Bill Text: NY S07255 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway system in Ulster county the "Chief John 'Jody' Rossitz Memorial Bridge".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-07-21 - SIGNED CHAP.447 [S07255 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S07255-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7255--A
            Cal. No. 911

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 10, 2021
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        Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to
          the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec.
          8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first  report,
          amended  on  first  report,  ordered  to  a  second report and ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report

        AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
          the state highway system  the  "Chief  John  'Jody'  Rossitz  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-n to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 344-n. Portion of the state highway system to be designated  as  the
     4  "Chief  John  'Jody'  Rossitz Memorial Bridge".   The bridge over Esopus
     5  Creek on state route twenty-eight between Creek Side  Drive  and  Church
     6  Road in the town of Shandaken, county of Ulster, shall be designated and
     7  known as the "Chief John 'Jody' Rossitz 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.
                                                                   LBD01668-04-2