Bill Text: NY A07223 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway system in Nassau county as the "Trooper Edward L. Cunningham Memorial Bridge".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to transportation [A07223 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07223-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7223

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 15, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH  --  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 "Trooper Edward L. Cunningham 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  "Trooper Edward L. Cunningham Memorial Bridge". All that portion of  the
     5  state  highway system constituting the Wantagh State Parkway overpass at
     6  Merrick Road in the town of Hempstead, county of Nassau, shall be desig-
     7  nated and known as the "Trooper Edward L. Cunningham Memorial Bridge".
     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 bridge 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.
                                                                   LBD07935-02-3