Designates a portion of the state highway system including the bridge on the South Service Road, between Federal Circle and Perimeter Road Overpass, crossing over the Van Wyck Expressway in Jamaica as the "Port Authority Police Officer William J. Leahy Memorial Bridge".
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8799
IN SENATE
March 13, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- 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 "Port Authority Police Officer William
J. Leahy 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-p to
2 read as follows:
3 § 344-p. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
4 "Port Authority Police Officer William J. Leahy Memorial Bridge". All
5 that portion of the state highway system constituting the bridge on the
6 South Service Road, between Federal Circle and the Perimeter Road Over-
7 pass, crossing over the Van Wyck Expressway in the neighborhood of
8 Jamaica, county of Queens, shall be designated and known as the "Port
9 Authority Police Officer William J. Leahy 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.
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