N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1603: Delegation of powers

§ 1603. Delegation of powers. (a) Any or all of the powers granted by

this chapter to the legislative body of a city or village or to the New

York state thruway authority, the office of parks, recreation and

historic preservation, the department of environmental conservation, the

department of agriculture and markets, the industrial exhibit authority,

a county park commission, a parkway authority, a bridge authority or a

bridge and tunnel authority may be delegated to any official, board or

agency thereof designated by it or designated by law. If any authority

or commission herein mentioned shall cease to exist, its powers as

granted by this chapter shall devolve upon the state or municipal

corporation succeeding to the property, functions, powers and duties of

such authority or commission, as the case may be, and may be delegated

by its legislative body to any official, board or agency thereof as

designated by it or by law.

(b) Any or all of the powers to adopt orders, rules or regulations

granted by this chapter to the legislative body of any city having a

population in excess of one million, whether through provisions

applicable to cities generally or applicable specifically to any such

city, may be exercised in such city, with respect to any highway, park,

bridge or tunnel therein, except as otherwise provided in subsection (c)

of this section, by any official, board or agency thereof authorized by

law, immediately prior to the effective date of this section, to

promulgate traffic regulations with respect to such place, unless and

until any such power shall be transferred to any other official, board

or agency of such city by local law or state statute.

(c) Any or all of the powers to adopt orders, rules, regulations or

health code provisions in relation to transportation of combustibles,

chemicals, explosives, inflammables or other dangerous substances,

articles, compounds or mixtures granted by this title to the legislative

body of any city having a population in excess of one million may be

exercised by the official, board or agency having the power immediately

prior to the effective date of this section, to promulgate regulations

or health code provisions governing such matters, unless and until a

different official, board or agency is designated by local law or state

statute to exercise such power.

(d) In any case where any provision of this title grants to the

legislative body of any city having a population in excess of one

million any power to adopt orders, rules, regulations or health code

provisions not possessed by such legislative body or any official, board

or agency of such city, immediately prior to the effective date of this

section, such power may be exercised by the official, board or agency

authorized by law, immediately prior to the effective date of this

section, to promulgate traffic regulations applicable generally

throughout such city, unless and until a different official, board or

agency is designated by local law or state statute to exercise such

power, provided that any such power with respect to any park or highway

under the jurisdiction of a commissioner of parks or a department of

parks, shall be exercised by the official, board or agency having the

power, immediately prior to the effective date of this section, to

promulgate traffic regulations with respect to such park or highway,

unless and until a different official, board or agency is designated by

local law or state statute to exercise such power, and provided further

that any such power in relation to transportation of combustibles,

chemicals, explosives, inflammables or other dangerous substances,

articles, compounds or mixtures shall be exercised by the official,

board or agency having the power, immediately prior to the effective

date of this section, to promulgate regulations or health code

provisions governing such matters, unless and until a different

official, board or agency is designated by local law or state statute to

exercise such power.

(e) Any or all of the powers granted by this title to the town board

of a town, except those set forth in paragraphs one, five, nine, fifteen

and twenty of subdivision (a) of section sixteen hundred sixty may be

delegated to any official, board or agency designated by it or by law.