STATE OF NEW YORK
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415--A
Cal. No. 138
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. CROCI, MURPHY, PHILLIPS -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
portation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accord-
ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- 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
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
the state highway system as "New York State First Responders Tunnel"
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-h to
2 read as follows:
3 § 344-h. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
4 "New York State First Responders Tunnel". The Queens Midtown tunnel that
5 crosses under the East river connecting state route four hundred nine-
6 ty-five, in the borough of Queens, county of Queens with 34th street
7 between First avenue and Second avenue in the borough of Manhattan,
8 county of New York, shall be designated and known as the "New York State
9 First Responders Tunnel".
10 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
11 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
12 as designated pursuant to section one of this act. However, to avoid
13 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig-
14 nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of
15 ceremonial nature and the official name of such tunnel shall not be
16 changed as a result of this act.
17 § 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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