Bill Text: NY A10561 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates a portion of the New York state thruway as the "Western New York Veterans Memorial Highway".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-03 - referred to transportation [A10561 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10561-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10561

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 3, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hawley) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to designating a
          portion of the New York state thruway as the "Western New York  Veter-
          ans Memorial Highway"

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 356-a of  the  public  authorities
     2  law,  as added by chapter 741 of the laws of 1957, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    1. [The] (a) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this subdi-
     5  vision, the thruway constructed along the routes described  in  subdivi-
     6  sions  one, two, three, four and five of section three hundred fifty-six
     7  of this article shall be known as "The Iroquois Trail".
     8    (b) Notwithstanding the provision of paragraph (a)  of  this  subdivi-
     9  sion,  that portion of the thruway constructed between exit 48 (Batavia)
    10  in Genesee county and exit 49 (Depew - Lockport), in Erie county,  shall
    11  be designated and known as the "Western New York Veterans Memorial High-
    12  way".
    13    §  2.  The  New  York  State  thruway  authority shall provide for the
    14  installation and maintenance of adequate signing on the thruway in  both
    15  directions  of  the  section  of the thruway system as designated as the
    16  "Western New York Veterans Memorial Highway" pursuant to  paragraph  (b)
    17  of subdivision 1 of section 356-a of the public authorities law as added
    18  by  section  one  of this act.  However, to avoid confusion and to limit
    19  any possible disruption of commerce, the designation called for pursuant
    20  to section one of this act shall be one of  ceremonial  nature  and  the
    21  official name of such section of the thruway system shall not be changed
    22  as a result of this act.
    23    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16541-04-0