NY State Senate Bill 2021-S8848

Senate Bill S8848

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Designates a portion of the state highway system the Lieutenant Commander Phillip Wayne Johnson Memorial Bridge

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Apr 22, 2022	referred to transportation

2021-S8848 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10054
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Highway Law
Laws Affected:: Add §344-n, Hway L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S6715, A3237

2021-S8848 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates the Waverly Ave overpass at Sunrise Highway near exit 52 in town of Brookhaven, Suffolk county, as the "Lieutenant Commander Phillip Wayne Johnson Memorial Bridge".

2021-S8848 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8848

SPONSOR: BOYLE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
the state highway system the "Lieutenant Commander Phillip Wayne Johnson
Memorial Bridge"

 
PURPOSE:

This act designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Lieu-
tenant Commander Phillip Wayne Johnson Memorial Bridge"

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 designates the portion of the state highway system constitut-
ing the Waverly Ave (County Road 19) overpass at Sunrise Highway (State
Route 27) near exit 52, designated bridge number 1367500, in the town of
Brookhaven, county of Suffolk, as the "Lieutenant Commander Philip Wayne
Johnson Memorial Bridge".

Section 2 provides for the installation and maintenance of adequate
signage pursuant to section 1.

Section 3 establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Lieutenant Commander Phillip Wayne Johnson served his state, his country
and his community on long island for his entire life. He graduated from
the US Merchant Marines Academy and served in the reserves until his
honorable discharge in 2001. During his service, he developed Navy
Training plans for the Naval Landing Ship tank program, the Naval
Reserve Ocean-going Mine Sweeper program and the Naval Reserve Naval
Embarked Advisory Teams programs. Following his service, he worked as an
engineer designing projects such as the Sunrise Highway project and
later working for over a decade for NYCHA. In recognition of his
contribution to his country and community, the Exit 52 Bridge on the
Sunrise Highway shall be dedicated in his honor as the "Lieutenant
Commander Phillip Wayne Johnson Memorial Bridge".

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2021-S8848 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8848
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 22, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- 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 the "Lieutenant Commander Phillip Wayne John-
   son Memorial Bridge"
 
   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-n to
 read as follows:
   §  344-N.  PORTION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM TO BE DESIGNATED AS THE
 "LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PHILLIP WAYNE JOHNSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE".  ALL  THAT
 PORTION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM CONSTITUTING THE WAVERLY AVE (COUNTY
 ROAD  19)  OVERPASS  AT  SUNRISE  HIGHWAY (STATE ROUTE 27) NEAR EXIT 52,
 DESIGNATED BRIDGE NUMBER 1367500, IN THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN,  COUNTY  OF
 SUFFOLK, SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE "LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PHILLIP WAYNE JOHN-
 SON MEMORIAL BRIDGE".
   §  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 one of
 ceremonial nature and the official name of  such  bridge  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.
                                                            LBD15004-01-2

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