Bill Text: NY S07588 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "NYPD Detective Brian P. Simonsen Memorial Bridge" located in the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Passed) 2024-08-30 - SIGNED CHAP.297 [S07588 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07588-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7588

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 28, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
          the state highway system as the  "NYPD  Detective  Brian  P.  Simonsen
          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  "NYPD  Detective Brian P. Simonsen Memorial Bridge". All that portion of
     5  the state highway system constituting the Halsey Manor Road overpass  at
     6  the Long Island Expressway in the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk,
     7  shall  be  designated and known as the "NYPD Detective Brian P. Simonsen
     8  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.
                                                                   LBD11162-01-3