§ 254. Acquisition of certain toll bridges at the expense of the\nstate. 1. If a toll bridge for the traffic of vehicles and foot\npassengers is located on a state highway or constitutes a connecting\nlink between two state routes as described in section three hundred\nforty-one of this chapter, or constitutes a part of a state route and is\nincluded in the description thereof, or constitutes a connecting link\nbetween improved state highways or constitutes a connecting link between\na state highway heretofore improved and a state highway which is\nindicated for improvement by section three hundred forty-one, the board\nof supervisors of the county in which such bridge is situated, or if\nsituated in two counties the boards of supervisors of such counties\nconcurrently, may, by resolution, petition the department of\ntransportation for the acquisition of such bridge by the state pursuant\nto this section. Within ten days after the passage of such resolution\nthe clerk or clerks of the board or boards of supervisors shall transmit\ncertified copies thereof to the department of transportation together\nwith an estimate of the probable cost of acquiring the same and any data\nin relation to the value thereof which the board or boards of\nsupervisors may secure.\n 2. The commissioner of transportation shall upon receipt of such\nresolution or concurrent resolution, and within three months thereafter,\ninvestigate and determine whether the public interest demand the\nacquisition of such bridge by the state and shall also within said three\nmonths approve or disapprove of such resolution and if such resolution\nbe approved shall prepare an estimate of the probable cost of acquiring\nsuch bridge. If such resolution be disapproved the department of\ntransportation shall certify its reason therefor to such board or boards\nof supervisors.\n 3. If it be approved the department of transportation is hereby\nauthorized and empowered to agree with the corporation owning the said\nbridge upon the compensation which shall be made to it for the said\nbridge and its appurtenances, its franchises, its rights for the\nmaintenance and use of said bridge, and any and all damage which shall\nresult to said corporation so owning the said bridge by reason of the\ntaking of such structure, and such agreement shall be reduced to writing\nand executed by the department of transportation in the name of the\npeople of the state of New York and by the corporation owning the said\nbridge, and filed in the office of the comptroller of the state of New\nYork.\n 4. In the event that no agreement is reached between the said\ndepartment of transportation and the corporation owning the said bridge\nfor such purchase as aforesaid, the department of transportation shall\ncertify its approval to the attorney general and transmit to him the\nestimate made by the department of transportation of the probable cost\nof acquiring such toll bridge, franchises and rights, and the amount of\nany and all damage incurred by such acquisition, together with all data\nthe department of transportation may have in its possession in relation\nthereto.\n 5. Upon the receipt of such certificate of approval, if and when\nsufficient money shall have been appropriated by the state therefor, the\nattorney general shall acquire in the name of the people of the state in\naccordance with the provisions of the eminent domain procedure law,\ntitle to such bridge and the franchise therof; and, in such event, such\ncorporation shall have pursuant to the eminent domain procedure law the\nright to prosecute in the court of claims which shall have jurisdiction\nin the premises, any claim which it may have for damages for the takings\nof its said property.\n 6. The amount agreed upon between the said department of\ntransportation and the said corporation, pursuant to such agreement so\nfiled as aforesaid, or if no agreement be reached, the amount so\ndetermined by the court, shall be paid by th
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