Bill Text: NY S08637 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Firefighter/EMT Michael J. Field Memorial Bridge".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-10-03 - SIGNED CHAP.199 [S08637 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08637-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8637--A

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 26, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --  committee
          discharged  and said bill committed to the Committee on Transportation
          -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Commit-
          tee on Rules -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted
          as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
          the  state  highway  system  in  Nassau county as the "Firefighter/EMT
          Michael J. Field 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 the
     4  "Firefighter/EMT Michael J. Field Memorial Bridge". The bridge on Corona
     5  Avenue, designated bridge number 1059360,  in  the  town  of  Hempstead,
     6  county  of  Nassau,  which  crosses the Southern State Parkway, shall be
     7  designated and known as the "Firefighter/EMT Michael J.  Field  Memorial
     8  Bridge".
     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  bridge  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.
                                                                   LBD16748-09-0