S 3032: Directs the department of transportation to study the cost of administering utility projects in state highway rights of way.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3032 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 23, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT directing the department of transportation to study the cost of administering utility projects in state highway rights of way; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration there- of The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The department of transportation is authorized and directed 2 to study the cost to the department of transportation to administer 3 utility projects in the state highway rights of way. Such study shall 4 separately review, but not be limited to, water, gas, electric, and 5 fiber optic projects. 6 § 2. On or before April 1, 2026, the commissioner of transportation 7 shall deliver a copy of the findings of the study conducted pursuant to 8 section one of this act to the governor, the temporary president of the 9 senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, 10 and the minority leader of the assembly. 11 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that this act 12 shall expire and be deemed repealed on the thirtieth day following the 13 delivery of the report to the governor and the legislature as provided 14 for in section two of this act; provided that the commissioner of trans- 15 portation shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the 16 occurrence of the delivery of such report to the governor and the legis- 17 lature in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely 18 effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New 19 York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the 20 legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06934-01-5