Bill Text: NY A07296 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "SSgt Louis Bonacasa Memorial Bridge".

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 11-2)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-09 - SIGNED CHAP.159 [A07296 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07296-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7296--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 22, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. DeSTEFANO, MONTESANO, SMULLEN, DiPIETRO, SALKA,
          McDONOUGH, MORINELLO, SAYEGH, D'URSO, LAWRENCE,  MANKTELOW  --  Multi-
          Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. CROUCH, B. MILLER -- read once and referred
          to the Committee  on  Transportation  --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee

        AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
          the state highway system as the "SSgt Louis Bonacasa 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-i to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  344-i.  Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
     4  "SSgt Louis Bonacasa Memorial Bridge". The  bridge  on  Yaphank  Avenue,
     5  between  the  northbound and southbound service roads, crossing the Long
     6  Island expressway, within the town of  Brookhaven,  county  of  Suffolk,
     7  shall  be  designated  and  known  as  the "SSgt Louis Bonacasa Memorial
     8  Bridge".
     9    § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the  instal-
    10  lation  and  maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
    11  as designated pursuant to section one of this  act.  However,  to  avoid
    12  confusion  and  to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig-
    13  nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall  be  one  of
    14  ceremonial  nature  and  the  official  name of such bridge shall not be
    15  changed as a result of this act.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08728-06-9