Bill Text: NY A04769 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Staff Sergeant Louis Bonacasa Memorial Bridge".

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 11-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-28 - enacting clause stricken [A04769 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04769-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4769
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 5, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DeSTEFANO  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
          the state highway system as the "Staff Sergeant Louis Bonacasa Memori-
          al Bridge"
          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 344-i to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  344-i.  Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
     4  "Staff Sergeant Louis Bonacasa Memorial Bridge".  The  bridge  on  state
     5  route  495  crossing  the  Long  Island  expressway,  within the town of
     6  Yaphank, county of Suffolk, shall be designated and known as the  "Staff
     7  Sergeant Louis Bonacasa Memorial Bridge".
     8    §  2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
     9  lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state  highway  system
    10  as  designated  pursuant  to  section one of this act. However, to avoid
    11  confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce,  the  desig-
    12  nation  called  for  pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of
    13  ceremonial nature and the official name of  such  bridge  shall  not  be
    14  changed as a result of this act.
    15    § 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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