N.Y. Highway Law 249 – Investigation by the department of transportation
§ 249. Investigation by the department of transportation. The department of transportation shall upon the receipt of such resolution or concurrent resolution, investigate and determine whether the bridge so sought to be abolished is of sufficient public importance to come within the provisions of this article, taking into account the use, location and value of such toll bridge for the purpose of common traffic and travel and shall also investigate as to the value of such toll bridge and from the estimate and data transmitted by the board or boards of supervisors, or from such other information as the department of transportation may secure, prepare an estimate of the probable cost of acquiring such toll bridge. After such investigation such department of transportation shall certify its approval or disapproval of such resolution. If it shall disapprove such resolution, it shall certify its reasons therefor to such board or boards of supervisors. If it shall approve such resolution it shall certify its approval thereof to the attorney general, and shall transmit to him the estimate made by the department of transportation of the probable cost of acquiring such toll bridge, together with any data the department of transportation may have in its possession in relation to the value thereof.
Terms Used In N.Y. Highway Law 249
- 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.