Bill Text: NY A01783 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates a portion of the highway system as the Highway of Fallen Heroes.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-11 - referred to transportation [A01783 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A01783-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1783 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 11, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCHROEDER, ORTIZ, SCHIMMINGER, GABRYSZAK, N. RIVERA, ABBATE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. AMEDORE, BURLING, CALHOUN, CROUCH, DenDEKKER, GIBSON, GUNTHER, HAWLEY, JORDAN, KOLB, MURRAY, NOLAN, OAKS, PHEFFER, RABBITT, REILLY, SALADINO, SAYWARD, SCHIMEL, TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to the designation of a portion of the state highway system to be known as the "Highway of Fallen Heroes" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 343-y to 2 read as follows: 3 S 343-Y. PORTION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM TO BE DESIGNATED AS THE 4 "HIGHWAY OF FALLEN HEROES". ALL THAT PORTION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM 5 CONSTITUTING ROUTE 20 WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL BE DESIGNATED 6 AND KNOWN AS THE "HIGHWAY OF FALLEN HEROES". 7 S 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal- 8 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system 9 as designated pursuant to section one of this act. However, to avoid 10 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig- 11 nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of a 12 ceremonial nature and the official name of such highway shall not be 13 changed as a result of this act. 14 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05156-01-1