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