Bill Text: NY S08123 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Designates a portion of state route 107 in the town of Oyster Bay, county of Nassau, as "Billy Joel Boulevard".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S08123 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08123-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8123
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 3, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. PHILLIPS -- 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 "Billy Joel Boulevard"
          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-h to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  344-h.  Portion  of  the  state  highway system to be designated as
     4  "Billy Joel Boulevard". All that portion of  the  state  highway  system
     5  constituting  New  York  state  route 107, also known as North Broadway,
     6  beginning at the intersection of the Northern State Parkway in the  town
     7  of Oyster Bay, county of Nassau and continuing south to its intersection
     8  of  Lenox  Avenue,  shall  be designated and known as "Billy Joel Boule-
     9  vard".
    10    § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the  instal-
    11  lation  and  maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
    12  as designated pursuant to section one of this  act.  However,  to  avoid
    13  confusion  and  to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig-
    14  nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall  be  one  of
    15  ceremonial  nature  and  the  official name of such highway shall not be
    16  changed as a result of this act.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06057-03-8
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