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2019 New York Laws
HAY - Highway
Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions
322 - Trees, Removal From Highway Bounds.

Universal Citation: NY Hwy L § 322 (2019)
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§  322. Trees, removal from highway bounds. Any tree standing or lying
  on land within the bounds of any highway shall be for the proper use  of
  the owner or occupant of such land.  Except in villages of the first and
  second  class,  no  growing tree shall be cut down, removed or destroyed
  without the written consent of (a) the commissioner  of  transportation,
  if  it  is  within  the  bounds  of  a  state highway, or (b) the county
  superintendent, if it is within the bounds of a county road, or (c)  the
  town superintendent, if it is within the bounds of a town highway. Where
  a  right  of  way has been or shall be acquired, under the provisions of
  this chapter, for a highway of any class, the owner of  the  tree  shall
  have  and  may  harvest for his own use the fruit upon all fruit-bearing
  trees left standing from time  to  time  within  the  right  of  way  so
  acquired.

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