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Senate Bill S1980

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Creates a state trooper highway memorial task force to provide for the recognition of members of the division of state police who have died in the line of duty

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2017-S1980 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6944
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Highway Law
Laws Affected:
Add §340-e, Hway L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1249, A3183
2011-2012: S698, A1105
2013-2014: S6719, A8847
2015-2016: S437, A4187
2019-2020: S535
2021-2022: S1718
2023-2024: S34
2025-2026: S59

2017-S1980 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a state trooper highway memorial task force to develop and establish guidelines for recognition of members of the division of state police who have died in the line of duty; provides such recognition shall be by means of dedicating a portion of the state highway system, or the placement of a memorial plaque or marker along a state highway.

2017-S1980 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1980 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1980
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. GALLIVAN, LARKIN, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
   portation
 
 AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to creating a state trooper
   highway memorial task force
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the legislature  to
 provide  a  mechanism  to  enhance recognition for fallen members of the
 state police who have given the ultimate sacrifice in the line of  duty.
 It  shall be the charge of the task force created by this act to develop
 a procedure for recognition of these dedicated men and  women.  Further-
 more,  this  act  is  intended  to define safe and acceptable methods of
 placing memorials along the highways of this  state  that  appropriately
 pay tribute to their service and preserve their memory forever.
   §  2. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 340-e to read
 as follows:
   § 340-E. STATE TROOPER HIGHWAY  MEMORIAL  TASK  FORCE.  1.  THE  STATE
 TROOPER HIGHWAY MEMORIAL TASK FORCE IS HEREBY CREATED TO BE COMPRISED OF
 THE  COMMISSIONER  OR  HIS  OR HER DESIGNEE, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE
 POLICE OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, AND A MEMBER  OF  THE  POLICE  BENEVOLENT
 ASSOCIATION OF THE NEW YORK STATE TROOPERS, INC.
   2.  WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE TASK
 FORCE SHALL DEVELOP AND ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR RECOGNITION OF  MEMBERS
 OF  THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE WHO HAVE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. SUCH
 RECOGNITION MAY BE IN THE FORM OF THE DEDICATION OF A PORTION OF A STATE
 HIGHWAY AND/OR THE PLACEMENT OF A MEMORIAL  PLAQUE  OR  MARKER  ALONG  A
 STATE  HIGHWAY.  ANY  PLACEMENT  OF  A MEMORIAL PLAQUE OR MARKER ALONG A
 STATE HIGHWAY SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO ENSURE  THE  SAFE
 AND EFFECTIVE TRAFFIC FLOW ALONG HIGHWAYS IN THIS STATE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00177-01-7

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