Bill Text: NY A09829 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates that portion of the Croton reservoir bridge constituting the southbound lanes of the Taconic parkway, as the "Westchester County Workers Memorial Bridge", and designates the northbound lanes thereof as the "AMVETS Memorial Bridge".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-30 - enacting clause stricken [A09829 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A09829-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9829
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 14, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. BYRNE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to  designating  a  certain
          portion of the Croton reservoir bridge as the "AMVETS Memorial Bridge"
          and  another portion of such bridge as the "Westchester County Workers
          Memorial Bridge"
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section 343-p of the highway law, as added by chapter 202
     2  of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 343-p. A certain portion of the Croton [Reservoir Bridge]  reservoir
     4  bridge  to  be  designated  as  the "AMVETS Memorial Bridge". [The] That
     5  portion of the bridge across the Croton reservoir in the town  of  York-
     6  town,  Westchester  county, [New York] which carries the Taconic parkway
     7  northbound shall  be  designated  and  known  as  the  "AMVETS  Memorial
     8  Bridge".
     9    § 2. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 343-pp to read
    10  as follows:
    11    §  343-pp.  A  certain  portion  of  the Croton reservoir bridge to be
    12  designated as the "Westchester County  Workers  Memorial  Bridge".  That
    13  portion  of  the bridge across the Croton reservoir in the town of York-
    14  town, Westchester county, which carries the Taconic  parkway  southbound
    15  shall be designated and known as the "Westchester County Workers Memori-
    16  al Bridge".
    17    §  3. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
    18  lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state  highway  system
    19  as designated pursuant to sections one and two of this act.  However, to
    20  avoid  confusion  and  to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the
    21  designation called for pursuant to sections one  and  two  of  this  act
    22  shall  be  of  ceremonial  nature and the official name of such highways
    23  shall not be changed as a result of this act.
    24    § 4. 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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