Bill Text: NY A02680 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2680 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Enables property owners to exchange easements on local roadways for easements on state highways.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-14 - enacting clause stricken [A02680 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02680-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          2680
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 24, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation
        AN ACT  to  amend  the  transportation  law,  in  relation  to  easement
          exchanges
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The transportation law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  14-n to read as follows:
     3    § 14-n. Easement exchange. 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,
     4  the  commissioner  shall have power to allow property owners to exchange
     5  easements with access to local roadways for  easements  with  access  to
     6  state  highways,  such  that the point of access to state highways shall
     7  thereafter be owned by a local governmental entity, and become a  public
     8  road.
     9    2.  The  following  process shall be utilized to approve such easement
    10  exchanges:
    11    (a) The local government entity requesting an easement exchange  shall
    12  conduct  a  traffic  study establishing a need for a new point of access
    13  and forward that study to the commissioner;
    14    (b) The local government entity requesting an easement exchange  shall
    15  prepare  a  land  use  plan that establishes the need for a new point of
    16  access, prepare and vote in favor of a resolution  supporting  the  land
    17  use plan, and forward both documents to the commissioner; and
    18    (c)  The commissioner shall review all required materials and render a
    19  judgment within sixty days.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00302-01-9