N.Y. Highway Law § 135: Snow removal, and cutting of weeds

§ 135. Snow removal, and cutting of weeds. The board of supervisors of

any county may annually appropriate and expend such sum as it deems

proper for the removal of snow from the county roads of the county, and

for sanding, or otherwise treating them, for the purpose of removing the

danger due to ice and snow thereon. The board shall designate the

county roads from which the snow is to be removed and the work shall be

conducted in a manner to be determined by the board under the direction

of the county superintendent of highways.

The board may also annually appropriate and expend such sum as it

deems proper for the planting of trees, the cutting and removal of

noxious weeds, briers and brush within the bounds of county roads and

town highways improved by county aid, and the purchase and erection of

snow fences, or other structures to prevent the drifting of snow on the

said roads and highways; and the county superintendent may when

authorized by the board of supervisors enter lands adjacent to a county

road to remove any fence or other structure which causes snow to drift

in and upon such county road, and erect snow fences or other devices

upon such lands to prevent the drifting of snow in or upon such county

roads.

Whenever any equipment acquired by a county as provided in this

section is not needed by the county, the county superintendent may lease

such equipment to (a) any town or towns in the county to be used on town

highways under the direction of the town superintendent, (b) or to the

state commissioner of transportation.

Where lands are entered upon under the provisions of this section, the

county superintendent shall agree with the owner of such lands, subject

to the approval of the board of supervisors, as to the amount of

damages, if any, sustained by such owner in consequence of such entry in

performance of the work authorized by this section, and the amount of

such damages shall be a county charge. If the county superintendent is

unable to agree with such owner upon the amount of damages thus

sustained, the amount thereof shall be ascertained, determined and paid

in the manner that damages are so ascertained, determined and paid,

where new highways are laid out and opened and the town superintendent

and the land owners are unable to agree upon the amount thereof.