STATE OF NEW YORK
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5333--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 15, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. SCHIMEL -- 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 naming the Roslyn
Viaduct over Hempstead Harbor in honor of William Cullen Bryant
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 342-zzz
2 to read as follows:
3 § 342-zzz. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
4 "William Cullen Bryant Viaduct". The section on New York State Route 25A
5 which spans over Hempstead Harbor in Nassau County known as the Roslyn
6 Viaduct shall hereafter be designated and known as the "William Cullen
7 Bryant Viaduct".
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, provided that, to
11 avoid any confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce,
12 the designation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be
13 ceremonial in nature and the official name of such viaduct 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.
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