STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8798--A IN SENATE March 12, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. O'MARA -- 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 a portion of the state highway system as the "Sergeant James S. Hayes 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-p to 2 read as follows: 3 § 344-p. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the 4 "Sergeant James S. Hayes Memorial Highway". All that portion of the 5 state highway system constituting state route 14 beginning at the inter- 6 section of state route 14 and Plum Point Road in the town of Milo, coun- 7 ty of Yates, continuing in a generally northerly direction, and termi- 8 nating at the intersection of state route 14 and state route 54, also 9 known as Main Street, in the village of Dresden, county of Yates, shall 10 be designated and known as the "Sergeant James S. Hayes Memorial High- 11 way". 12 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal- 13 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system 14 as designated pursuant to section one of this act. However, to avoid 15 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig- 16 nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of 17 ceremonial nature and the official name of such highway shall not be 18 changed as a result of this act. 19 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14041-04-4