Opn. No.

John L. Rizzo, Esq. County Attorney, Genesee County

As attorney for Genesee County, you ask whether the 1977 amendment to Highway Law, Article 9, § 231(1), enacted by chapter 737 of the Laws of 1977, alters 1965 Op Atty Gen (Inf) 82 in which we concluded that a resolution of the Board of Supervisors of Genesee County ("board") taking over town bridges, adopted pursuant to Highway Law, § 231(13), does not apply to bridges in the City of Batavia ("city"), a city of the third class located in that county. Section 231(13) provides, in part:

"13. Notwithstanding the provisions in [section 231] or…