Designates a portion of the state highway system including the bridge on the South Service Road, between Federal Circle and Perimeter Road Overpass, crossing over the Van Wyck Expressway in Jamaica as the "Port Authority Police Officer William J. Leahy Memorial Bridge".
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8799--B
Cal. No. 1365
IN SENATE
March 13, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported
favorably from said committee, ordered to first report, amended on
first report, ordered to a second report and ordered reprinted,
retaining its place in the order of second report -- reported favora-
bly from said committee, amended on 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 "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 commissioner of transportation, in consultation with the
11 executive director of the port authority of New York and New Jersey,
12 shall provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing
13 of the state highway system as designated pursuant to section one of
14 this act. However, to avoid confusion and to limit any possible
15 disruption of commerce, the designation called for pursuant to section
16 one of this act shall be one of ceremonial nature and the official name
17 of such bridge shall not be changed as a result of this act.
18 § 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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