474 – Approval of Projects.
* § 474. Approval of projects. When the funds for municipal transportation infrastructure projects are appropriated to the department, such projects shall be undertaken only pursuant to contract with the commissioner entered into following submission to and approval by the commissioner of a municipal transportation infrastructure project application therefor. * NB Not effective due to […]
475 – Contracts for Municipal Transportation Infrastructure Projects.
* § 475. Contracts for municipal transportation infrastructure projects. Any such contract between the commissioner and a municipality may include such provisions as may be agreed upon by the parties thereto, and shall include, in substance, the following: 1. an estimate of the reasonable cost of the project as determined by the commissioner; 2. an […]
450 – Expenditure of Moneys.
§ 450. Expenditure of moneys. 1. The moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds and/or notes pursuant to the Accelerated Capacity and Transportation Improvements of the Nineties Bond Act shall be expended pursuant to annual appropriations for accelerated capacity and transportation improvements and municipal bridge improvements as defined in this article. 2. […]
452 – Powers and Duties of the Commissioner.
§ 452. Powers and duties of the commissioner. The commissioner is hereby authorized: 1. To provide for the accomplishment of authorized accelerated capacity and transportation improvements unless otherwise provided for in law. 2. To provide for the accomplishment of any authorized municipal bridge improvements unless otherwise provided for in law, within the limitations of appropriations […]
453 – Powers and Duties of Municipalities.
§ 453. Powers and duties of municipalities. A municipality is hereby authorized: 1. To undertake and carry out municipal bridge improvements for which state assistance is received or is to be received pursuant to this article. 2. To expend moneys received from the state together with other moneys available to it for costs incurred for […]
430 – Legislative Intent.
§ 430. Legislative intent. The continuation and improvement of the appropriate level of rail freight and passenger service and the maintenance and improvement of the railroad infrastructure enhances the economic vitality of local communities and the state. The legislature, upon the recommendation of the railroad taxation and service advisory council, has: 1. provided for temporary […]
431 – Program Objectives.
§ 431. Program objectives. The objectives of the service enhancement program, are: 1. the continuation of essential rail freight and passenger service; 2. the preservation and improvement of railroad infrastructure; and 3. the improvement of the quality and quantity of railroad freight and passenger service.
432 – Railroad Participation in the Program.
§ 432. Railroad participation in the program. The level of railroad participation in the program for the period nineteen hundred eighty-seven through nineteen hundred ninety-one shall depend on the estimated tax abatement as computed by the commissioner of taxation and finance pursuant to either subdivision (c) of section four hundred eighty-nine-j or subdivision (c) of […]
433 – Service Enhancement Plans.
§ 433. Service enhancement plans. 1. Every railroad seeking to participate in the program shall annually by the first of February submit a list of potential service enhancement program elements to the department. The department shall review these program elements for consistency with the legislative intent and program objectives stated in sections four hundred thirty […]
434 – Reports.
§ 434. Reports. Railroads are to file one copy of their current plan annually with the department not later than a date determined according to the commissioner of taxation and finance schedule for producing railroad ceiling values. The department shall review and comment on these plans and shall report annually on the service enhancement program […]