Bill Text: NY A08658 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits renaming highways, bridges, waterways and parks after politicians.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-10 - held for consideration in transportation [A08658 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08658-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8658

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     October 2, 2019
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT to amend the highway law, the transportation law, the  canal  law
          and  the  parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in relation
          to a prohibition on renaming highways, bridges,  waterways  and  parks
          after politicians

          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  332  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  332. Renaming of highways, routes and thruways; prohibition.  On or
     4  after the effective date of this section, no highways, state  routes  or
     5  thruways in this state shall be named after an individual that serves or
     6  served  as  an  elected official, whether at the federal, state or local
     7  level.
     8    § 2. The transportation law is amended by adding a new section  23  to
     9  read as follows:
    10    § 23. Renaming of bridges; prohibition. On or after the effective date
    11  of  this  section, no bridge in this state shall be named after an indi-
    12  vidual that serves or served as an  elected  official,  whether  at  the
    13  federal, state or local level.
    14    §  3.  The canal law is amended by adding a new section 135 to read as
    15  follows:
    16    § 135. Renaming of canals and waterways; prohibition. On or after  the
    17  effective date of this section, no canal or waterway in this state shall
    18  be  named  after an individual that serves or served as an elected offi-
    19  cial, whether at the federal, state or local level.
    20    § 4. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is amended by
    21  adding a new section 29.17 to read as follows:
    22    § 29.17 Renaming of parks; prohibition. On or after the effective date
    23  of this section, no park in this state shall be named after an  individ-
    24  ual  that serves or served as an elected official, whether at the feder-
    25  al, state or local level.
    26    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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