NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A6661A
SPONSOR: Palmesano TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the highway law, in relation to dedicating a portion of
the state highway system to Sergeant James S. Hayes
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To dedicate 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
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6661--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 7, 2025
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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 dedicating a portion of
the state highway system to Sergeant James S. Hayes
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-r to
2 read as follows:
3 § 344-r. Portion of the state highway system to be dedicated to
4 Sergeant James S. Hayes. All that portion of the state highway system
5 constituting state route 14 beginning at its intersection with Plum
6 Point Road in the town of Milo, county of Yates, continuing in a gener-
7 ally northerly direction, and terminating at its intersection with state
8 route 54, also known as Main Street, in the village of Dresden, county
9 of Yates, shall be dedicated to Sergeant James S. Hayes.
10 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
11 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
12 as dedicated pursuant to section one of this act, provided that such
13 signing shall state "Highway Dedicated to Sergeant James S Hayes".
14 However, to avoid confusion and to limit any possible disruption of
15 commerce, the dedication called for pursuant to section one of this act
16 shall be one of ceremonial nature and the official name of such highway
17 shall not be changed as a result of this act.
18 § 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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