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History
- Signed chap.324
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 58–0
- 3rd reading cal.400
- Substituted for S4241
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.288
- Rules report cal.288
- Reported
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- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to transportation
Companion bill
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Designates the bridge crossing the Erie Canal on state route 291 as the Army Captain George A. Wood Memorial Bridge
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Joseph A. Griffo
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:A7740
Title of bill
An act to amend the highway law, in relation to designating the bridge crossing the Erie Canal on state route 291 as the Army Captain George A. Wood Memorial Bridge
Purpose or general idea of bill
Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Marcy, Oneida county constituting the bridge across the Erie Canal on State Highway 291 as the Army Captain George A. Wood Memorial Bridge.
Summary of specific provisions
Amends the highway law by adding a new section 342-ss to ensure the foregoing.
Justification
Army Captain George A. Wood lost his life on November 20, 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The designation of the "Army Captain George A. Wood Memorial Bridge" is a fitting expression of gratitude to a man who so bravely served and died for his country.
Prior legislative history
New.
Fiscal implications
Minimal to the state whose only obligation is for the state DOT to provide for the installation and maintenance of signing of the state highway.
Effective date
Immediate.
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