STATE OF NEW YORK
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4769
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 5, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
the state highway system as the "Staff Sergeant Louis Bonacasa Memori-
al 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-i to
2 read as follows:
3 § 344-i. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
4 "Staff Sergeant Louis Bonacasa Memorial Bridge". The bridge on state
5 route 495 crossing the Long Island expressway, within the town of
6 Yaphank, county of Suffolk, shall be designated and known as the "Staff
7 Sergeant Louis Bonacasa Memorial Bridge".
8 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
9 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
10 as designated pursuant to section one of this act. However, to avoid
11 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig-
12 nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of
13 ceremonial nature and the official name of such bridge shall not be
14 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.
LBD08728-01-9
