Bill Text: NY A09522 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway system in Nassau county as the "Trooper Edward L. Cunningham Memorial Bridge".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-16 - referred to transportation [A09522 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A09522-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9522

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 16, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH  --  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 Edward L. Cunningham 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-n to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  344-n.  Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
     4  "Trooper Edward L. Cunningham Memorial Bridge". All that portion of  the
     5  state  highway  system  constituting  the  Bay  Parkway  overpass at the
     6  Wantagh State Parkway in the town of Hempstead, county of Nassau,  shall
     7  be  designated  and  known as the "Trooper Edward L. Cunningham Memorial
     8  Bridge".
     9    § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the  instal-
    10  lation  and  maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
    11  as designated pursuant to section one of this  act.  However,  to  avoid
    12  confusion  and  to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig-
    13  nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall  be  one  of
    14  ceremonial  nature  and  the  official  name of such bridge shall not be
    15  changed as a result of this act.
    16    § 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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