Bill Text: NY S08745 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway system in the county of Suffolk as the "Jolly 51 Memorial Bridge".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-09-25 - SIGNED CHAP.277 [S08745 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08745-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         8745--A
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 10, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
          tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
          mitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
          the state highway system in the county of Suffolk  as  the  "Jolly  51
          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-h to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 344-h. Portion of the state highway system to be designated  as  the
     4  "Jolly  51  Memorial  Bridge".  All  that  portion of the highway system
     5  constituting the County Route 31  overpass  at  Sunrise  Highway  (State
     6  Route  27)  in the hamlet of Westhampton, town of Southampton, county of
     7  Suffolk, shall be  designated  and  known  as  the  "Jolly  51  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 on the thirtieth day after it shall
    17  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15909-04-8
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