Bill Text: NY S05078 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the liability of the state to any person who suffers damage as a result of a defect in a state highway.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S05078 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S05078-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5078 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 7, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to state liability for defects in highways The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 58 of the highway law, as amended by chapter 1110 2 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 58. Liability of state for damages. The state shall [not] be liable 4 for damages suffered by any person from defects in state highways[,5except] maintained by the state under such system as the commissioner of 6 transportation may adopt pursuant to section twelve of this chapter (1) 7 between the first day of May and the fifteenth day of November [on such8highways as are maintained by the state under such system as the commis-9sioner of transportation may adopt pursuant to section twelve, but the] 10 and (2) between the sixteenth day of November and the thirtieth day of 11 April for defects for which it has been given actual or constructive 12 notice. The liability for such damages shall otherwise remain as now 13 provided by law, notwithstanding the construction or improvement and 14 maintenance of such highways by the state under this chapter; but noth- 15 ing herein contained shall be construed to impose on the state any 16 liability for defects in bridges over which the state has no control. 17 Within the limits of incorporated villages the state shall maintain a 18 width of pavement equal to the width of pavement constructed or improved 19 at the expense of the state, if a state highway, the location of the 20 state's portion of such roadway within said incorporated limits to be 21 determined by the center line of the roadway as shown on the plans on 22 file with the department of transportation and the state shall be liable 23 for damages to persons or property only when such damage shall occur as 24 a result of the defective condition of the portion of improved highway 25 as above described. 26 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any 27 cause of action that accrues on or after such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10455-01-7