Bill Text: NY A04941 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway system in the village of Herkimer, county of Herkimer, as the "War Dog Memorial Highway".

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-04 - print number 4941a [A04941 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04941-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4941

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 27, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SMULLEN, MILLER -- read once and referred 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 "War Dog 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-o to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  344-o.  Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
     4  "War Dog Memorial Bridge". The bridge located on interstate route  nine-
     5  ty,  crossing over state route twenty-eight, in the village of Herkimer,
     6  county of Herkimer, shall be designated and known as the "War Dog  Memo-
     7  rial Bridge".
     8    §  2.  The  chairperson  of the New York state thruway authority shall
     9  provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing of  the
    10  state  highway system as designated pursuant to section one of this act.
    11  However, to avoid confusion and to  limit  any  possible  disruption  of
    12  commerce, the designation called for pursuant to section one of this act
    13  shall  be  one of ceremonial nature and the official name of such bridge
    14  shall not be 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.
                                                                   LBD07707-01-3