Bill Text: NY S01506 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates state route 218, in the county of Orange, from state route 9-W to the Thayer Gate of West Point (USMA), as the "General David H. Petraeus Highway".

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-06 - referred to transportation [S01506 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01506-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1506
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 7, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- 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 state  route
         218 in the county of Orange as the "General David H. Petraeus 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 343-y to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 343-Y. PORTION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM TO BE DESIGNATED  AS  THE
    4  "GENERAL DAVID H. PETRAEUS HIGHWAY". ALL THAT PORTION OF THE STATE HIGH-
    5  WAY SYSTEM BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE NINE-W AND STATE
    6  ROUTE  TWO HUNDRED EIGHTEEN IN THE TOWN OF CORNWALL, AND CONTINUING IN A
    7  GENERALLY SOUTHERLY DIRECTION ON STATE ROUTE TWO HUNDRED  EIGHTEEN,  AND
    8  TERMINATING  AT  THE  TERMINUS OF SUCH ROUTE TWO HUNDRED EIGHTEEN AT THE
    9  THAYER GATE (SOUTH GATE) OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY  AT  WEST
   10  POINT IN THE VILLAGE OF HIGHLAND FALLS, SHALL BE DESIGNATED AND BE KNOWN
   11  AS THE "GENERAL DAVID H. PETRAEUS HIGHWAY".
   12    S  2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
   13  lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state  highway  system
   14  as  designated  pursuant  to  section one of this act; provided that, to
   15  avoid any confusion and to limit any possible  disruption  of  commerce,
   16  the  designation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be
   17  one of ceremonial nature and the official name of such highway shall not
   18  be changed as a result of this act.
   19    S 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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