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- Signed chap.101
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.232
- Substituted for A5239A
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.734
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- Print number 3468a
- Amend (t) and recommit to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Trooper Christopher G. Skinner Memorial Bridge"
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Clifford Crouch
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S3468A
Title of bill
An act to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of the state highway system as the "Trooper Christopher G. Skinner Memorial Bridge"
Purpose or general idea of bill
Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Trooper Christopher G. Skinner Memorial Bridge".
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 adds section 344-d to the highway law designating the northbound and southbound bridges on interstate route eighty-one crossing US route eleven at exit seven, in the town of Chenango, in the county of Broome, shall each be designated and known as the "Trooper Christopher G. Skinner Memorial Bridge".
Section 2 states the Commissioner of Transportation shall provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing of the "Trooper Christopher G. Skinner Memorial Bridge".
Section 3 establishes the act shall take effect immediately.
Justification
On May 29, 2014, Trooper Christopher G. Skinner was intentionally struck and killed while issuing a traffic ticket on Interstate 81 between Exits 6 and 7 in the Town of Chenango, County of Broome, New York. Trooper Skinner at the time of his death was assigned to the New York State Police Traffic Incident Management (TIM) detail that was created to ensure the safety of the construction workers and motoring public in work zones on the highways of New York.
The Work Zone Safety Act of 2005, that created the TIM detail, was implemented following one of the worst work zone accidents in New York State history. On May 20, 2005 three highway workers were killed in a work zone on Interstate 81 in the Town of Chenango when a charter bus struck a tractor trailer and started a chain reaction leading to the deaths. Ironically, Trooper Skinner was the first Trooper to arrive on the scene of this horrific accident and became acutely aware of the need for a police presence in the work zones. When the TIM detail was formed, he requested and was assigned to this critical function of the highway safety system.
It is only proper that we forever memorialize Trooper Skinner's dedication to service of the people of the State of New York by designating a portion of Interstate 81 in his honor.
Prior legislative history
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Effective date
Effective immediately.
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