Bill Text: NY S06768 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway to be the "Peconic highway".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2012-10-03 - VETOED MEMO.170 [S06768 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06768-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 6768                                                  A. 9587
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 20, 2012
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
         tion
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once  and  referred
         to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
         the state highway system to be known as the "Peconic highway"
         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  342-aaa
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  342-AAA.  PORTION  OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM TO BE DESIGNATED AND
    4  KNOWN AS THE "PECONIC HIGHWAY". ALL THAT PORTION OF  THE  STATE  HIGHWAY
    5  SYSTEM  KNOWN  AS STATE ROUTE 24 WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE TOWNS OF SOUTH-
    6  AMPTON AND BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND WHICH BEGINS AT ITS WESTER-
    7  LY JUNCTION WITH INTERSTATE 495 AND ENDS AT ITS EASTERLY  JUNCTION  WITH
    8  STATE ROUTE 27, SHALL BE DESIGNATED AND KNOWN AS THE PECONIC HIGHWAY.
    9    S 2.  The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
   10  lation  and  maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
   11  as designated pursuant to section one of this  act.  However,  to  avoid
   12  confusion  and  to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig-
   13  nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall  be  one  of
   14  ceremonial  nature  and  the  official name of such highway shall not be
   15  changed as a result of this act.
   16    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14749-01-2