Assembly Bill A5199

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Designates "The Governor Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge" as "The Purple Heart Memorial Bridge"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A5199 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2261
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §356, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8279, S7116
2017-2018: A5805, S4127

2015-A5199 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates "The Governor Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge" as "The Purple Heart Memorial Bridge".

2015-A5199 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5199

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, ABBATE, GUNTHER, COOK, CORWIN, McLAUGHLIN,
  RAIA,  MILLER  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of A. BARCLAY, CROUCH,
  FITZPATRICK, MOSLEY, RAMOS, RIVERA,  SCARBOROUGH,  THIELE,  TITONE  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to designating
  "The Governor Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge" as "The  Purple  Heart
  Memorial 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 chapter 530 of the laws of 1993, 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
Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge"] "THE PURPLE HEART  MEMORIAL  BRIDGE",
including  a  highway  connection  between ["The Governor Malcolm Wilson
Tappan Zee Bridge"] "THE PURPLE  HEART  MEMORIAL  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.
  S 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the  instal-
lation  and  maintenance of adequate signage 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 designations called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be
of ceremonial nature and the official name of such  highway  and  bridge
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

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