Bill Text: NY S04262 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway system in Tompkins county as the "Peter Wheeler Memorial Bridge".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-29 - SUBSTITUTED BY A4914B [S04262 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04262-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4262

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 7, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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 "Peter Wheeler 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  "Peter Wheeler Memorial Bridge". All that portion of the  state  highway
     5  system  constituting  the  bridge  on  state  route thirty-four crossing
     6  Salmon Creek in the town of Lansing, county of Tompkins, shall be desig-
     7  nated and known as the "Peter Wheeler 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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