New York Senate Bill S03384 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3384 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 31, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 authorizing and direct- ing the department of transportation to establish a memorial marker program 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 67 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 67. Memorial marker program. 1. Within available resources, the 4 department is authorized and directed to establish a memorial marker 5 program to commemorate those who have died as a result of a vehicle 6 related crash on the state highway system and to increase public aware- 7 ness regarding highway safety. In establishing such program, the depart- 8 ment shall: 9 (a) make memorial markers available to the immediate family and 10 friends of persons who died as a result of a vehicle related accident 11 along the state highway system; 12 (b) provide for the design, construction, installation and maintenance 13 of memorial markers. 14 2. Memorial markers shall be placed along the right of way of the 15 state highway system at a location proximate to the location where the 16 fatal vehicle related accident occurred, provided that such memorial 17 markers may be placed away from the exact location where such fatality 18 occurred due to restricted space, safety concerns, property owner 19 complaints or other constraints. The department shall establish the 20 length of time such memorial markers are to remain at the site and shall 21 reserve the right to have memorial markers removed for construction or 22 other maintenance purposes. 23 3. Requests for memorial markers shall be made by application to the 24 department by the immediate family or friends of the deceased, provided EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07145-01-3 
 S. 3384 2 1 that friends making such requests shall be required to submit authori- 2 zation from the deceased's immediate family. Requests for memorial mark- 3 ers shall be made in a manner and form to be determined by the depart- 4 ment. 5 4. For purposes of this section, upon written approval by the depart- 6 ment and the New York State thruway authority, "state highway system" 7 may additionally include state thruways as defined in this chapter. 8 5. The department is authorized to coordinate with the New York State 9 thruway authority or any successor entity as necessary for the implemen- 10 tation of this section. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding 12 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, 13 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces- 14 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are 15 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.