Bill Text: NY S06020 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends the "POW-MIA Memorial Highway" through the counties of Madison, Chenango and Broome.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-21 - SIGNED CHAP.261 [S06020 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06020-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6020
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 10, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  SEWARD, VALESKY, AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
          portation
        AN  ACT  to amend the highway law, in relation to extending the "POW-MIA
          Memorial Highway"
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 343-m of the highway law, as added by chapter 96 of
     2  the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
     3    §  343-m. Portion of the state highway system to be known as the "POW-
     4  MIA Memorial Highway". All that portion  of  the  state  highway  system
     5  constituting  state  route  twelve  beginning at the town of Morristown,
     6  county of St. Lawrence and continuing  south  through  the  counties  of
     7  Jefferson  [and],  Lewis  [to  Court Street in the city of Utica, county
     8  of], Oneida, Madison and Chenango to the town  of  Chenango,  county  of
     9  Broome,  and  continuing south on state route eleven terminating at main
    10  street in the city of Binghamton, county of Broome, shall be  designated
    11  and known as the "POW-MIA Memorial Highway".
    12    §  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. However, to avoid
    15  possible confusion and to limit any possible disruption in commerce, the
    16  designation called for pursuant to this act shall be one  of  ceremonial
    17  nature  and  the official name of such highway shall not be changed as a
    18  result of this act.
    19    § 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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