Bill Text: NY S08755 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Firefighter Tim Gunther Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-11-11 - signed chap.256 [S08755 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S08755-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8755 IN SENATE July 14, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of the state highway system as the "Firefighter Tim Gunther Memorial 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 344-1 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 344-1. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the 4 "Firefighter Tim Gunther Memorial Highway". All that portion of the 5 state highway system constituting state route fifty-five in the city of 6 Poughkeepsie, county of Dutchess, shall be designated and known as the 7 "Firefighter Tim Gunther Memorial 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 one of 13 ceremonial nature and the official name of such highway 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. LBD11835-07-0