STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6154 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 31, 2023 ___________ 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: 1 Section 1. Section 15 of the transportation law, subdivision 2 as 2 amended by chapter 524 of the laws of 2005 and subdivision 3 as amended 3 by chapter 1064 of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as follows: 4 § 15. Comprehensive statewide master plan for transportation. 1. The 5 department shall formulate [and from time to time revise] a long-range 6 comprehensive statewide master plan for the balanced development and 7 coordination of adequate, safe and efficient commuter and general trans- 8 portation facilities and services in the state at reasonable cost to the 9 people, including, but not limited to, state highways[,] and bridges 10 under the jurisdiction of the commissioner; bicycle and pedestrian 11 facilities on such state highways and bridges; rapid transit, freight 12 and passenger railroad, omnibus, marine and other mass transportation 13 facilities and services[,] but excluding rapid transit, railroad, omni- 14 bus, marine and other mass transportation facilities and services under 15 the jurisdiction of the metropolitan transportation authority or its 16 subsidiaries or of a bi-state public benefit corporation; and public use 17 aviation and airport facilities and services[,] whether publicly or 18 privately owned, developed, operated or maintained, excluding airports 19 operated by a bi-state public benefit corporation. Such plan shall 20 include a minimum twenty-year forecast period at the time of adoption, 21 assess long-range needs spanning such period, include a forecast of 22 pavement and bridge conditions of state highways and bridges under the 23 jurisdiction of the commissioner, and take into consideration: 24 a. the most recent twenty-year transportation plan adopted by each 25 metropolitan planning organization within the state pursuant to subpart 26 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. LBD04679-03-3
S. 6154 2 1 b. the most recent long-range statewide transportation plan and state- 2 wide transportation improvement program developed by the state pursuant 3 to subpart B of part 450 of title 23 of the code of federal regulations. 4 2. The department shall submit such plan to the governor, the tempo- 5 rary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and to the 6 department of state on or before September first, [nineteen hundred 7 sixty-eight, and thereafter shall submit appropriate revisions of such 8 plan] two thousand twenty-four. The department shall review and update 9 such plan at least every five years to extend the forecast period to at 10 least twenty years, provided that the department may revise such plan at 11 any other time without extending such forecast period. The department 12 shall submit all such revised and updated plans to the governor, the 13 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and to 14 the department of state [from time to] at the time [as] such revisions 15 are made. The department of state shall review such plan and such 16 revisions and shall submit a report thereon, together with such recom- 17 mendations as it may deem appropriate, to the governor, the temporary 18 president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly. Such plan and 19 such revisions shall become effective upon approval by the governor 20 [and], shall serve thereafter as a guide to the public and publicly 21 assisted development of transportation facilities and services in the 22 state, and the department shall maintain hard copies of the most recent 23 version of such plan and revisions thereto on file as a public document 24 in the office of the commissioner and at each regional office of the 25 department. 26 3. In formulating such plan and any such revisions, the department: 27 a. shall conduct [one or more] at least one public [hearings] hearing 28 in each department region; 29 b. may consult with and cooperate with (i) officials of departments 30 and agencies of the state having duties and responsibilities concerning 31 transportation; 32 (ii) officials and representatives of public corporations as defined 33 in [article one, section three of the general corporation] section 34 sixty-five of the general construction law; 35 (iii) officials and representatives of the federal government, of 36 neighboring states and of interstate agencies on problems affecting 37 transportation in this state; 38 (iv) officials and representatives of carriers and transportation 39 facilities and systems in the state; and 40 (v) persons, organizations and groups utilizing, served by, interested 41 in or concerned with transportation facilities and systems in the state; 42 c. may request and receive from any department, division, board, 43 bureau, commission or other agency of the state or any political subdi- 44 vision thereof or any public authority such assistance and data as may 45 be necessary to enable the department to carry out its responsibilities 46 under this section; and 47 d. may make use of and incorporate in the department's plan, any 48 recognized long-range regional plan for transportation, survey or report 49 developed by any public or private agency. 50 4. The department shall maintain on its public website the proposed 51 and adopted long-range comprehensive statewide master plan and all 52 proposed and adopted revisions thereto, and shall provide a means on 53 such website for the public to submit comments thereon to the depart- 54 ment. 55 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.