STATE OF NEW YORK
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7956
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
August 18, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
the state highway system as the "T Sgt. Walter Shearing Memorial High-
way"
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-o to
2 read as follows:
3 § 344-o. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
4 "T Sgt. Walter Shearing Memorial Highway". All that portion of the state
5 highway system constituting state route nineteen from Eddy Road in the
6 town of Gainesville, county of Wyoming, to East Mill Street in the
7 village of Gainesville, county of Wyoming, shall be designated and known
8 as the "T Sgt. Walter Shearing Memorial Highway".
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 highway 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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