Assembly Bill A5805

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Designates "The Governor Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge" as "The Purple Heart Memorial Bridge"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A5805 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4127
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §356, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8279, S7116
2015-2016: A5199, S2261

2017-A5805 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates "The Governor Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge" as "The Purple Heart Memorial Bridge".

2017-A5805 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5805
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, ABBATE, M. G. MILLER, GUNTHER, McLAUGHLIN,
   RAIA,  COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, CROUCH, FITZPA-
   TRICK, MOSLEY, RAMOS, RIVERA, THIELE, TITONE -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  designating
   "The  Governor  Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge" as "The Purple Heart
   Memorial Bridge"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 356 of the public authorities law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  530 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. The Hudson section. Beginning at the northerly end of the  southern
 Westchester  connection  at  or  near Tuckahoe road, thence in a general
 northerly and westerly direction crossing the Hudson river  at  a  point
 south of Highland Falls, which crossing shall be known as ["The Governor
 Malcolm  Wilson  Tappan Zee Bridge"] "THE PURPLE HEART MEMORIAL BRIDGE",
 including a highway connection between  ["The  Governor  Malcolm  Wilson
 Tappan  Zee  Bridge"]  "THE  PURPLE  HEART  MEMORIAL BRIDGE" and the New
 England section of the thruway presently known as interstate  route  two
 hundred  eighty-seven,  thence in a general westerly direction to inter-
 sect with existing route number seventeen or to a connection  with  that
 route,  including  a thruway connection from that portion of the section
 west of the Hudson river, generally southerly to a point  to  be  deter-
 mined by the authority on the New York-New Jersey boundary line.
   §  2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
 lation and maintenance of adequate signage of the state  highway  system
 as  designated  pursuant  to  section one of this act; provided that, to
 avoid any confusion and to limit any possible  disruption  of  commerce,
 the designations called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be
 of  ceremonial  nature  and the official name of such highway and bridge
 shall not be changed as a result of this act.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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