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                                   6154
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 31, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to a state transpor-
   tation plan
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  15  of  the transportation law, subdivision 2 as
 amended by chapter 524 of the laws of 2005 and subdivision 3 as  amended
 by chapter 1064 of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as follows:
   § 15. Comprehensive  statewide  master plan for transportation. 1. The
 department shall formulate [and from time to time revise]  a  long-range
 comprehensive  statewide  master  plan  for the balanced development and
 coordination of adequate, safe and efficient commuter and general trans-
 portation facilities and services in the state at reasonable cost to the
 people, including, but not limited to,  STATE  highways[,]  AND  BRIDGES
 UNDER  THE  JURISDICTION  OF  THE  COMMISSIONER;  BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN
 FACILITIES ON SUCH STATE HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES;  rapid  transit,  FREIGHT
 AND  PASSENGER  railroad,  omnibus, marine and other mass transportation
 facilities and services[,] BUT EXCLUDING RAPID TRANSIT, RAILROAD,  OMNI-
 BUS,  MARINE AND OTHER MASS TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES AND SERVICES UNDER
 THE JURISDICTION OF THE METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY  OR  ITS
 SUBSIDIARIES OR OF A BI-STATE PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION; and PUBLIC USE
 aviation  and  airport  facilities  and  services[,] whether publicly or
 privately owned, developed, operated or maintained,  EXCLUDING  AIRPORTS
 OPERATED  BY  A  BI-STATE  PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION.   SUCH PLAN SHALL
 INCLUDE A MINIMUM TWENTY-YEAR FORECAST PERIOD AT THE TIME  OF  ADOPTION,
 ASSESS  LONG-RANGE  NEEDS  SPANNING  SUCH  PERIOD, INCLUDE A FORECAST OF
 PAVEMENT AND BRIDGE CONDITIONS OF STATE HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES  UNDER  THE
 JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSIONER, AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION:
   A.  THE  MOST  RECENT  TWENTY-YEAR TRANSPORTATION PLAN ADOPTED BY EACH
 METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE STATE PURSUANT TO  SUBPART
 C OF PART 450 OF TITLE 23 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   B. THE MOST RECENT LONG-RANGE STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND STATE-
 WIDE  TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY THE STATE PURSUANT
 TO SUBPART B OF PART 450 OF TITLE 23 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
   2.  The  department shall submit such plan to the governor, the tempo-
 rary president of the senate, the speaker of the  assembly  and  to  the
 department  of  state  on  or  before September first, [nineteen hundred
 sixty-eight, and thereafter shall submit appropriate revisions  of  such
 plan]  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REVIEW AND UPDATE
 SUCH PLAN AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS TO EXTEND THE FORECAST PERIOD TO  AT
 LEAST TWENTY YEARS, PROVIDED THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY REVISE SUCH PLAN AT
 ANY  OTHER  TIME  WITHOUT EXTENDING SUCH FORECAST PERIOD. THE DEPARTMENT
 SHALL SUBMIT ALL SUCH REVISED AND UPDATED PLANS  to  the  governor,  the
 temporary  president  of  the senate, the speaker of the assembly and to
 the department of state [from time to] AT THE time [as]  such  revisions
 are  made.  The  department  of  state  shall  review such plan and such
 revisions and shall submit a report thereon, together with  such  recom-
 mendations  as  it  may deem appropriate, to the governor, the temporary
 president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly. Such  plan  and
 such  revisions  shall  become  effective  upon approval by the governor
 [and], shall serve thereafter as a guide  to  the  public  and  publicly
 assisted  development  of  transportation facilities and services in the
 state, AND THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL MAINTAIN HARD COPIES OF THE MOST RECENT
 VERSION OF SUCH PLAN AND REVISIONS THERETO ON FILE AS A PUBLIC  DOCUMENT
 IN  THE  OFFICE  OF  THE COMMISSIONER AND AT EACH REGIONAL OFFICE OF THE
 DEPARTMENT.
   3. In formulating such plan and any such revisions, the department:
   a. shall conduct [one or more] AT LEAST ONE public [hearings]  HEARING
 IN EACH DEPARTMENT REGION;
   b.  may  consult  with and cooperate with (i) officials of departments
 and agencies of the state having duties and responsibilities  concerning
 transportation;
   (ii)  officials  and representatives of public corporations as defined
 in [article one, section  three  of  the  general  corporation]  SECTION
 SIXTY-FIVE OF THE GENERAL CONSTRUCTION law;
   (iii)  officials  and  representatives  of  the federal government, of
 neighboring states and of  interstate  agencies  on  problems  affecting
 transportation in this state;
   (iv)  officials  and  representatives  of  carriers and transportation
 facilities and systems in the state; and
   (v) persons, organizations and groups utilizing, served by, interested
 in or concerned with transportation facilities and systems in the state;
   c. may request and  receive  from  any  department,  division,  board,
 bureau,  commission or other agency of the state or any political subdi-
 vision thereof or any public authority such assistance and data  as  may
 be  necessary to enable the department to carry out its responsibilities
 under this section; and
   d. may make use of and  incorporate  in  the  department's  plan,  any
 recognized long-range regional plan for transportation, survey or report
 developed by any public or private agency.
   4.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL MAINTAIN ON ITS PUBLIC WEBSITE THE PROPOSED
 AND ADOPTED LONG-RANGE  COMPREHENSIVE  STATEWIDE  MASTER  PLAN  AND  ALL
 PROPOSED  AND  ADOPTED  REVISIONS  THERETO, AND SHALL PROVIDE A MEANS ON
 SUCH WEBSITE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SUBMIT COMMENTS THEREON  TO  THE  DEPART-
 MENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.