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

New York Assembly Bill 7296 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7296
                               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
        AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
          the state highway system as the "Staff Sergeant Louis Bonacasa Memori-
          al 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  "Staff Sergeant Louis Bonacasa Memorial Bridge". The bridge  on  Suffolk
     5  county-owned  Yaphank  Avenue,  between  the  northbound  and southbound
     6  service roads, crossing the Long Island expressway, within the  town  of
     7  Brookhaven,  county  of  Suffolk,  shall  be designated and known as the
     8  "Staff Sergeant Louis Bonacasa Memorial 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.
                                                                   LBD08728-05-9