Bill Text: NY S05913 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5913 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Designates the bridge on United States route 219, crossing the Cattaraugus creek, in the counties of Cattaraugus and Erie, as the "Gerard 'Jess' Fitzpatrick Memorial Bridge".

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2017-07-25 - SIGNED CHAP.149 [S05913 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05913-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5913
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 5, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- 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 "Gerard 'Jess'  Fitzpatrick  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-f to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 344-f. Portion of the state highway system to be designated  as  the
     4  "Gerard 'Jess' Fitzpatrick Memorial Bridge". The bridge on United States
     5  route  two  hundred  nineteen,  crossing  over Cattaraugus Creek, in the
     6  counties of Cattaraugus and Erie, shall be designated and known  as  the
     7  "Gerard 'Jess' Fitzpatrick 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.
                                                                   LBD11394-02-7