S00040: Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to War Dogs.

STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 40--C 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. WALCZYK, BAILEY, COMRIE, GRIFFO, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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 Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- 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 War Dogs 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 War 4 Dogs. All that portion of the state highway system constituting state 5 route 28 in the village of Herkimer, county of Herkimer, beginning at 6 its intersection with Canal Access Road, continuing in a generally 7 northerly direction, and terminating at its intersection with state 8 route 5, shall be dedicated to War Dogs. 9 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal- 10 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system 11 as dedicated pursuant to section one of this act, provided that such 12 signing shall state "Highway Dedicated to War Dogs". However, to avoid 13 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the dedi- 14 cation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of 15 ceremonial nature and the official name of such highway shall not be 16 changed as a result of this act. 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00099-08-6