Bill Text: NY A03144 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates state route 218, in the county of Orange, from state route 9-W to the Thayer Gate of West Point (USMA), as the "General David H. Petraeus Highway".

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 11-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-31 - held for consideration in transportation [A03144 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A03144-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3144
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 24, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CALHOUN,  KOLB, MONTESANO, FINCH, RABBITT --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M.   of  A.  BARCLAY,  BURLING,  DESTITO,  OAKS,
         SAYWARD, TITONE, TOBACCO -- read once and referred to the Committee on
         Transportation
       AN  ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating state route
         218 in the county of Orange as the "General David H. Petraeus Highway"
         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  "GENERAL DAVID H. PETRAEUS HIGHWAY". ALL THAT PORTION OF THE STATE HIGH-
    5  WAY SYSTEM BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE NINE-W AND STATE
    6  ROUTE TWO HUNDRED EIGHTEEN IN THE TOWN OF CORNWALL, AND CONTINUING IN  A
    7  GENERALLY  SOUTHERLY  DIRECTION ON STATE ROUTE TWO HUNDRED EIGHTEEN, AND
    8  TERMINATING AT THE TERMINUS OF SUCH ROUTE TWO HUNDRED  EIGHTEEN  AT  THE
    9  THAYER  GATE  (SOUTH GATE) OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST
   10  POINT IN THE VILLAGE OF HIGHLAND FALLS, SHALL BE DESIGNATED AND BE KNOWN
   11  AS THE "GENERAL DAVID H. PETRAEUS HIGHWAY".
   12    S 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the  instal-
   13  lation  and  maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
   14  as designated pursuant to section one of this  act;  provided  that,  to
   15  avoid  any  confusion  and to limit any possible disruption of commerce,
   16  the designation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall  be
   17  one of ceremonial nature and the official name of such highway shall not
   18  be changed as a result of this act.
   19    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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