Bill Text: NY A05897 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Trooper William P. Keane Memorial Bridge".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-09-29 - signed chap.510 [A05897 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A05897-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5897

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 24, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. RIVERA -- 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 "Trooper William P. Keane Memorial
          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-o to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  344-o.  Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
     4  "Trooper William P. Keane Memorial Bridge".  The  bridge  on  interstate
     5  route one hundred seventy-nine, crossing over interstate route ninety in
     6  the  town  of  Hamburg, county of Erie, shall be designated and known as
     7  the "Trooper William P. Keane Memorial Bridge".
     8    § 2. The chairperson of the New York  state  thruway  authority  shall
     9  provide  for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing of the
    10  state highway system as designated pursuant to section one of this  act.
    11  However,  to  avoid  confusion  and  to limit any possible disruption of
    12  commerce, the designation called for pursuant to section one of this act
    13  shall be one of ceremonial nature and the official name of  such  bridge
    14  shall not be 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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