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