S7704-2011 Actions

• Aug 1, 2012: SIGNED CHAP.361
• Jul 20, 2012: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
• Jun 21, 2012: returned to senate
• Jun 21, 2012: passed assembly
• Jun 21, 2012: ordered to third reading rules cal.578
• Jun 21, 2012: substituted for a8879a
• Jun 19, 2012: referred to ways and means
• Jun 19, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 19, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 19, 2012: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1345
• Jun 14, 2012: REFERRED TO RULES

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S7704-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S7704

TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
the Taconic State Parkway as the "Westchester County Korean War Veterans
Memorial Highway"

PURPOSE:
Designates a portion of the Taconic State Parkway as the "Korean War
Veterans Memorial Highway".

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of this legislation amends the highway law by adding a new
section 343-z which designates a portion of the state highway system in
the towns of New Castle and Yorktown in Westchester County, as the West-
chester County Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway.

Section two of this legislation directs the commissioner of transporta-
tion to provide for the installation of appropriate signage.

Section three of this legislation states the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
When North Korean troops invaded South Korea on June 25,1950, the United
States took immediate action to defend the freedom of the people of
South Korea.  American troops fought valiantly against the cruelty and
repression of a communistic regime.  More than 1.7 million Americans
faced foreboding terrain and extremely harsh combat conditions in
battles such as Pork Chop Hill, Heartbreak Ridge, the Pusan Perimeter,
and the Chosin Reservoir.

Thanks to the American Veterans of the Korean War who fought with
extraordinary honor, skill and courage the attempt to establish commun-
ism was turned back. The Military Agreement of July 27, 1953, ended 3
bitter years of warfare.

For many years the Korean War and those decent American citizens of
Westchester who fought, died and bled there in what some have come to
call "The Forgotten War" have never been completely recognized for the
remarkable achievements they made in that faraway land. As it states on
the National Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., "freedom
is not free."

It is imperative we ensure that they are no longer forgotten. By dedi-
cating the Taconic State Parkway in Westchester as the Korean War Veter-
ans Memorial Highway, those who answered the call to defend freedom in
the Korean War will long be remembered.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A.8879-A of 2012: Passed Assembly

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Minimal cost associated with the installation of signage.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S7704-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         7704
 I N  SENATE
 June 14, 2012
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BALL  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 

AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
 the Taconic State Parkway as the "Westchester County Korean War Veter
 ans Memorial Highway"
 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 343-z to
 read as follows:

 

S  343-Z.  PORTION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM TO BE DESIGNATED AS THE
 "WESTCHESTER COUNTY KOREAN WAR  VETERANS  MEMORIAL  HIGHWAY".  ALL  THAT
 PORTION  OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM BEGINNING AT THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY
 LINE IN THE TOWN OF YORKTOWN, COUNTY OF  WESTCHESTER,  CONSTITUTING  THE
 TACONIC STATE PARKWAY, AND CONTINUING IN A GENERALLY SOUTHERLY DIRECTION
 ON  THE TACONIC STATE PARKWAY, AND TERMINATING AT THE NY-100/NY-133 EXIT
 TOWARD BRIARCLIFF MANOR/MILLWOOD IN THE TOWN OF NEW  CASTLE,  COUNTY  OF
 WESTCHESTER, SHALL BE DESIGNATED AND BE KNOWN AS THE "WESTCHESTER COUNTY
 KOREAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY".
 

S  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; provided that, to
 avoid any 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 highway shall not
 be changed as a result of this act.
 

S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13516-04-2

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