STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6573 IN SENATE January 27, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the bridge and road investment and dedicated fund guaranteed enforcement "BRIDGE" reform act The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "bridge and road investment and dedicated fund guaranteed enforce- 3 ment (BRIDGE) reform act". 4 § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 89-b of the state finance 5 law, as amended by section 10 of part C of chapter 57 of the laws of 6 2014, is amended to read as follows: 7 a. Moneys in the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund shall, 8 following appropriation by the legislature, be utilized for: recon- 9 struction, replacement, reconditioning, restoration, rehabilitation and 10 preservation of state, county, town, city and village roads, highways, 11 parkways, and bridges thereon, to restore such facilities to their 12 intended functions; construction, reconstruction, enhancement and 13 improvement of state, county, town, city, and village roads, highways, 14 parkways, and bridges thereon, to address current and projected capacity 15 problems including costs for traffic mitigation activities; aviation 16 projects authorized pursuant to section fourteen-j of the transportation 17 law and for payments to the general debt service fund of amounts equal 18 to amounts required for service contract payments related to aviation 19 projects as provided and authorized by section three hundred eighty-six 20 of the public authorities law; programs to assist small and minority and 21 women-owned firms engaged in transportation construction and recon- 22 struction projects, including a revolving fund for working capital 23 loans, and a bonding guarantee assistance program in accordance with 24 provisions of this chapter; matching federal grants or apportionments to 25 the state for highway, parkway and bridge capital projects; the acquisi- 26 tion of real property and interests therein required or expected to be 27 required in connection with such projects; preventive maintenance activ- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04672-01-5