Bill Text: NY A06597 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6597

Introduced

Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway system on the Long Island Expressway, county of Suffolk, as the "Trooper Joseph J. Gallagher Memorial Bridge".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to transportation [A06597 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06597-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6597

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 24, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
          the  state highway system as the "Trooper Joseph J. Gallagher 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-o to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  344-o.  Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
     4  "Trooper Joseph J. Gallagher Memorial Bridge". The bridge  on  westbound
     5  Long  Island  Expressway,  interstate route four hundred ninety-five, to
     6  southbound Sagtikos Parkway overpass, county of Suffolk, shall be desig-
     7  nated and known as the "Trooper Joseph J. Gallagher 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 highway 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.
                                                                   LBD04019-01-3