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231 – Program of Comprehensive Bridge Management and Inspection.

§ 231. Program of comprehensive bridge management and inspection. 1. Program establishment. The commissioner is authorized and directed to establish, implement and exercise oversight of and over a program of comprehensive bridge management and inspection. Such program shall facilitate the systematic organization and coordination of bridge inspection, maintenance, and repair information and practices to ensure […]

232 – Uniform Code of Bridge Inspection.

§ 232. Uniform code of bridge inspection. 1. Code development; rules and regulations. The commissioner shall, after public hearing, promulgate a uniform code of bridge inspection, hereinafter referred to as the “code”, by rule and regulation which shall be known as the uniform code of bridge inspection which shall, in all cases meet or exceed […]

233 – State Bridges and Culverts.

§ 233. State bridges and culverts. 1. The commissioner shall cause an inspection to be made of any state bridge or culvert which is reported to be unsafe for its posted loading by the regional director or the county superintendent or the town superintendent. If such bridge or culvert is found to be unsafe for […]

234 – Public Authority, Public Benefit Corporation, Commission, County, Town, City or Village Bridges.

§ 234. Public authority, public benefit corporation, commission, county, town, city or village bridges. 1. a. All public authorities, public benefit corporations, commissions, county superintendents of highways, town superintendents of highways, and legislative bodies of cities and villages shall cause an inspection to be made of each bridge under their respective jurisdictions. Such inspection shall […]

236 – Program of Railroad Bridge Inspection.

§ 236. Program of railroad bridge inspection. 1. Program establishment. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner is authorized and directed to establish, implement and exercise oversight over a program of railroad bridge inspection in conformity with the rail safety improvement act of 2008, subchapter I of chapter 201 of part […]

237 – When Town or County Expense.

§ 237. When town or county expense. The towns of this state, except as otherwise herein provided, shall be liable to pay the expenses for the construction and repair of its public or free bridges constructed over streams or other waters within their bounds, and their just and equitable share of such expenses when so […]

238 – Construction or Improvement of Bridge by County and Town or Towns.

§ 238. Construction or improvement of bridge by county and town or towns. The board of supervisors of a county may provide for the construction or improvement of a bridge in one or more towns of a county and at the joint expense of the county and town or towns as provided in this section. […]

239 – Joint Liabilities of Towns and Their Joint Contracts.

§ 239. Joint liabilities of towns and their joint contracts. Whenever any two or more towns shall be liable to make or maintain any bridge or bridges, the same shall be built and maintained at the joint expense of such towns, without reference to town lines, except where the board of supervisors has otherwise apportioned […]

240 – Refusal to Repair.

§ 240. Refusal to repair. If the town board of either of such towns, after notice in writing from the town board of any other of such towns, given by the town clerk thereof, shall not within twenty days give their consent in writing to build or repair any such bridge, and shall not within […]

241 – Proceedings in Court.

§ 241. Proceedings in court. Whenever two or more adjoining towns which, under the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to make or maintain any bridge whether in the same or different counties, three freeholders in either of such towns may, by petition signed by them, apply to the town board in each of […]

242 – Supervisor to Institute Proceedings.

§ 242. Supervisor to institute proceedings. The supervisor of any such town shall, when directed by the town board, institute and prosecute proceedings under this chapter, in the name of the town, to compel the town board of such adjoining town or towns to cause the town superintendents thereof to join in the building, rebuilding […]

243 – Duty of Town Superintendents.

§ 243. Duty of town superintendents. The order for building, rebuilding or repairing a bridge being made, and a copy thereof being served on the town superintendent of such adjoining towns respectively the town superintendents of such towns shall forthwith meet and cause such bridge to be built, rebuilt or repaired in accordance with plans […]

244 – Report of Town Superintendents, and Levy of Tax.

§ 244. Report of town superintendents, and levy of tax. The town superintendent of each town shall make a full and verified report of their proceedings in the premises including an accurate account of what has been done in respect to such bridge, and shall attach thereto a copy of the order granted by the […]

245 – Appeals.

§ 245. Appeals. Either party aggrieved by the granting or refusing to grant such order by the court at special term, may appeal from such decision to the appellate division of the supreme court for the review of the decision. The appellate division may alter, modify or reverse the order, with or without costs.

246 – Power of Court on Appeal.

§ 246. Power of court on appeal. The special term may grant or refuse costs as upon a motion, including also witnesses’ fees, referees’ fees and disbursements. The appeal provided for in the last preceding section shall conform to the practice of the supreme court, in case of appeal from an order of a special […]

247 – Refusal to Repair Bridges.

§ 247. Refusal to repair bridges. Whenever any such bridge shall have been or shall be so out of repair as to render it unsafe for travelers to pass over the same, or whenever any such bridge shall have fallen down, or been swept away by a freshet or otherwise, if the town superintendent of […]

248 – Resolution of Board of Supervisors for Abolition of Toll Bridges.

§ 248. Resolution of board of supervisors for abolition of toll bridges. The board of supervisors of any county may, and upon the presentation of a petition signed by fifty per centum of the owners of real property and representing a majority of the assessed valuation of the town or city in which a toll […]

249 – Investigation by the Department of Transportation.

§ 249. Investigation by the department of transportation. The department of transportation shall upon the receipt of such resolution or concurrent resolution, investigate and determine whether the bridge so sought to be abolished is of sufficient public importance to come within the provisions of this article, taking into account the use, location and value of […]

250 – Acquisition by Attorney General.

§ 250. Acquisition by attorney general. Upon the receipt of such certification of approval the attorney general shall, in the name of the people of the state, acquire title to said toll bridge and its franchise rights in accordance with the provisions of the eminent domain procedure law for the acquisition of property for public […]

251 – Payment of Expense of Acquisition.

§ 251. Payment of expense of acquisition. One-half of the expense incurred in the condemnation and acquirement of said toll bridge shall be paid by the department of taxation and finance upon the warrant of the comptroller out of any specific appropriations made to carry on the provisions of this article, but no such payment […]