Bill Text: NY S08720 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates that portion of interstate eighty-four that lies within the county of Dutchess as the "Dutchess County Purple Heart Highway".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-10 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S08720 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08720-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8720
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 10, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  SERINO, MURPHY -- 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 in Dutchess county as  the  "Dutchess  County
          Purple Heart 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 344-h to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 344-h. Portion of the state highway system to be designated  as  the
     4  "Dutchess  County  Purple  Heart Highway". All that portion of the state
     5  highway system constituting interstate eighty-four and lying within  the
     6  county of Dutchess shall be designated and known as the "Dutchess County
     7  Purple Heart Highway".
     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 of cere-
    13  monial nature and the official name of such highway shall not be changed
    14  as a result of this act.
    15    § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    16  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15887-01-8