Relates to city reimbursement for state highway construction within such cities; raises such rate from eighty-five cents to one dollar and eighty cents per square yard of the pavement area.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A6424
SPONSOR: Palmesano TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the highway law, in relation to city reimbursement for
state highway construction within such cities
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To raise the reimbursement rate to municipalities participating the
Arterial Maintenance Program with the State.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill would amend Article 12B, Section 3490 subsection. 7(a) of•the
Highway Law to raise the amount of reimbursement from the current rate
of not more than $.85 cents per square yard of the pavement area to a
new rate of not more than $1.80 per square yard of the pavement area.
JUSTIFICATION:
Many of the State Arterial Highways pass through cities and the state,
in agreement with the local municipality provides a reimbursement of
$.85 cents per square yard of pavement. for maintenance and repair of
said designated Arterials. This rate has not been raised since 1947.
Raising the rate to $1.80 per square yard of pavement would provide
greatly needed financial assistance to the local municipalities that
have seen their costs rise dramatically in the past 29 years of this
program. Raising the rate of reimbursement would go a long way to
provide a minimal amount of financial assistance to localities that are
already struggling to meet their infrastructure needs. Additionally,
the State was responsible for maintaining these highways, the fiscal.
exposure would far exceed the reimbursement that would be paid to cities
under this bill.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A.5084, 2023-24; held in transportation
A.5078 - 2021
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
Approximately $11.8 million to the State.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6424
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 4, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO, BRABENEC, HAWLEY, MANKTELOW, MORINEL-
LO, REILLY, TAGUE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to city reimbursement for
state highway construction within such cities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 349-c of the
2 highway law, as amended by chapter 30 of the laws of 1987, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 (a) not more than [eighty-five] one dollar and eighty cents per square
5 yard of the pavement area that is included in the state highway system
6 according to the provisions of this section, and
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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