Bill Text: NY S00290 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Trooper Edward J. Sweeney Memorial Bridge" in the town of Hempstead, county of Nassau.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S00290 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S00290-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           290

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  RHOADS -- 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 "Trooper Edward  J.  Sweeney  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-r to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 344-r. Portion of the state highway system to be designated  as  the
     4  "Trooper  Edward  J.  Sweeney  Memorial Bridge". All that portion of the
     5  state highway system constituting the bridge on  the  Meadowbrook  state
     6  parkway at the exit M10, Loop Parkway overpass in the town of Hempstead,
     7  county  of  Nassau, shall be designated and known as the "Trooper Edward
     8  J. Sweeney Memorial 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 immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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