N.Y. Highway Law 248 – Resolution of board of supervisors for abolition of toll bridges
§ 248. Resolution of board of supervisors for abolition of toll bridges. The board of supervisors of any county may, and upon the presentation of a petition signed by fifty per centum of the owners of real property and representing a majority of the assessed valuation of the town or city in which a toll bridge is wholly or partly situated must, except where such bridge extends between the state of New York and a foreign country, pass a resolution that public interest demands the abolition of such toll bridge situate wholly or partly within said county. In case of a toll bridge situated in two counties such resolution shall be a concurrent resolution passed by the boards of supervisors of the counties wherein said bridge is situated. Within ten days after the passage of such resolution the clerk or clerks of the board or boards of supervisors shall transmit certified copies thereof to the department of transportation. Before transmitting such certified copy or copies to the department of transportation, the board or boards of supervisors shall investigate as to the value of such toll bridge and shall prepare an estimate of the probable cost of acquiring the same, and the clerk or clerks shall transmit such estimate, together with any data in relation to the value of such toll bridge which the board or boards of supervisors may secure, to the department of transportation with the certified copy or copies of such resolution.
Terms Used In N.Y. Highway Law 248
- Bridge: means a structure including supports erected over a depression or an obstruction such as water, highway, or railway, having a track or passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads and having an opening measured along the center of the track or roadway of more than twenty feet between under croppings of abutments or spring lines or arches, or extreme ends of openings for multiple boxes and may include multiple pipes where the clear distance between openings is less than half of the smaller contiguous opening. See N.Y. Highway Law 230
- Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.