Industrial and Distribution Trackage--Hunts Point Island Waterfront Terminal Development--Bush Terminal Area .... Initiate Clearance Improvements--TOFC/COFC Service .... .... Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general or special law, the term acquisition is meant to include any property, as such is defined in subdivision two of section thirty of the highway law which is necessary for the purposes of section 14-d of article 10-a of the transportation law and to allow such property in the Bronx and the Bronx side of the Harlem River to be acquired in the same manner as property is acquired for state highway purposes pursuant to section thirty of the highway law. By chapter 257, section 6, of the laws of 1975, as amended by chapter 460, section 18, of the laws of 1976, and as reappropriated by chapter 54, section 3, of the laws of 1982, for: Payment of the state's share of the costs of the acquisition, of rights of way therefore pursuant to section 30 of the highway law, acquisition, construction, improvement or rehabilitation by the state or a municipality of any railroad capital facility and any capital improvement used in connection therewith pursuant to the provisions of section fourteen-d or article ten-a of the transportation law, as the commissioner may elect, for the purpose of improving freight service in all areas of the state excluding New York city and Long Island, in accordance with the following schedule: (00648212) .....(re. $4,086,000) UPSTATE FREIGHT SERVICE PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENTS project schedule Acquisition, rehabilitation or improvement to rail facilities affected by Federal reorganization to Penna. State Line-Jamestown-Hornell, and Bingham Track connections at Lockport, Victor, Shorts- Acquisition, rehabilitation or improvement to Richfield Jct-Richfield Springs .. Albany-Rouses Point- Albany-Tahawus (including main and branch lines) rail and roadbed rehabilitation .... Southern border New York State-Binghamton-Albanyrail and roadbed rehabilitation ... .... border New York State-Binghamton-Albany Rouses Point facilities (Acquisition or rehabilitation of signal and communications-main line) ... Southern border New York State-Binghamton-Albany- (Acquisition or rehabilitation of locomotives switching engines) ... 1,500 1,500 Southern border New York State-Binghamton-Albany- (Acquisition or rehabilitation of heavy duty ... Southern border New York State-Binghamton-Albany- (Acquisition, construction or rehabilitation of Oneonta) Waddington-Norwood ... Locomotive maintenance facility-Binghamton By chapter 118, section 15, of the laws of 1974, and chapter 54, section 3, of the laws of 1984, for: The department's expenses incurred in effectuating the purposes of sections fourteen-c, fourteen-d and eighteen of the transportation law. The monies hereby appropriated when made available pursuant to a certificate of availability issued by the director of the budget, shall CAPITAL PROJECTS be paid from the capital construction fund on the audit and warrant of the state comptroller on vouchers approved by the commissioner of transportation (01392912) . (re. $2,003,000) By chapter 257, .... section 8, of the laws of 1975, as amended by chapter 54, section 5, of the laws of 1982, and as reappropriated by chapter 54, section 3, of the laws of 1984, for: The sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) or so much thereof as may be necessary to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby appropriated to the department of transportation from the capital projects fund in accordance with section ninety-three of the state finance law for payment by the state of the share of the federal government for acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement or rehabilitation by the state or a municipality of any railroad capital facility and any capital equipment used in connection therewith and for branch line operation and maintenance costs pursuant to the provisions of section fourteen-d or article ten-a of the transportation law. Pursuant to a certificate of approval of availability issued by the director of the budget, the estimated amounts in the above schedule may be increased and decreased in accordance with actual allotments, grants, apportionments or allocations of federal moneys except that the total amount of this appropriation may not be exceeded. The provisions of any other general or special law to the contrary notwithstanding, the director of the budget shall not issue any certificate of approval of availability segregating moneys from this appropriation until the commissioner of transportation has entered into a written agreement with an appropriate agency of the federal government providing that the federal government shall reimburse the State in full for all moneys from this appropriation for the federal share of any rail preservation or branch line operation and maintenance projects. Such reimbursement shall be made at such time and in such manner as shall be determined by the director of the budget; the state comptroller is is hereby authorized to receive amounts of moneys equal to the amounts disbursed from this appropriation and deposit such receipts in reimbursement of the rail preservation bond act expenditures herein authorized. The moneys herein appropriated, when made available pursuant to a certificate of approval of availability issued by the director of the budget, shall be paid out of the state treasury on the audit and warrant of the state comptroller on vouchers approved by the commissioner of transportation, provided that up to one million fiftyseven thousand dollars ($1,057,000) may be available for services and expenses and other costs incurred by the department of transportation during the period 4/1/75 through 3/31/79 incidental such acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvements, rehabilitation and maintenance, and service continuation of branch lines. The commissioner of transportation shall prepare and submit to the governor as part of his annual budget request submission a report which shall make findings and recommendations with respect to the CAPITAL PROJECTS state's intercity passenger service and rail service preservation programs. Such report shall include, in addition to any other information the commissioner shall determine appropriate, the following: (a) the impact and effectiveness of the state's programs to continue and preserve rail passenger and rail freight services, including federal and state operating subsidy payments actually made and projected to be made during each of the two next succeeding state fiscal years, (b) development of operating, pricing and fare guidelines and standards of service and equipment and facility maintenance standards that may be applied in evaluating the cost and quality of service on those rail lines receiving state and/or federal operating and/or capital assistance, and (c) an analysis which evaluates the potential for a permanent, long-range, privately financed solution, to the deterioration of rail services for all rail lines receiving state and/or federal operating and/or capital assistance (01393212) .(re. $17,229,000) MARINE PROJECTS CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND By chapter 54, section 1, of the laws of 1981, and chapter 54, section 3, of the laws of 1984: For acquisition, construction, reconstruction and improvement of Staten Island Ferry capital facilities pursuant to the provisions of article thirteen of the transportation law, in accordance with the schedule shown below. The moneys hereby appropriated are to be made available for payment of State aid to New York City in accordance with section three hundred of such article (00661912) (re. $260,000) project schedule The appropriation made by chapter 54, section 1, of the laws of 1979, as amended by chapter 54, section 3, of the laws of 1984, is hereby amended and reappropriated to read: Acquisition, construction, reconstruction and improvement of Staten Island Ferry capital facilities pursuant to the provisions of article thirteen of the transportation law, in accordance with the schedule shown below. The moneys hereby appropriated are to be made available for payment of State aid to New York City in accordance with section three hundred one of such article |