STATE OF NEW YORK
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8927--A
Cal. No. 1281
IN SENATE
April 29, 2022
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Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported
favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report,
ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
the state highway system as the "Trooper James R. Gohery 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-n to
2 read as follows:
3 § 344-n. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
4 "Trooper James R. Gohery Memorial Bridge". All that portion of the state
5 highway system constituting the Jerusalem Avenue overpass crossing the
6 Wantagh State Parkway in the town of Hempstead, county of Nassau, shall
7 be designated and known as the "Trooper James R. Gohery Memorial
8 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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