assembly Bill A10561

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Designates a portion of the New York state thruway as the Western New York Veterans Memorial Highway

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Jun 03, 2020 referred to transportation

A10561 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §356-a, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A5789

A10561 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates a portion of the New York state thruway as the "Western New York Veterans Memorial Highway".

A10561 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


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

                                  10561

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 3, 2020
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hawley) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to designating a
  portion of the New York state thruway as the "Western New York  Veter-
  ans Memorial Highway"

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 356-a of  the  public  authorities
law,  as added by chapter 741 of the laws of 1957, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. [The] (A) SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDI-
VISION, THE thruway constructed along the routes described  in  subdivi-
sions  one, two, three, four and five of section three hundred fifty-six
of this article shall be known as "The Iroquois Trail".
  (B) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISION OF PARAGRAPH (A)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
SION,  THAT PORTION OF THE THRUWAY CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN EXIT 48 (BATAVIA)
IN GENESEE COUNTY AND EXIT 49 (DEPEW - LOCKPORT), IN ERIE COUNTY,  SHALL
BE DESIGNATED AND KNOWN AS THE "WESTERN NEW YORK VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGH-
WAY".
  §  2.  The  New  York  State  thruway  authority shall provide for the
installation and maintenance of adequate signing on the thruway in  both
directions  of  the  section  of the thruway system as designated as the
"Western New York Veterans Memorial Highway" pursuant to  paragraph  (b)
of subdivision 1 of section 356-a of the public authorities law as added
by  section  one  of this act.  However, to avoid confusion and to limit
any possible disruption of commerce, the designation called for pursuant
to section one of this act shall be one of  ceremonial  nature  and  the
official name of such section of the thruway system 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.
                                                           LBD16541-04-0