2019 New York Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 16-A - Highway Safety
333 - Local Highway Safety Programs.

§ 333. Local highway safety programs.  1. The governor or his designee
is  hereby  empowered  to  promulgate rules and regulations establishing
standards  and  procedures  relating  to  the   content,   coordination,
submission and approval of local highway safety programs. Such rules and
regulations may include, but need not be limited to, requirements in the
following areas of highway safety:
  (a) traffic engineering and control;
  (b) traffic enforcement;
  (c) emergency medical care;
  (d) investigation and surveillance of accident locations; and
  (e) highway safety education.
  2. To qualify for receipt of federal funds, each political subdivision
shall:
  (a)  If  a  city or town, appoint, and such political subdivisions are
hereby  authorized  to  so  appoint,  a  highway  safety  committee   to
coordinate  local highway safety efforts. The chairman of such committee
shall be responsible for coordinating the local highway  safety  program
with  the  state  program  in  the  manner  required  by  the  rules and
regulations of the governor or his designee.
  (b) If a county, establish a county traffic safety board as authorized
by article forty-three of the vehicle and traffic law. The  chairman  of
such  board  shall  be  responsible  for  coordinating the local highway
safety program with the state program in  the  manner  required  by  the
rules and regulations of the governor or his designee.
  (c)  If  any combination of a city, town or county having at least one
common boundary, appoint, and such  political  subdivisions  are  hereby
authorized  to  so  appoint,  a  regional  highway  safety  committee to
coordinate regional highway safety efforts. Such committee shall consist
of at least one member from each participating city, town or county. The
chairman of such committee shall be  responsible  for  coordinating  the
regional  highway  safety  program  with the state program in the manner
required by the rules and regulations of the governor or his designee.
  (d) Submit to the governor or his  designee  a  local  highway  safety
program  in  accordance  with  and  meeting the standards established by
rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to subdivision  one  of  this
section.
  (e)  Submit  to the governor or his designee such other information as
may be required to carry out the purposes of this article.