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
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                                        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
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