STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7890--A IN SENATE January 3, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to consolidated local high- way assistance payments ("CHIPS") The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 10-c of the highway law, as 2 amended by chapter 20 of the laws of 1983, is amended and a new subdivi- 3 sion 1-a is added to read as follows: 4 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any other 5 law, and subject to an appropriation made therefor and in accordance 6 with the provisions of this section and with the rules and regulations 7 promulgated by the commissioner in connection therewith, on and after 8 the first day of April, nineteen hundred eighty-two, a consolidated 9 local highway assistance program is hereby established for the purpose 10 of making payments toward the construction, operation and/or maintenance 11 of highways, bridges and highway-railroad crossings, including bicycle 12 paths, Greenway trails, and other paved trails for non-motorized use, 13 that are not on the state highway system. For purposes of this section, 14 such program shall apply to any county, city, town or village highway, 15 bridge and/or highway-railroad crossing, including bicycle paths, Green- 16 way trails, and other paved trails for non-motorized use, within the 17 state that is not on the state highway system and not under the mainte- 18 nance and/or operational jurisdiction of the state. The commissioner 19 shall promulgate all necessary rules and regulations to carry out the 20 program so that an equitable distribution of aid shall be made for the 21 construction, operation and/or maintenance of any county, city, town and 22 village highways, bridges and highway-railroad crossings. 23 1-a. For purposes of this section the following terms shall have the 24 following meanings: 25 (a) "Bicycle path" shall have the same meaning as in section one 26 hundred two-b of the vehicle and traffic law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13556-03-4S. 7890--A 2 1 (b) "Greenway trail" means the trail established pursuant to section 2 44-0121 of the environmental conservation law. 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day 4 after it shall have become a law.