Bill Text: NY S04385 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Designates the bridge crossing the Long Island Expressway in the town of Islip as the "Grace Peshkur Memorial Bridge."
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-03 - SIGNED CHAP.341 [S04385 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S04385-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4385--A 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 4, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ZELDIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of the state highway system in the town of Islip as the "Grace Peshkur 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 342-kk 2 to read as follows: 3 S 342-KK. PORTION OF STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM TO BE DESIGNATED AS THE 4 "GRACE PESHKUR MEMORIAL BRIDGE". THE BRIDGE ON WAVERLY AVENUE WHICH 5 CROSSES INTERSTATE ROUTE 495 IN THE TOWN OF ISLIP, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, 6 SHALL BE DESIGNATED AND KNOWN AS THE "GRACE PESHKUR MEMORIAL BRIDGE". 7 S 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal- 8 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system 9 as designated pursuant to section one of this act. However, to avoid 10 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig- 11 nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of 12 ceremonial nature and the official name of such bridge shall not be 13 changed as a result of this act. 14 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10434-04-1