Bill Text: NY A09154 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes the town of Newburgh, Orange county, to establish a road improvement district in the Ridge Hudson Valley development area.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-11-27 - signed chap.291 [A09154 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A09154-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9154--A IN ASSEMBLY January 23, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON, D'URSO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to authorizing the town of Newburgh, Orange county, to establish a road improvement district in the Ridge Hudson Valley development area The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The town of Newburgh, in the county of Orange, is hereby 2 authorized to establish a special road improvement district pursuant to 3 articles 12 and 12-A of the town law. Such road improvement district 4 shall be established, funded, operated and otherwise controlled by the 5 provisions of articles 12 and 12-A of the town law and the provisions of 6 this act. To the extent that the provisions of this act shall in any 7 way be in conflict with articles 12 and 12-A of the town law, the 8 provisions of this act shall be controlling. 9 § 2. For the purposes of this act, the Ridge Hudson Valley development 10 area shall include the following tax parcels, identified by their tax 11 map reference numbers, section-block-lot, within the town of Newburgh: 12 60-3-41.3, 60-3-41.4, 60-3-48, 60-4-49.1, 60-3-49.22, 60-3-56, 71-4-8, 13 71-4-9, 71-4-10, 71-4-11, 71-4-12, 71-4-13, 71-4-14, 71-5-9, 71-5-15, 14 71-5-16, 97-1-13.3, 97-1-20.3. 15 § 3. The purpose of the road improvement district shall be to provide 16 for earthwork and site preparation, construction, repair, reconstruction 17 and maintenance of roads and related appurtenances within and around the 18 Ridge Hudson Valley development area to ensure certain improvements, 19 upgrades and repairs are made pursuant to certain development criteria 20 established by the town of Newburgh. Any such development criteria, 21 construction or reconstruction and subsequent maintenance thereof shall 22 be subject to and in accordance with applicable provisions of the high- 23 way law, procedures established by the New York state department of 24 transportation and the consents of the New York state department of 25 transportation, where applicable. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14913-02-0A. 9154--A 2 1 § 4. Section 202-c of the town law is amended by adding a new subdivi- 2 sion 12 to read as follows: 3 12. Notwithstanding any other provision of general, special or local 4 law, rule or regulation to the contrary, whenever the town board of the 5 town of Newburgh, Orange County, shall determine it to be in the public 6 interest, said town board may, upon its own motion and without petition, 7 but after a public hearing held in the manner and upon the notice speci- 8 fied in subdivision one of this section, diminish the size of, extend, 9 merge or combine any lighting district or districts, or otherwise amend 10 same, provided that a period of at least one year shall have elapsed 11 since the date of establishment of any such district and, further, 12 provided that there be no indebtedness, outstanding and unpaid, incurred 13 to accomplish any of the purposes of such district. Any order adopted 14 by the town board pursuant to this subdivision shall be subject to a 15 permissive referendum pursuant to article seven of this chapter. 16 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.