NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8455A
SPONSOR: Byrne TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
the state highway system as the "Putnam Valley First Responders Bridge"
PURPOSE:
To honor Putnam Valley First Responders by designating a portion of the
state highway as the "Putnam Valley First Responders Bridge".
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends the highway law to designate the bridge across the
Taconic state parkway on Pudding Street, in the town of Putnam Valley as
the "Putnam Valley First Responders Bridge ".
Section 2: Provides that the Commissioner of Transportation shall
provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing of the
state highway system as designated pursuant to section 1 of this act.
Provided, however, that the designation shall be one of ceremonial
nature and the official name of such bridge shall not be changed as a
result of this act:
Section 3: Effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Putnam Valley first responders are an integral part of the Putnam Valley
community. First responders put their lives on the line daily to serve
and protect Putnam Valley. This bill seeks to honor and recognize the
service Putnam Valley first responders provide to their community by
naming a heavily traversed bridge after them.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8455--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
November 17, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. BYRNE -- 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 "Putnam Valley First Responders
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-n to
2 read as follows:
3 § 344-n. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
4 "Putnam Valley First Responders Bridge". The bridge across the Taconic
5 state parkway on Pudding Street, in the town of Putnam Valley, county of
6 Putnam, shall be designated and known as the "Putnam Valley First
7 Responders Bridge".
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 bridge 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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