STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5288
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 23, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- 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 "Melvin Harris, Jr. Way"
          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 344-k to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  344-k.  Portion  of  the  state  highway system to be designated as
     4  "Melvin Harris, Jr.  Way". That portion of state route one  hundred  two
     5  in the hamlet of Uniondale, Nassau county, beginning at the intersection
     6  of  Uniondale  Avenue and Front Street and ending at the intersection of
     7  Hawthorne Avenue and Front Street, shall  be  designated  and  known  as
     8  "Melvin Harris, Jr. Way".
     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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