STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4262--A Cal. No. 441 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 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, amended on second report, ordered to a third reading, and to be reprinted as amended, retaining its place in the order of third read- ing 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-b 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. LBD08769-03-3