Designates a portion of state route 77 between Broadway Road and Sumner Road in the town of Darien, county of Genesee, as the "Sgt Terry James Garigen Memorial Highway".
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8147A
SPONSOR: Hawley TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
the state highway system as the "Sgt Terry James Garigen Memorial High-
way"
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill designates a portion of the state highway system as the
"Sergeant Terry James Garigen Memorial Highway"
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends the highway law by adding a new section 344-p which
designates the state highway system constituting state route 77 between
Broadway road and Sumner Road in the town of Darien, county of Genesee
as the "Sergeant Terry James Garigen Memorial Highway"
Section 2 provides that the commission of transportation shall provide
for the installation and maintenance of ceremonial signage for the road-
way, but not changing the official name of the highway
Section 3 provides that the act shall take effective immediately.
JUSTIFICATION:
Sargeant Terry Garigen's lifetime of service began in 1969 with the U.S.
Army where he began a highly decorated combat tour in Vietnam. His
enlistment and training earned him the specialty of infantry rifleman
and a later succession in Combat Intelligence. Some of his many
distinctions include the Silver Star Medal and the Bronze State Medal.
He was also an employee of the Town of Darien from 1972 to 2010.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
The legislation would take effective immediately upon adoption.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8147--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
October 13, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in
accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
the state highway system as the "Sgt Terry James Garigen Memorial
Highway"
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 "Sgt Terry James Garigen Memorial Highway". All that portion of the
5 state highway system constituting state route 77 between Broadway Road
6 and Sumner Road in the town of Darien, county of Genesee, shall be
7 designated and known as the "Sgt Terry James Garigen Memorial Highway".
8 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
9 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
10 as designated pursuant to section one of this act. However, to avoid
11 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig-
12 nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of
13 ceremonial nature and the official name of such highway shall not be
14 changed as a result of this act.
15 § 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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