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                                         5610
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 6, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- 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 portions  of
         the  state  highway  system  as  the  "Corporal  Jason Dunham Memorial
         Bridge" and the "Corporal Jason Dunham Memorial Highway"
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The highway law is amended by adding two new sections 342-
    2  kk and 342-mm to read as follows:
    3    S 342-KK. PORTION OF STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM  TO  BE  DESIGNATED  AS  THE
    4  "CORPORAL  JASON DUNHAM MEMORIAL BRIDGE".  ALL THAT PORTION OF THE STATE
    5  HIGHWAY SYSTEM CONSTITUTING BRIDGE  NUMBER  1061660,  LOCATED  ON  STATE
    6  ROUTE  NINETEEN,  ALSO  KNOWN  AS  TRANSIT HILL ROAD, WHICH CROSSES OVER
    7  INTERSTATE ROUTE EIGHTY-SIX, AT EXIT THIRTY, IN THE TOWN OF AMITY, COUN-
    8  TY OF ALLEGANY, SHALL BE DESIGNATED AND KNOWN  AS  THE  "CORPORAL  JASON
    9  DUNHAM MEMORIAL BRIDGE".
   10    S  342-MM.  PORTION  OF  STATE  HIGHWAY SYSTEM TO BE DESIGNATED AS THE
   11  "CORPORAL JASON DUNHAM MEMORIAL HIGHWAY".  ALL THAT PORTION OF THE STATE
   12  HIGHWAY SYSTEM CONSTITUTING STATE ROUTE NINETEEN, ALSO KNOWN AS  TRANSIT
   13  HILL ROAD, WITHIN THE TOWN OF AMITY, COUNTY OF ALLEGANY, SHALL BE DESIG-
   14  NATED AND KNOWN AS THE "CORPORAL JASON DUNHAM MEMORIAL HIGHWAY".
   15    S  2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
   16  lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state  highway  system
   17  as  designated  pursuant  to  section one of this act. However, to avoid
   18  confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce,  the  desig-
   19  nation  called  for  pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of
   20  ceremonial nature and the official name of such bridge and highway shall
   21  not be changed as a result of this act.
   22    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11901-04-1