S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7032--A I N S E N A T E April 24, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. McDONALD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating that portion of New York state route 7 which constitutes the causeway over the Tomhannock Reservoir in the town of Pittstown in Rensselaer county, state of New York as the "Brigadier General James Kenney Memorial 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 344-a to 2 read as follows: 3 S 344-A. PORTION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM TO BE DESIGNATED AS THE 4 "BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES KENNEY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY". THAT PORTION OF NEW 5 YORK STATE ROUTE 7 WHICH CONSTITUTES THE CAUSEWAY OVER THE TOMHANNOCK 6 RESERVOIR IN THE TOWN OF PITTSTOWN IN RENSSELAER COUNTY, STATE OF NEW 7 YORK, SHALL BE DESIGNATED AND KNOWN AS THE "BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES 8 KENNEY MEMORIAL 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. LBD15472-03-2