STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7996 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY September 1, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred 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 "Dr. Rao Family Traffic Circle" 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 "Dr. Rao Family Traffic Circle". All that portion of the state highway 5 system constituting the traffic circle at the intersection of Market 6 Street and Division Street, on state route five in the city of Amster- 7 dam, county of Montgomery, shall be designated and known as the "Dr. Rao 8 Family Traffic Circle". 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 highway 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. LBD13126-02-3