Bill Text: NY S04900 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Fishkill, Dutchess county as the "Sergeant Elijah A. Briggs Memorial Highway".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-06-09 - SUBSTITUTED BY A5261A [S04900 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04900-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          4900

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 16, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. ROLISON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
          the state highway system as the "Sergeant Elijah  A.  Briggs  Memorial
          Highway"

          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 345-b to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 345-b. Portion of the state highway system to be designated  as  the
     4  "Sergeant  Elijah  A.  Briggs Memorial Highway". All that portion of New
     5  York state route nine between the town of Fishkill's municipal  boundary
     6  with the town of Wappinger and the town of Fishkill's municipal boundary
     7  with  the  town  of Philipstown, county of Dutchess, shall be designated
     8  and known as the "Sergeant Elijah A. Briggs Memorial Highway".
     9    § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the  instal-
    10  lation  and  maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
    11  as designated pursuant to section one of this  act.  However,  to  avoid
    12  confusion  and  to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig-
    13  nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall  be  one  of
    14  ceremonial  nature  and  the  official name of such highway shall not be
    15  changed as a result of this act.
    16    § 3. 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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