STATE OF NEW YORK
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8247--C
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 5, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again
reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said
committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommit-
ted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to dedicating a portion of
the state highway system in the village of Unionville, county of
Orange, to the Appalachian Trail
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-r to
2 read as follows:
3 § 344-r. Portion of the state highway system to be dedicated to the
4 Appalachian Trail. All that portion of the state highway system consti-
5 tuting state route 284 in the village of Unionville, county of Orange,
6 shall be dedicated to the Appalachian Trail.
7 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
8 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
9 as dedicated pursuant to section one of this act, provided that such
10 signing shall state "Highway Dedicated to The Appalachian Trail". Howev-
11 er, to avoid confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce,
12 the dedication called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be
13 one of ceremonial nature and the official name of such highway shall not
14 be changed as a result of this act.
15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11828-06-5
