NY State Senate Bill S7671

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 21, 2018	referred to transportation
Jun 20, 2018	delivered to assembly passed senate
May 31, 2018	advanced to third reading
May 30, 2018	2nd report cal.
May 22, 2018	1st report cal.1300
Feb 06, 2018	referred to transportation

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S7671 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8914
Current Committee:: Assembly Transportation
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §356, Pub Auth L; amd §§13-0103 & 13-0307, En Con L; amd §§342-ww & 349-a, Hway L

S7671 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the renaming or designation of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridge as the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge.

S7671 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S7671     Revised 03/12/18

SPONSOR: DEFRANCISCO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, the environmental conserva-
tion law and the highway law, in relation to naming the Governor Mario
M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would rename or designate the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridges
as the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 - Amends subdivision 2 of section 356 of the public authori-
ties law, as amended by section 6 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of
2017.

Section 2 - Amends section 13-0103 of the environmental conservation

law, as amended by section 7 of part M of chapter 62 of the laws of
2017.

Section 3 - Amends subdivision 1 of section 13-0307 of the environmental
conservation law, as amended by section 8 of part M of chapter 62 of the
laws of 2017.

Section 4 - Amends section 342-ww of the highway law, as amended by
section 9 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017.

Section 5 - Amends subdivision 2 of section 349-a of the highway law, as
amended by section 10 of part M of chapter 62 of the laws of 2017.

Section 6 - The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the
installation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway
system as designated pursuant to this act. However, to avoid confusion
and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the commissioner shall
only provide for the removal of signs which reference Governor Malcom
Wilson when referring to the Governor Mario M Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge.
Signs which reference such bridge only as "Tappan Zee" or Zappan Zee
bridge" shall not be replaced to avoid needless cost.

Section 7 - Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Local residents surrounding the Tappan Zee Bridge have voiced their
opposition to the renaming of the Tappan Zee Bridge, including a peti-
tion process which includes well over 100K signatures. This strong oppo-
sition is due to the fact that Tappan Zee denotes the history of the
area in which the bridge is located. Tappan - is the name of a native
American sub-tribe of the Delaware/Lenni Lenape and Zee is Dutch for sea
honoring the early Dutch settlers. For this reason to honor the culture
and heritage of this region, the bridge should be renamed the Governor
Mario Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Nominal

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S7671 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7671

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 6, 2018
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, the environmental  conserva-
  tion law and the highway law, in relation to naming the Governor Mario
  M. Cuomo Tappan Zee 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 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  TAPPAN  ZEE  Bridge",  including  a highway connection
between "The Governor Mario M. Cuomo 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  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. 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.
  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 TAPPAN ZEE bridge.
  §  3.  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:

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

                                                           LBD14631-03-8

S. 7671                             2

  1. The department periodically shall examine all shellfish lands with-
in the marine district and the Hudson River between the  Governor  Mario
M.  Cuomo TAPPAN ZEE bridge and the federal dam at Troy to ascertain the
sanitary  condition  thereof  in accordance with regulations promulgated
pursuant to section 13-0319 of this title.
  §  4.  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
TAPPAN ZEE Bridge" shall be designated and  known  as  the  "Jewish  War
Veterans Memorial Highway".
  §  5. 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 TAPPAN ZEE Bridge", thence in a general westerly direc-
tion  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 southerly  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 this act. However, to avoid  confusion,  need-
less  cost and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the commis-
sioner shall only provide for  the  removal  of  signs  which  reference
Governor  Malcom  Wilson  when  referring to the Governor Mario M. Cuomo
Tappan Zee Bridge. Signs which reference such  bridge  only  as  "Tappan
Zee" or "Tappan Zee bridge" shall not be replaced.
  § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.

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