STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5635 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 21, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AKSHAR -- 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 in the town of Hancock, county of Delaware, as the "Hancock Veterans Memorial Bridge" 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 a new section 342-ddd 2 to read as follows: 3 § 342-ddd. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the 4 "Hancock Veterans Memorial Bridge". The bridge of state route ninety- 5 seven spanning the Delaware River, designated New York state bridge 6 number 1035490, in the town of Hancock, county of Delaware, shall be 7 designated and known as the "Hancock Veterans Memorial Bridge". 8 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal- 9 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system 10 as designated pursuant to section one of this act; provided that, to 11 avoid any confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, 12 the designation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be 13 one of ceremonial nature and the official name of such overpass shall 14 not be changed as a result of this act. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10911-01-7