A07849: Dedicates a portion of the state highway system including the bridge on the South Service Road,…

STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7849--C 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 11, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON, ROZIC, HYNDMAN, BRAUNSTEIN, PHEFFER AMATO, BERGER, HEVESI, HOOKS, WEPRIN, COOK, DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, 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 to Port Authority Police Officer Arthur M. Ansert Jr. 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-s to 2 read as follows: 3 § 344-s. Portion of the state highway system to be dedicated to Port 4 Authority Police Officer Arthur M. Ansert Jr. All that portion of the 5 state highway system constituting the bridge on the South Service Road, 6 between Federal Circle and the Perimeter Road Overpass, crossing over 7 the Van Wyck Expressway in the neighborhood of Jamaica, county of 8 Queens, shall be dedicated to Port Authority Police Officer Arthur M. 9 Ansert Jr. 10 § 2. The executive director of the port authority of New York and New 11 Jersey shall provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate 12 signing of the state highway system as dedicated pursuant to section one 13 of this act, provided that such signing shall state "Bridge Dedicated to 14 Port Authority Police Officer Arthur M Ansert Jr". However, to avoid 15 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the dedi- 16 cation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11359-09-6 A. 7849--C 2 1 ceremonial nature and the official name of such bridge shall not be 2 changed as a result of this act. 3 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 4 the port authority of New York and New Jersey shall not be subject to 5 the provisions of this act until the date of enactment into law by the 6 state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with this 7 act, but if the state of New Jersey shall have already enacted such 8 legislation the provisions of this act shall apply to the port authority 9 of New York and New Jersey immediately; and provided further, that the 10 executive director of the port authority of New York and New Jersey 11 shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the occur- 12 rence of the enactment of the legislation provided for in this act in 13 order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective 14 data base of the official text of laws of the state of New York in 15 furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legisla- 16 tive law and section 70-b of the public officers law.