Bill Text: NY A09518 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Twin Cities Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-03 - signed chap.84 [A09518 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09518-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9518
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 6, 2014
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIMMINGER -- 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 "Twin Cities Vietnam Veterans Memorial
         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 344-c
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 344-C. PORTION OF STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM TO BE DESIGNATED AS THE "TWIN
    4  CITIES VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY".  THE  PORTION  OF  THE  STATE
    5  HIGHWAY  SYSTEM  CONSISTING OF A PORTION OF THE ARTERIAL HIGHWAY SYSTEMS
    6  IN THE CITIES OF NORTH TONAWANDA AND TONAWANDA IN NIAGARA AND ERIE COUN-
    7  TIES, RESPECTIVELY, AND LYING GENERALLY BETWEEN ERIE AVENUE  AND  WHEAT-
    8  FIELD  STREET  IN  THE  CITY OF NORTH TONAWANDA AND THE HIGHWAY KNOWN AS
    9  YOUNGMANN HIGHWAY IN THE CITY OF TONAWANDA SHALL BE DESIGNATED AND KNOWN
   10  AS THE "TWIN CITIES VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY".
   11    S 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the  instal-
   12  lation  and  maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
   13  as designated pursuant to section one of this  act.  However,  to  avoid
   14  confusion  and  to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig-
   15  nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of  a
   16  ceremonial  nature  and  the  official name of such highway shall not be
   17  changed as a result of this act.
   18    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13305-04-4