Bill Text: NY S08799 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway system including the bridge on the South Service Road, between Federal Circle and Perimeter Road Overpass, crossing over the Van Wyck Expressway in Jamaica as the "Port Authority Police Officer William J. Leahy Memorial Bridge".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-23 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [S08799 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08799-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8799

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 13, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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 the "Port Authority Police Officer William
          J. Leahy 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-p to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  344-p.  Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
     4  "Port Authority Police Officer William J. Leahy  Memorial  Bridge".  All
     5  that  portion of the state highway system constituting the bridge on the
     6  South Service Road, between Federal Circle and the Perimeter Road  Over-
     7  pass,  crossing  over  the  Van  Wyck  Expressway in the neighborhood of
     8  Jamaica, county of Queens, shall be designated and known  as  the  "Port
     9  Authority Police Officer William J. Leahy Memorial Bridge".
    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  bridge  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.
                                                                   LBD14734-01-4