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A7534Assembly2017-2018 SessionSame asS6020

Extend POW-MIA Highway

Official title

“Extends the "POW-MIA Memorial Highway" through the counties of Madison, Chenango and Broome”

Sponsor Clifford CrouchAD-122+16 co-sponsorsAffects Transportation
Status
Assembly Floor Calendar
Impact
2/10
Minimal
Outcome
Companion signed

Bill progress

Signed via S6020

What's happening

This bill extends the "POW-MIA Memorial Highway" designation for state route twelve through additional counties to Broome County.

Why it matters

  1. Expands Recognition. By extending the POW-MIA Memorial Highway designation through additional counties all the way to Broome County, the bill broadens public recognition and remembrance of prisoners of war and those missing in action, potentially raising awareness in more communities along Route 12.

  2. Ceremonial, Not Legal Change. The bill explicitly states the highway’s official name will remain unchanged, ensuring that while the memorial designation is significant, it will not cause confusion for travelers, emergency services, or commercial activities that rely on official highway names.

  3. Statewide Memorial Network. Adding more counties to the memorial highway increases the continuity and visibility of the tribute across a larger geographic area, signaling the state’s commitment to honoring veterans and reinforcing the importance of their sacrifices across upstate New York.

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Extend POW-MIA Highway

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Clifford Crouch

Assembly Member · Assembly District 122

1 Multi-sponsor

History

  1. Substituted by S6020B
  2. Rules report cal.605
  3. Reported
  4. Reported referred to rules
  5. Reported referred to ways and means
  6. Print number 7534b
  7. Amend and recommit to transportation
  8. Print number 7534a
  9. Amend and recommit to transportation
  10. Referred to transportation

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S6020Senate

Expand POW-MIA Highway

Signed by Governor · Sponsor James L. Seward

Impact 1 · MinimalSigned into law

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

7534--B

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

May 1, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH, LUPARDO, BLANKENBUSH, LUPINACCI, McDO- NOUGH, GALEF, LAWRENCE, MONTESANO, HAWLEY, JENNE, GIGLIO, MORINELLO, BLAKE, B. MILLER, BRINDISI, FINCH, RIVERA, BUTLER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GRAF, MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- 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 extending the "POW-MIA Memorial Highway"

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section 343-m of the highway law, as added by chapter 96 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:

§ 343-m. Portion of the state highway system to be known as the "POW- MIA Memorial Highway". All that portion of the state highway system constituting state route twelve beginning at the town of Morristown, county of St. Lawrence and continuing south through the counties of Jefferson [and], Lewis [to Court Street in the city of Utica, county of], Oneida, Madison and Chenango to its intersection with state route twelve-a in the town of Chenango, county of Broome, shall be designated and known as the "POW-MIA Memorial Highway".

§ 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system as designated pursuant to section one of this act. However, to avoid confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the designation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of ceremonial nature and the official name of such highway shall not be changed as a result of this act.

§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD10978-07-7

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