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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3887
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 1, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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 "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -  Michael
          Henry Schwerner 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-m to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 344-m. Portion of the state highway system to be designated  as  the
     4  "Dr.  Martin Luther King Jr. - Michael Henry Schwerner Memorial Bridge".
     5  The bridge otherwise known as the "3rd Street Bridge" beginning on  East
     6  3rd Street in the town of Mount Vernon, county of Westchester and chang-
     7  ing  to  Boulevard  West  in  the  town of Pelham, county of Westchester
     8  crossing the Hutchinson Parkway shall be designated  and  known  as  the
     9  "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Michael Henry Schwerner Memorial Bridge".
    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  bridge  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.
                                                                   LBD00833-01-1