Bill Text: NY S06548 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Collins, county of Erie, as the "Staff Sergeant Peter J. Blidy Memorial Bridge".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-10-08 - SIGNED CHAP.477 [S06548 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S06548-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6548

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       May 5, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 "Staff Sergeant Peter J. Blidy Memori-
          al 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-m to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  344-m.  Portion  of  the  state highway system to be designated and
     4  known as the "Staff Sergeant Peter J. Blidy Memorial Bridge".  All  that
     5  portion  of  the  state  highway system constituting the bridge on Vers-
     6  ailles Plank Road, designated bridge number 6050680, which crosses Clear
     7  creek one and one-half miles northeast of Versailles,  in  the  town  of
     8  Collins,  county of Erie, shall be known as the "Staff Sergeant Peter J.
     9  Blidy Memorial Bridge".
    10    § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the  instal-
    11  lation  and  maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
    12  as designated pursuant to section one of this  act.  However,  to  avoid
    13  confusion  and  to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig-
    14  nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall  be  one  of
    15  ceremonial  nature  and  the  official  name of such bridge shall not be
    16  changed as a result of this act.
    17    § 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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