Designates a portion of the Saw Mill river parkway as the "Westchester County Purple Heart Highway"; such designation applies to the Saw Mill river parkway from exit 39 in the town of Bedford and continues southwesterly to exit 23 in the town of Greenburgh.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 3, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. MURPHY -- 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 "Westchester County Purple Heart 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-h to
2 read as follows:
3 § 344-h. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
4 "Westchester County Purple Heart Highway". All that portion of the state
5 highway system constituting the Saw Mill river parkway in the county of
6 Westchester, beginning at exit thirty-nine of such parkway in the town
7 of Bedford, continuing in a generally southwesterly direction on the Saw
8 Mill river parkway, and terminating at exit twenty-three of such parkway
9 in the town of Greenburgh, shall be designated and known as the "West-
10 chester County Purple Heart Highway".
11 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
12 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
13 as designated pursuant to section one of this act. However, to avoid
14 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig-
15 nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be of one
16 ceremonial nature and the official name of such highway shall not be
17 changed as a result of this act.
18 § 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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