounts specified in such certif-
 icate or certificates as being required  by  the  corporation  for  such
 fiscal  year[,  and provided further that an appropriation has been made
 to make all dedicated highway and bridge trust fund  cooperative  agree-
 ment  payments specified in the certificate submitted by the chairperson
 of the New York state thruway authority pursuant to subdivision  two  of
 section  three hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law]. In no
 event shall the comptroller pay over and distribute any revenues  (other
 than  the  amount  to  be  deducted  for  administering,  collecting and
 distributing such sales and compensating use taxes) to any person  other
 than  the  local  government assistance corporation (i) unless and until
 the aggregate of all payments certified to the comptroller  as  required
 by  such  corporation and required to be set aside pursuant to paragraph
 (b) of this subdivision for such fiscal year shall have  been  appropri-
 ated  to  such  corporation in accordance with the schedule specified in
 the certificate or certificates filed by the chairperson of  the  corpo-
 ration  or (ii) if, after having been so certified and appropriated, any
 payment required to be set aside  pursuant  to  paragraph  (b)  of  this
 subdivision has not been made to the corporation on the date by which it
 was  required  to  have  been  made pursuant to such schedule[, or (iii)
 unless and until the aggregate of all dedicated highway and bridge trust
 fund cooperative agreement payments certified by the chairperson of  the
 New  York state thruway authority pursuant to subdivision two of section
 three hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law shall have  been
 appropriated  to  such  authority];  provided,  however,  that no person
 including such corporation or the holders of its bonds  or  notes  shall
 have  any  lien  on  such revenues and such agreement shall be executory
 only to the extent of such revenues available to the state in such  fund
 and provided further that, if the state has appropriated and paid to the
 corporation  the  amounts  necessary  for  the  corporation  to meet its
 requirements, for the current fiscal year, pursuant to  the  certificate
 or  certificates  submitted by the chairperson pursuant to section thir-
 ty-two hundred forty of the public authorities law  and  notwithstanding
 any  other  provision  of law, the comptroller shall, on the last day of
 each fiscal year, pay to the general fund of the state all sums  remain-
 ing in the local government assistance tax fund on such date.
   § 41. Subdivision 6 of section 501 of the tax law, as amended by chap-
 ter 170 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   6.  "Public highway" shall include any public highway, street, avenue,
 road, public place, public driveway or any other public way[;  provided,
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 however, that the term "public highway" as used in sections five hundred
 three  and  five  hundred  three-b of this article shall not include any
 portion of the thruway for which a fee, rental or  charge  for  the  use
 thereof,  has  been  made  by  the  thruway  authority  pursuant  to the
 provisions of title nine of article two of the public authorities law].
   § 42. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 514 of the tax law, as
 amended by section 9 of part E of chapter 60 of the  laws  of  2007,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) Upon agreement with the heads of the department of motor vehicles,
 the  department  of  transportation,  the  department  of  environmental
 conservation, the division of state police, [the thruway authority,] the
 United States  department  of  transportation,  and  the  United  States
 department  of  homeland security (or any other federal agency which may
 assume the duties of either or  both  of  such  federal  agencies),  the
 commissioner  may  disclose to such agencies the name, address, employer
 identification number, vehicle identification number, application status
 information, and other appropriate identifying and application  informa-
 tion,  of  persons  holding  a  certification of registration or license
 under this article, persons whose certificate of registration or license
 under this article has  been  revoked,  suspended  or  surrendered,  and
 persons  whose  application for a certificate of registration or license
 under this article has been denied, for the purposes  of  improving  the
 safety  and security oversight of the motor carrier industry and coordi-
 nating and streamlining the  credentialing  process  for  such  industry
 administered by such agencies.
   §  43.  Subdivision  1  of  section 14-j of the transportation law, as
 added by chapter 56 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
   1. The commissioner is hereby authorized to [enter  into  a  contract,
 lease  or  agreement  with the New York state thruway authority for the]
 SEEK APPROPRIATION FROM THE LEGISLATURE FOR financing [by such  authori-
 ty]  of  THE special rail and aviation transportation program as author-
 ized by law.
   § 44. Subdivision 1 and paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e)  of  subdivi-
 sion 4 of section 14-k of the transportation law, subdivision 1 as added
 by  chapter  637  of  the  laws  of 1996, paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of
 subdivision 4 as amended and paragraph (e) of subdivision 4 as added  by
 section  1  of  part P of chapter 61 of the laws of 2000, are amended to
 read as follows:
   1. There is hereby established the "multi-modal program". [The commis-
 sioner is hereby authorized to enter into a contract, lease or agreement
 with the New York state thruway authority  for  the  financing  by  such
 authority of the multi-modal program as authorized by law.]
   (a)  project  costs  for  construction,  reconstruction,  improvement,
 reconditioning and preservation of rail freight facilities and  for  the
 project costs of intercity rail passenger facilities and equipment where
 the  service  life  of  the  project  is  at least ten years. Funding of
 project expenditures for an approved project shall require certification
 by the project sponsor to the department that the project has a  service
 life  of  ten  or more years. [Such certification shall include any such
 information as may be necessary to maintain, if applicable, the  federal
 tax exempt status of bonds, notes or other obligations issued by the New
 York  state thruway authority for such purposes.] The commissioner shall
 request the project sponsors to furnish such information in  writing  as
 may be necessary;
   (b)  project  costs  for  construction,  reconstruction,  improvement,
 reconditioning and preservation of state, municipal, or privately  owned
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 ports  where  the  service  life  of  the project is at least ten years.
 Funding of project expenditures for an approved  project  shall  require
 certification  by the project sponsor to the department that the project
 has  a  service  life  of  ten  or more years. [Such certification shall
 include any such information as may be necessary to maintain, if  appli-
 cable,  the  federal  tax  exempt  status of bonds, notes or other obli-
 gations issued  by  the  New  York  state  thruway  authority  for  such
 purposes.]  The  commissioner  shall  request  the  project  sponsors to
 furnish such information in writing as may be necessary;
   (c) project costs of construction, reconstruction, improvement, recon-
 ditioning  and  preservation  of  municipal  airports,  privately  owned
 airports and aviation capital facilities, excluding airports operated by
 the state or operated by a bi-state municipal corporate instrumentality,
 for  which  federal  funding  is  not  available provided the project is
 consistent with an approved airport layout plan, where the service  life
 of  the  project  is at least ten years. Funding of project expenditures
 for an approved project shall require certification that the project has
 a service life of ten or more years. [Such certification  shall  include
 any such information as may be necessary to maintain, if applicable, the
 federal tax exempt status of bonds, notes or other obligations issued by
 the New York state thruway authority for such purposes.] The commission-
 er  shall  request  the  project sponsors to furnish such information in
 writing as may be necessary;
   (e)  project  costs  for  construction,  reconstruction,  improvement,
 reconditioning  and  preservation of fixed ferry facilities of municipal
 and privately owned ferry lines for transportation purposes,  where  the
 service  life  of  the  project  is  at  least ten years. Funding of the
 project expenditures for an approved project shall require certification
 by the project sponsor to the department that the project has a  service
 life  of  ten  or more years. [Such certification shall include any such
 information as may be necessary to maintain, if applicable, the  federal
 tax exempt status of bonds, notes or other obligations issued by the New
 York  state thruway authority for such purposes.] The commissioner shall
 request the project sponsors to furnish such information in  writing  as
 may be necessary.
   § 45. Section 22 of the transportation law, as added by chapter 223 of
 the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   § 22. Work zone safety and enforcement. The department shall, in coop-
 eration  with  the  superintendent  of state police, the commissioner of
 motor vehicles, [the chairman of the New York state thruway  authority,]
 local  law  enforcement agencies and representatives for contractors and
 laborers, develop and implement rules and regulations for the  increased
 safety  of  work  zones.  Such  rules and regulations shall include, but
 shall not be limited to, a police presence  at  all  major  active  work
 zones as defined by rules and regulations set forth by the commissioner,
 the  use  of radar speed display signs at all major active work zones as
 defined by rules and regulations set forth by the  commissioner,  and  a
 system  for  reviewing  work  zone  safety and design for all work zones
 under the jurisdiction of the department.
   § 46. Section 33 of the transportation law, as added by chapter 420 of
 the laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows:
   § 33. Purposes of fund.  The purposes of this fund shall be to provide
 a means for elimination of existing tolls, except bridge tolls,  on  the
 Niagara  section  of  the  Governor  Thomas E. Dewey Thruway [within the
 context of protection of the rights of the bond holders of the New  York
 State Thruway Authority].
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   §  47.  Subdivision  9  of  section  481 of the transportation law, as
 amended by section 25 of part TT of chapter 54 of the laws of  2016,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   9. "Canal corporation" shall mean the New York state canal corporation
 created as a subsidiary corporation of the FORMER New York state thruway
 authority  pursuant  to  chapter  seven hundred sixty-six of the laws of
 nineteen hundred ninety-two and continued and reconstituted as a subsid-
 iary corporation of the power authority of the state of New York  pursu-
 ant  to  subdivision  one  of  section one thousand five-b of the public
 authorities law.
   § 48. Section 122 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by  chap-
 ter 193 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows:
   § 122. Local  authorities.    Every  county,  municipal or other local
 board, body or  officer,  county  park  commission,  parkway  authority,
 bridge  authority,  bridge and tunnel authority, the office of parks and
 recreation, [the New York state thruway authority] or  similar  body  or
 person having authority to enact laws or regulations relating to traffic
 under the constitution and laws of this state.
   §  49. Subdivision 15-a of section 385 of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as added by chapter 27 of the laws  of  1981,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   15-a.  In  furtherance  of  the authority to issue permits pursuant to
 subdivision fifteen of this section, the  department  of  transportation
 [and the New York state thruway authority are authorized to enter into a
 cooperative  agreement relative] IS AUTHORIZED to ISSUE permits to oper-
 ate or move vehicles or combinations of  vehicles  the  weights  or  the
 dimensions  of  which  exceed  the limitations otherwise provided for in
 this section along the thruway system and state highway system, routes 5
 and 49 between the relocated thruway interchanges,  including  the  Edic
 road  interchange,  and  River  road in the vicinity of Edic road in the
 vicinity of the city of Utica.   Permits issued hereunder may  be  of  a
 joint  or  reciprocal  type  for operations or movements on such highway
 systems and shall not be limited to loads proposed as one piece or  item
 or otherwise cannot be separated into units of less weight.
   §  50.  Subdivision 6 of section 511-b of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as amended by chapter 425 of the laws of 1989, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   6.  For the purposes of this section, the term "local authority" means
 the municipality in which the motor vehicle was seized; except  that  if
 the  motor vehicle was seized on [property of the New York state thruway
 authority or] property under the jurisdiction of the  office  of  parks,
 recreation  and historic preservation, the department of transportation,
 or a public authority or commission, the term  "local  authority"  means
 such  authority, office, department, or commission. A county may provide
 by local law that the county may act as the agent for a local  authority
 under this section.
   §  51. Section 549 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter
 659 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   § 549. Cancellation of an escort certificate.  An  escort  certificate
 shall be cancelled by the commissioner if such person's underlying driv-
 er's  license  has expired, is revoked or suspended or upon notification
 by the commissioner of transportation [or the  New  York  state  thruway
 authority]  that  the  person has violated any rule or regulation of the
 commissioner of transportation [or the New York state thruway authority]
 governing the operation, use and equipment of escort  vehicles  and  the
 duties and responsibilities of the operator of an escort vehicle.
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   §  52. Subdivision 2 of section 1180-a of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as amended by chapter 464 of the laws of 2003, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdi-
 vision one of this section, upon The Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway as
 such term is defined in section three hundred fifty-six  of  the  public
 authorities  law,  the  [New York state thruway authority] DEPARTMENT OF
 TRANSPORTATION may establish a maximum speed  limit  of  not  more  than
 sixty-five  miles  per  hour  provided that such maximum allowable speed
 limit is established in accordance with all applicable rules  and  regu-
 lations.
   §  53. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (a), paragraphs 1, 7 and 8 of subdi-
 vision (c), and paragraphs 11, 12 and 13 of subdivision (m)  of  section
 1180-e  of  the  vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 421 of the
 laws of 2021, are amended to read as follows:
   2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after holding a  public
 hearing  in  accordance  with  the  public  officers  law and subsequent
 approval of the establishment of a demonstration program  in  accordance
 with  this  section by [a majority of the members of the entire board of
 the thruway authority, the chair of the thruway authority]  THE  DEPART-
 MENT  OF TRANSPORTATION, THE COMMISSIONER is hereby authorized to estab-
 lish a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of
 a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with posted maxi-
 mum speed limits in a highway  construction  or  maintenance  work  area
 located on the thruway (i) when highway construction or maintenance work
 is  occurring  and  a  work area speed limit is in effect as provided in
 paragraph two of subdivision (d) or subdivision (f)  of  section  eleven
 hundred  eighty  of  this  article  or (ii) when highway construction or
 maintenance work is occurring and other speed limits are  in  effect  as
 provided  in  subdivision (b) or (g) or paragraph one of subdivision (d)
 of section eleven hundred eighty of  this  article.  Such  demonstration
 program  shall  empower the chair to install photo speed violation moni-
 toring systems within no more than ten highway construction  or  mainte-
 nance  work  areas  located  on  the thruway and to operate such systems
 within such work areas (iii) when highway  construction  or  maintenance
 work  is  occurring and a work area speed limit is in effect as provided
 in paragraph two of subdivision (d) or subdivision (f) of section eleven
 hundred eighty of this article or  (iv)  when  highway  construction  or
 maintenance  work  is  occurring and other speed limits are in effect as
 provided in subdivision (b) or (g) or paragraph one of  subdivision  (d)
 of  section eleven hundred eighty of this article. The chair, in consul-
 tation with the superintendent of the division of  state  police,  shall
 determine  the  location of the highway construction or maintenance work
 areas located on the thruway in which to install and operate photo speed
 violation monitoring systems. In selecting  a  highway  construction  or
 maintenance  work  area  in  which  to install and operate a photo speed
 violation monitoring system, the chair shall consider  criteria  includ-
 ing,  but  not  limited  to,  the speed data, crash history, and roadway
 geometry applicable to such highway  construction  or  maintenance  work
 area.  A  photo speed violation monitoring system shall not be installed
 or operated on a thruway exit ramp.
   1. "chair" shall mean the chair of the [New York state thruway author-
 ity] DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM CREATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION,  WHO  SHALL
 BE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER;
   7. ["thruway authority" shall mean the New York state thruway authori-
 ty,  a  body  corporate  and  politic  constituting a public corporation
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 created and constituted pursuant to title nine of  article  two  of  the
 public authorities law; and
   8.]  "thruway" shall mean generally a divided highway under the juris-
 diction of the [thruway  authority]  DEPARTMENT  OF  TRANSPORTATION  for
 mixed  traffic  with  access  limited  as  the [authority] DEPARTMENT OF
 TRANSPORTATION may determine and generally  with  grade  separations  at
 intersections, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY.
   11.  the  total  amount  of  revenue realized by the state [or thruway
 authority] in connection with the program;
   12. the expenses incurred by the state [or the thruway  authority]  in
 connection with the program;
   13.  an itemized list of expenditures made by the state [and the thru-
 way authority] on work zone safety  projects  undertaken  in  accordance
 with subdivisions eleven and twelve of section eighteen hundred three of
 this chapter; and
   §  54.  Subdivision  (a) and paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) of section
 1204 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter  193  of  the
 laws of 1974, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  Whenever  any police officer, or in a city having a population in
 excess of one million any person designated by the commissioner of traf-
 fic of such city or on highways under the jurisdiction of the [New  York
 state  thruway  authority]  DEPARTMENT  OF TRANSPORTATION, the office of
 parks and recreation, a county park commission, a parkway  authority,  a
 bridge  authority or a bridge and tunnel authority any person designated
 by such office, commission or authority, finds a vehicle standing upon a
 highway in violation of any of the foregoing provisions of this  article
 such  officer  is hereby authorized to move such vehicle, or require the
 driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the  same  to  a
 position off the paved or main-traveled part of such highway.
   1.  Whenever  any  police officer, or in a city having a population in
 excess of one million any person designated by the commissioner of traf-
 fic of such city or on highways under the jurisdiction of the [New  York
 state  thruway  authority]  DEPARTMENT  OF TRANSPORTATION, the office of
 parks and recreation, a county park commission, a parkway  authority,  a
 bridge  authority or a bridge and tunnel authority any person designated
 by such office, commission or authority finds a vehicle unattended where
 it constitutes an obstruction to traffic, or any place  where  stopping,
 standing  or parking is prohibited, such officer is hereby authorized to
 provide for the removal of such vehicle, semitrailer  or  trailer  to  a
 garage, automobile pound or other place of safety.
   § 55. Subdivision 4 of section 1224 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended  by  chapter  298  of  the  laws  of 1987, is amended to read as
 follows:
   4. For the purposes of this section, a  local  authority  entitled  to
 custody  of  an abandoned vehicle shall be the town in which the vehicle
 was abandoned, or if abandoned in a city or village, the city or village
 in which the vehicle was abandoned, except that if a  vehicle  is  aban-
 doned  on property [of the New York state thruway authority or property]
 under the jurisdiction of the office of parks, recreation  and  historic
 preservation, the department of transportation, or a public authority or
 commission,  such  authority,  office, department or commission shall be
 entitled to the custody of such vehicle.  Notwithstanding any  provision
 of this section to the contrary, the office of general services shall be
 entitled  to  the  custody  of  any  vehicle abandoned on state property
 subsequent to its sale by such office. The commissioner  may,  by  regu-
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 lation, provide that a county may act as the agent for a local authority
 for the purpose of removing and disposing of abandoned vehicles.
   §  56. Subdivision (a) of section 1603 of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as amended by chapter 142 of the laws of 2000, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (a)  Any  or all of the powers granted by this chapter to the legisla-
 tive body of a city or village or to [the New York state thruway author-
 ity,] the office of parks, recreation  and  historic  preservation,  the
 department  of environmental conservation, the department of agriculture
 and markets, the industrial exhibit authority, a county park commission,
 a parkway authority, a bridge authority or a bridge and tunnel authority
 may be delegated to any official, board or agency thereof designated  by
 it or designated by law. If any authority or commission herein mentioned
 shall  cease  to  exist,  its  powers  as  granted by this chapter shall
 devolve upon the state or municipal corporation succeeding to the  prop-
 erty,  functions,  powers and duties of such authority or commission, as
 the case may be, and may be delegated by its  legislative  body  to  any
 official, board or agency thereof as designated by it or by law.
   § 57. The opening paragraph of section 1630 of the vehicle and traffic
 law,  as  amended by chapter 142 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read
 as follows:
   [The New York state thruway authority, a] A  county  park  commission,
 the  Niagara  Falls  bridge  commission,  a  parkway authority, a bridge
 authority, including the Buffalo and Fort Erie public bridge  authority,
 the  metropolitan  transportation  authority, the Long Island Rail Road,
 the Metro-North Commuter Railroad, the office of parks,  recreation  and
 historic preservation, the department of environmental conservation, THE
 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, the department of agriculture and markets,
 the industrial exhibit authority or a bridge and tunnel authority may by
 ordinance,  order,  rule  or  regulation  prohibit, restrict or regulate
 traffic on or pedestrian use of any highway, property or facility  under
 its  jurisdiction.  The  provisions  of  section sixteen hundred of this
 title shall be applicable to such ordinances, orders,  rules  and  regu-
 lations,  provided,  however,  that  such  ordinances, orders, rules and
 regulations shall supersede the provisions of this chapter where  incon-
 sistent  or  in  conflict  with  respect  to  the  following  enumerated
 subjects:
   § 58. Section 1631 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   § 1631. Additional  traffic  regulation on the New York state thruway.
 In addition to the other powers granted by this article, the  [New  York
 state thruway authority] DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION may by order, rule
 or  regulation  prohibit  or  regulate overtaking and passing on the New
 York state thruway. Any such order, rule or regulation  shall  supersede
 the provisions of section eleven hundred twenty-three OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  59.  Section  1646 of the vehicle and traffic law, as renumbered by
 chapter 431 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1646. Application of article. This  article  shall  not  apply  with
 respect  to state highways maintained by the state which are controlled-
 access highways outside of cities having a population in excess  of  one
 million,  nor  to highways under the jurisdiction of the [New York state
 thruway authority] DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, a regional  state  park
 commission,  a  county  park  commission,  a parkway authority, a bridge
 authority, or a bridge and tunnel authority, except  that  this  article
 shall apply to any portion of the New York state thruway that is located
 within a city having a population in excess of one million.
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   § 60. Section 1664 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap-
 ter 193 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1664. Application  of  article.  This  article  shall not apply with
 respect to state highways maintained by the state which  are  controlled
 access highways, nor to highways under the jurisdiction of the [New York
 state  thruway  authority]  DEPARTMENT  OF TRANSPORTATION, the office of
 parks and recreation, a county park commission, a parkway  authority,  a
 bridge authority, or a bridge and tunnel authority.
   §  61. Subdivision (b) of section 1683 of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as amended by chapter 193 of the laws of 1974, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (b)  Such  signs  shall  be required for orders, ordinances, rules, or
 regulations made by the [New York state thruway authority] DEPARTMENT OF
 TRANSPORTATION, the office  of  parks  and  recreation,  a  county  park
 commission, a parkway authority, a bridge authority, a bridge and tunnel
 authority  or  the  legislative  body  of  a city having a population in
 excess of one million or any board, body or official to whom  the  power
 of such local authority has been designated only in so far as such local
 authorities in their discretion may deem practicable.
   §  62.  Subdivision 12 of section 1803 of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as amended by chapter 557 of the laws of 2023, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   12.  Where the [chair of the New York state thruway authority] COMMIS-
 SIONER OF TRANSPORTATION has established a demonstration program  impos-
 ing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an oper-
 ator  thereof to comply with subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section
 eleven hundred eighty of this chapter in accordance with section  eleven
 hundred  eighty-e  of  this  chapter, any fine or penalty collected by a
 court, judge, magistrate or other officer for an imposition of liability
 which occurs pursuant to such program shall be paid to the  state  comp-
 troller  within  the  first  ten days of the month following collection,
 except as otherwise provided in subdivision  three  of  section  ninety-
 nine-a  of  the state finance law.  Every such payment shall be accompa-
 nied by a statement in such form and detail  as  the  comptroller  shall
 provide.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  subdivision five of this
 section, eighty percent of any such fine or  penalty  imposed  for  such
 liability  shall be paid to the [thruway authority] DEPARTMENT OF TRANS-
 PORTATION, and twenty percent of any such fine or penalty shall be  paid
 to  the  city, town or village in which the violation giving rise to the
 liability occurred, provided, however, that within  a  county  that  has
 established  a traffic and parking violations agency pursuant to section
 three hundred seventy of the general municipal law and such liability is
 disposed of by such agency, eighty percent of any such fine  or  penalty
 imposed  for  such  liability  shall  be paid to the [thruway authority]
 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, and twenty percent of  any  such  fine  or
 penalty  shall  be paid to the county in which the violation giving rise
 to the liability occurred. With respect to the percentage  of  fines  or
 penalties  paid to the [thruway authority] DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
 no less than sixty percent shall be  dedicated  to  [thruway  authority]
 DEPARTMENT  OF  TRANSPORTATION work zone safety projects after deducting
 the  expenses  necessary  to  administer  such  demonstration   program,
 provided, however, that such funds provided pursuant to this subdivision
 shall  be  payable on the audit and warrant of the comptroller and shall
 only be used to supplement and  not  supplant  current  expenditures  of
 state  funds  on  work  zone  safety  projects. For the purposes of this
 subdivision, "work zone safety projects" shall apply to work zones under
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 the jurisdiction of the [thruway authority] DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 and shall include, but not be limited to, inspection and  implementation
 of  work  zone  design,  maintenance, traffic plans and markings, worker
 safety  training,  contractor outreach, enforcement efforts, radar speed
 display signs at major active work zones and police  presence  at  major
 active  work zones, as provided in section twenty-two of the transporta-
 tion law. [For the purposes  of  this  subdivision,  the  term  "thruway
 authority"  shall  mean  the  New  York  state thruway authority, a body
 corporate and politic constituting  a  public  corporation  created  and
 constituted pursuant to title nine of article two of the public authori-
 ties  law.] All fines, penalties and forfeitures paid to a county, city,
 town or village pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision shall  be
 credited  to  the  general  fund  of such county, city, town or village,
 unless a different disposition is prescribed by  charter,  special  law,
 local law or ordinance.
   §  63.  Paragraph  (b) of subdivision 6 of section 40 of the veterans'
 services law is amended to read as follows:
   (b) a "state authority" as defined in subdivision one of  section  two
 of the public authorities law, and the following:
   Albany County Airport Authority;
   Albany Port District Commission;
   Alfred, Almond, Hornellsville Sewer Authority;
   Battery Park City Authority;
   Cayuga County Water and Sewer Authority;
   (Nelson A. Rockefeller) Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center
   Corporation;
   Industrial Exhibit Authority;
   Livingston County Water and Sewer Authority;
   Long Island Power Authority;
   Long Island Rail Road;
   Long Island Market Authority;
   Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority;
   Metro-North Commuter Railroad;
   Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority;
   Metropolitan Transportation Authority;
   Natural Heritage Trust;
   New York City Transit Authority;
   New York Convention Center Operating Corporation;
   New York State Bridge Authority;
   New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority;
   [New York State Thruway Authority;]
   Niagara Falls Public Water Authority;
   Niagara Falls Water Board;
   Port of Oswego Authority;
   Power Authority of the State of New York;
   Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation;
   Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority;
   State Insurance Fund;
   Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority;
   State University Construction Fund;
   Syracuse Regional Airport Authority;
   Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority;
   Upper Mohawk valley regional water board;
   Upper Mohawk valley regional water finance authority;
   Upper Mohawk valley memorial auditorium authority;
   Urban Development Corporation and its subsidiary corporations.
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   § 64. Title 9 of article 2 of the public authorities law is REPEALED.
   §  65. Subdivision 15 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law is
 REPEALED.
   § 66. Subdivision 4 of section 27-1915 of the environmental  conserva-
 tion law is REPEALED.
   § 67. Section 10-a of the highway law is REPEALED.
   § 68. Section 10-e of the highway law is REPEALED.
   § 69. Paragraph (y) of subdivision 1 of section 17 of the public offi-
 cers law is REPEALED.
   §  70.  Section  89-c  of  the  retirement  and social security law is
 REPEALED.
   § 71. Paragraph v of subdivision 11 of section 98 of the state finance
 law is REPEALED.
   § 72. Subparagraph 7 of paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 105 of
 the state finance law is REPEALED.
   § 73. Subdivision 2  of  section  35  of  the  transportation  law  is
 REPEALED.
   §  74.  Severability.  If any provision or term of this act is for any
 reason declared unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective by any compe-
 tent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the  validity  of  the
 effectiveness of the remaining portions of this act or any part thereof.
   § 75. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law; provided, however that:
   (a)  The  amendments to paragraph (b) of subdivision 11 of section 310
 of the executive law made by section 15 of this act shall not affect the
 repeal of such section and shall expire and be  deemed  repealed  there-
 with;
   (b) The amendments to paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 821 of
 the  executive  law  made by section 16 of this act shall not affect the
 repeal of such section and shall expire and be  deemed  repealed  there-
 with;
   (c)  The  amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 92-r
 of the state finance law made by section 40 of this act shall not affect
 the repeal of such section and shall expire and be deemed repealed ther-
 ewith;
   (d) The amendments to section 1180-e of the vehicle  and  traffic  law
 made  by  section  53  of  this  act shall not affect the repeal of such
 section and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith; and
   (e) The amendments to subdivision 12 of section 1803  of  the  vehicle
 and  traffic  law  made  by  section 62 of this act shall not affect the
 repeal of such subdivision and shall expire and be deemed repealed ther-
 ewith.

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