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NY S06256

Bill

Status

Engrossed

4/30/2025

Primary Sponsor

James Skoufis

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Expands authority for county highway superintendents to rent road machinery from any city, town, village, or another county, removing the previous restriction limiting rentals to towns within the same county

  • Allows town highway superintendents, with town board approval, to permit use of town-owned highway machinery, tools, and equipment by counties, municipalities, district corporations, school districts, community colleges, and State University of New York units

  • Updates gendered language in the highway law, changing "foreman" to "foreperson" and "him/he" to "such county superintendent/they"

  • Specifies that rental payments for machinery used in county road construction shall be paid from the county road fund with itemized vouchers

  • Revenues received by towns from equipment rentals must be used for highway purposes as specified in existing law

Legislative Description

Authorizes county highway superintendents to rent road machinery from any city, town or village; authorizes town highway superintendents to contract for the use of certain services and town machinery, tools and equipment with another municipality, district corporation, school district, community college or any unit of the state university.

Last Action

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Transportation1/7/2026
Transportation4/30/2025
Transportation3/7/2025

Full Bill Text

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