Bill Text: NY S06091 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of West Seneca, county of Erie, as the "Trooper Joseph Gallagher Memorial Bridge".

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Passed) 2021-07-28 - SIGNED CHAP.313 [S06091 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S06091-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         6091--A
            Cal. No. 713

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      April 8, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  GALLIVAN, KENNEDY, BOYLE, AKSHAR, MATTERA -- 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, ordered to a third reading, passed
          by  Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered,
          restored to third reading, amended and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining
          its place in the order of third reading

        AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
          the  state  highway  system  as the "Trooper Joseph Gallagher 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-m to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  344-m.  Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
     4  "Trooper Joseph Gallagher Memorial Bridge".   The bridge  on  interstate
     5  route  ninety,  crossing  over  state  route sixteen in the town of West
     6  Seneca, county of Erie, shall be designated and known  as  the  "Trooper
     7  Joseph Gallagher Memorial Bridge".
     8    §  2.  The  chairperson  of the New York state thruway authority shall
     9  provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing of  the
    10  state  highway system as designated pursuant to section one of this act.
    11  However, to avoid confusion and to  limit  any  possible  disruption  of
    12  commerce, the designation called for pursuant to section one of this act
    13  shall  be  one of ceremonial nature and the official name of such bridge
    14  shall not be 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.
                                                                   LBD10831-05-1
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