NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9511A
SPONSOR: Palmesano TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
the state highway system as the "Sergeant James S. Hayes Memorial High-
way"
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To designate a portion of State Route 14 to Sergeant James S. Hayes.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds a new section to the highway law Section 344-p. Section
344-p states the section of Route 14 that will be known as "Sergeant
James S. Hayes Memorial Highway."
Section 2 authorizes the commissioner of transportation install and
maintain signage dedicating the section of Route 14 to Sergeant James S.
Hayes.
Section 3 states the bill shall take effect immediately JUSTIFICATION:
This designation serves to honor the life and service of Sergeant James
S. Hayes.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9511--A
IN ASSEMBLY
March 20, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
the state highway system as the "Sergeant James S. Hayes 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 a new section 344-p to
2 read as follows:
3 § 344-p. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
4 "Sergeant James S. Hayes Memorial Highway". All that portion of the
5 state highway system constituting state route 14 beginning at the inter-
6 section of state route 14 and Plum Point Road in the town of Milo, coun-
7 ty of Yates, continuing in a generally northerly direction, and termi-
8 nating at the intersection of state route 14 and state route 54, also
9 known as Main Street, in the village of Dresden, county of Yates, shall
10 be designated and known as the "Sergeant James S. Hayes Memorial High-
11 way".
12 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
13 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
14 as designated pursuant to section one of this act. However, to avoid
15 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig-
16 nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of
17 ceremonial nature and the official name of such highway shall not be
18 changed as a result of this act.
19 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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