NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A6624A
SPONSOR: DiPietro
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
the state highway system as "Specialist Gerald B. Penn Memorial Bridge"
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Designates a portion of state route 219 crossing over Shero Road in the
town of Boston, county of Erie, as the "Specialist Gerald B. Penn Memo-
rial Bridge".
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Amends the highway law by adding a new section 344-o, which
designates a portion of state route 219 crossing over Shero Road in the
town of Boston, county of Erie, as the "Specialist Gerald B. Penn Memo-
rial' Bridge".
Section 2. States that the commissioner of transportation shall provide
for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state
highway system as designated pursuant to section 1 of this act. The
designation will be for ceremonial purposes only, and the official name
of the bridge will.not be changed as a result of this act.
Section 3. Provides the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
SP4 Gerald Penn served his country in the US Army during the Vietnam
War, and received the National Defense Service Medal, Viet Nam Service
Medal with Bronze Sta, Vietnam Campaign medal. This legislation is to
pay tribute to SP4 Gerald Penn's honorable and.heroic service
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
this act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6624--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 24, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- 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 "Specialist Gerald B. Penn 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 and
4 known as the "Specialist Gerald B. Penn Memorial Bridge". All that
5 portion of the state highway system constituting the southbound bridge
6 on state route two hundred nineteen, designated bridge number 1071050,
7 which crosses over Shero Road, in the town of Boston, county of Erie,
8 shall be known as the "Specialist Gerald B. Penn 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.
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