Bill Text: NY A08914 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the renaming or designation of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridge as the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-25 - print number 8914a [A08914 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8914
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 8, 2018
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        Introduced  by M. of A. BYRNE, BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the highway law, the environmental conservation law  and
          the  public authorities law, in relation to restoring the name of "The
          Governor Malcolm Wilson-Tappan Zee Bridge"
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 342-ww of the highway law, as amended by section 9
     2  of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of  2017,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    §  342-ww.  Portion  of the New York state thruway to be designated as
     5  the "Jewish War Veterans Memorial Highway". All that portion of the  New
     6  York  state  thruway  in  the county of Rockland constituting interstate
     7  route 287 from the New Jersey border to "The Governor [Mario  M.  Cuomo]
     8  Malcolm  Wilson-Tappan  Zee Bridge" shall be designated and known as the
     9  "Jewish War Veterans Memorial Highway".
    10    § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 349-a of the highway law, as amended  by
    11  section  10  of  part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is amended to
    12  read as follows:
    13    2. The Hudson section. Beginning at the northerly end of the  southern
    14  Westchester  connection  at  or  near Tuckahoe road, thence in a general
    15  northerly and westerly direction crossing the Hudson river  at  a  point
    16  south  of Highland Falls, which crossing shall be known as "The Governor
    17  [Mario M. Cuomo] Malcolm Wilson-Tappan Zee Bridge", thence in a  general
    18  westerly  direction to intersect with existing route number seventeen or
    19  to a connection with that route, including  a  thruway  connection  from
    20  that portion of the section west of the Hudson river, generally souther-
    21  ly  to  a  point  to  be determined by the authority on the New York-New
    22  Jersey boundary line.
    23    § 3. Section 13-0103 of the environmental conservation law, as amended
    24  by section 7 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is amended  to
    25  read as follows:
    26  § 13-0103. Marine and coastal district described.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    The marine and coastal district shall include the waters of the Atlan-
     2  tic  Ocean within three nautical miles from the coast line and all other
     3  tidal waters within the state, including the  Hudson  River  up  to  the
     4  Governor [Mario M. Cuomo] Malcolm Wilson-Tappan Zee bridge.
     5    §  4.  Subdivision 1 of section 13-0307 of the environmental conserva-
     6  tion law, as amended by section 8 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of
     7  2017, is amended to read as follows:
     8    1. The department periodically shall examine all shellfish lands with-
     9  in the marine district and the Hudson River between the Governor  [Mario
    10  M.   Cuomo] Malcolm Wilson-Tappan Zee bridge and the federal dam at Troy
    11  to ascertain the sanitary condition thereof  in  accordance  with  regu-
    12  lations promulgated pursuant to section 13-0319 of this title.
    13    §  5.  Subdivision  2 of section 356 of the public authorities law, as
    14  amended by section 6 of part M of chapter 61 of the  laws  of  2017,  is
    15  amended to read as follows:
    16    2.  The Hudson section. Beginning at the northerly end of the southern
    17  Westchester connection at or near Tuckahoe road,  thence  in  a  general
    18  northerly  and  westerly  direction crossing the Hudson river at a point
    19  south of Highland Falls, which crossing shall be known as "The  Governor
    20  [Mario  M. Cuomo] Malcolm Wilson-Tappan Zee Bridge", including a highway
    21  connection between "The Governor [Mario M. Cuomo] Malcolm  Wilson-Tappan
    22  Zee  Bridge"  and the New England section of the thruway presently known
    23  as interstate route  two  hundred  eighty-seven,  thence  in  a  general
    24  westerly  direction to intersect with existing route number seventeen or
    25  to a connection with that route, including  a  thruway  connection  from
    26  that portion of the section west of the Hudson river, generally souther-
    27  ly  to  a  point  to  be determined by the authority on the New York-New
    28  Jersey boundary line.
    29    § 6. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the  instal-
    30  lation  and  maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
    31  as designated pursuant to section two of this  act.  However,  to  avoid
    32  confusion  and  to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig-
    33  nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall  be  one  of
    34  ceremonial  nature  and  the  official  name of such bridge shall not be
    35  changed as a result of this act.
    36    § 7. The commissioner of transportation shall  be  reimbursed  by  the
    37  comptroller  from  funds  designated for the Start-Up NY program for any
    38  costs associated with changing the name as required by  section  two  of
    39  this act.
    40    § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.