STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7206

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 10, 2020
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
          the state highway system as the "Sergeant Gregory E.  Werner  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-l to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 344-l. Portion of the state highway system to be designated  as  the
     4  "Sergeant Gregory E.  Werner Memorial Bridge". The bridge on state route
     5  ninety-seven,  designated bridge number 1091690, in the town of Hancock,
     6  county of Delaware, shall be  designated  and  known  as  the  "Sergeant
     7  Gregory E.  Werner Memorial Bridge".
     8    §  2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
     9  lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state  highway  system
    10  as  designated  pursuant  to section one of this act.  However, to avoid
    11  confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce,  the  desig-
    12  nation  called  for  pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of
    13  ceremonial nature and the official name of  such  bridge  shall  not  be
    14  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.
                                                                   LBD14566-01-9