Bill Text: NY S07116 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7116 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Designates "The Governor Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge" as "The Purple Heart Memorial Bridge".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-29 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S07116 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07116-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7116
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 29, 2014
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  designating
         "The  Governor  Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge" as "The Purple Heart
         Memorial Bridge"
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 356 of the public authorities law,
    2  as  amended  by  chapter  530 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    2. The Hudson section. Beginning at the northerly end of the  southern
    5  Westchester  connection  at  or  near Tuckahoe road, thence in a general
    6  northerly and westerly direction crossing the Hudson river  at  a  point
    7  south of Highland Falls, which crossing shall be known as ["The Governor
    8  Malcolm  Wilson  Tappan Zee Bridge"] "THE PURPLE HEART MEMORIAL BRIDGE",
    9  including a highway connection between  ["The  Governor  Malcolm  Wilson
   10  Tappan  Zee  Bridge"]  "THE  PURPLE  HEART  MEMORIAL BRIDGE" and the New
   11  England section of the thruway presently known as interstate  route  two
   12  hundred  eighty-seven,  thence in a general westerly direction to inter-
   13  sect with existing route number seventeen or to a connection  with  that
   14  route,  including  a thruway connection from that portion of the section
   15  west of the Hudson river, generally southerly to a point  to  be  deter-
   16  mined by the authority on the New York-New Jersey boundary line.
   17    S  2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
   18  lation and maintenance of adequate signage of the state  highway  system
   19  as  designated  pursuant  to  section one of this act; provided that, to
   20  avoid any confusion and to limit any possible  disruption  of  commerce,
   21  the designations called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be
   22  of  ceremonial  nature  and the official name of such highway and bridge
   23  shall not be changed as a result of this act.
   24    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11807-02-3