New York Assembly Bill A09797 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9797--A  IN ASSEMBLY April 9, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of the state highway system as the "Port Authority Police Officer William J. Leahy 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-p to 2 read as follows: 3 § 344-p. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the 4 "Port Authority Police Officer William J. Leahy Memorial Bridge". All 5 that portion of the state highway system constituting the bridge on the 6 South Service Road, between Federal Circle and the Perimeter Road Over- 7 pass, crossing over the Van Wyck Expressway in the neighborhood of 8 Jamaica, county of Queens, shall be designated and known as the "Port 9 Authority Police Officer William J. Leahy Memorial Bridge". 10 § 2. The port authority of New York and New Jersey shall provide for 11 the installation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state high- 12 way system as designated pursuant to section one of this act. However, 13 to avoid confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the 14 designation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one 15 of 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. LBD14734-03-4