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                                  8914

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 8, 2018
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Introduced  by M. of A. BYRNE, BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the highway law, the environmental conservation law  and
  the  public authorities law, in relation to restoring the name of "The
  Governor Malcolm Wilson-Tappan Zee Bridge"

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Section 342-ww of the highway law, as amended by section 9
of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of  2017,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  §  342-ww.  Portion  of the New York state thruway to be designated as
the "Jewish War Veterans Memorial Highway". All that portion of the  New
York  state  thruway  in  the county of Rockland constituting interstate
route 287 from the New Jersey border to "The Governor [Mario  M.  Cuomo]
MALCOLM  WILSON-TAPPAN  ZEE Bridge" shall be designated and known as the
"Jewish War Veterans Memorial Highway".
  § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 349-a of the highway law, as amended  by
section  10  of  part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, 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
[Mario M. Cuomo] MALCOLM WILSON-TAPPAN ZEE Bridge", thence in a  general
westerly  direction to intersect 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 souther-
ly  to  a  point  to  be determined by the authority on the New York-New
Jersey boundary line.
  § 3. Section 13-0103 of the environmental conservation law, as amended
by section 7 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is amended  to
read as follows:
§ 13-0103. Marine and coastal district described.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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  The marine and coastal district shall include the waters of the Atlan-
tic  Ocean within three nautical miles from the coast line and all other
tidal waters within the state, including the  Hudson  River  up  to  the
Governor [Mario M. Cuomo] MALCOLM WILSON-TAPPAN ZEE bridge.
  §  4.  Subdivision 1 of section 13-0307 of the environmental conserva-
tion law, as amended by section 8 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of
2017, is amended to read as follows:
  1. The department periodically shall examine all shellfish lands with-
in the marine district and the Hudson River between the Governor  [Mario
M.   Cuomo] MALCOLM WILSON-TAPPAN ZEE bridge and the federal dam at Troy
to ascertain the sanitary condition thereof  in  accordance  with  regu-
lations promulgated pursuant to section 13-0319 of this title.
  §  5.  Subdivision  2 of section 356 of the public authorities law, as
amended by section 6 of part M of chapter 61 of the  laws  of  2017,  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
[Mario  M. Cuomo] MALCOLM WILSON-TAPPAN ZEE Bridge", including a highway
connection between "The Governor [Mario M. Cuomo] MALCOLM  WILSON-TAPPAN
ZEE  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 intersect 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 souther-
ly  to  a  point  to  be determined by the authority on the New York-New
Jersey boundary line.
  § 6. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the  instal-
lation  and  maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
as designated pursuant to section two of this  act.  However,  to  avoid
confusion  and  to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig-
nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall  be  one  of
ceremonial  nature  and  the  official  name of such bridge shall not be
changed as a result of this act.
  § 7. The commissioner of transportation shall  be  reimbursed  by  the
comptroller  from  funds  designated for the Start-Up NY program for any
costs associated with changing the name as required by  section  two  of
this act.
  § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.