Senate Bill S7004

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Designates a portion of the Saw Mill river parkway as the "Westchester County Purple Heart Highway"

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-S7004 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Highway Law
Laws Affected:
Add §344-h, Hway L

2017-S7004 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates a portion of the Saw Mill river parkway as the "Westchester County Purple Heart Highway"; such designation applies to the Saw Mill river parkway from exit 39 in the town of Bedford and continues southwesterly to exit 23 in the town of Greenburgh.

2017-S7004 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7004 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7004
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
   the state highway system as the "Westchester County Purple Heart High-
   way"

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 344-h to
 read as follows:
   §  344-H.  PORTION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM TO BE DESIGNATED AS THE
 "WESTCHESTER COUNTY PURPLE HEART HIGHWAY". ALL THAT PORTION OF THE STATE
 HIGHWAY SYSTEM CONSTITUTING THE SAW MILL RIVER PARKWAY IN THE COUNTY  OF
 WESTCHESTER,  BEGINNING  AT EXIT THIRTY-NINE OF SUCH PARKWAY IN THE TOWN
 OF BEDFORD, CONTINUING IN A GENERALLY SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION ON THE SAW
 MILL RIVER PARKWAY, AND TERMINATING AT EXIT TWENTY-THREE OF SUCH PARKWAY
 IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURGH, SHALL BE DESIGNATED AND KNOWN AS  THE  "WEST-
 CHESTER COUNTY PURPLE HEART HIGHWAY".
   §  2. 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 one 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 of one
 ceremonial nature and the official name of such  highway  shall  not  be
 changed as a result of this act.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13728-01-7

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