NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A10523A
SPONSOR: Rules (Gunther) TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
the state highway system in the town of Wallkill as the "Private First
Class Richard Cleveland Dunn Memorial Highway"
PURPOSE:
An act to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
the state highway system as the "Private First Class Richard Cleveland
Dunn Memorial Bridge"
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends the highway law is to designate a portion of the state
highway system as the "Private First Class Richard Cleveland Dunn Memo-
rial Bridge"
Section 2: Requires the Commissioner of DOT to install and maintain
adequate signage.
Section 3: Provides the effective date
JUSTIFICATION:
It is important to recognize and commemorate our deceased wartime veter-
ans. This bill will promote public awareness of Private First Class
Richard Cleveland Dunn and show appreciation and respect for his
contribution to our country.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Senate
2022-S8997, Referred to Transportation
Assembly
2022-A10143, Referred to Transportation
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to state.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10523--A
IN ASSEMBLY
May 31, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gunther) --
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 in the town of Wallkill as the "Private First
Class Richard Cleveland Dunn 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 "Private First Class Richard Cleveland Dunn Memorial Highway". All that
5 portion of the state highway system constituting state route 17M in the
6 town of Wallkill shall be designated and known as the "Private First
7 Class Richard Cleveland Dunn Memorial Highway".
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. However, to avoid
11 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig-
12 nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of
13 ceremonial nature and the official name of such highway shall not be
14 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.
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