Bill Text: NY S08054 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to designating the Mill Basin Bridge as the "Firefighter Steven Pollard Memorial Bridge".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-09 - referred to transportation [S08054 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08054-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8054

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 13, 2020
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        Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- 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  "Firefighter  Steven  Pollard  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 344-l to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 344-l. Portion of the state  highway  system  to  be  designated  as
     4  "Firefighter  Steven  Pollard Memorial Bridge".   The bridge on the belt
     5  parkway crossing over  the  mill  basin,  in  the  county  of  Brooklyn,
     6  currently  known as the mill basin bridge, shall be designated and known
     7  as "Firefighter Steven Pollard Memorial Bridge".
     8    § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the  instal-
     9  lation  and  maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
    10  as designated pursuant to section one of this  act.  However,  to  avoid
    11  confusion  and  to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig-
    12  nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall  be  one  of
    13  ceremonial  nature  and  the  official  name of such bridge shall not be
    14  changed as a result of this act.
    15    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15691-01-0