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A5701Assembly2019-2020 SessionSame asS3220

Name Highway for Fallen Officer

Official title

“Designates a portion of the state highway system in Oneida county as the "Officer Kevin F. Crossley Memorial Highway"”

Sponsor Marianne ButtenschonAD-119Affects Transportation
Status
Signed by Governor
Impact
1/10
Minimal
Outcome
Signed into law

Bill progress

Signed into law

What's happening

This bill designates a portion of Oriskany Boulevard in Whitesboro, Oneida County as the "Officer Kevin F. Crossley Memorial Highway."

Why it matters

  1. Honors Local Service and Sacrifice. Naming the highway after Officer Kevin F. Crossley publicly acknowledges his service and sacrifice, reinforcing the value the community places on local law enforcement and public safety.

  2. Strengthens Community Identity. The memorial designation can foster a sense of shared history and pride among residents of Whitesboro and Oneida County, helping to keep Officer Crossley’s memory alive within the community.

  3. Ceremonial, Not Legal, Change. The act specifically states this is a ceremonial designation; the official name of Oriskany Boulevard remains unchanged, so there are no impacts on addresses, navigation, or local businesses’ official paperwork.

  4. State Support for Memorials. By directing the Department of Transportation to install and maintain signage, the bill ensures ongoing public recognition at state expense, setting a precedent for future memorial highway designations.

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Name Highway for Fallen Officer

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Marianne Buttenschon

Assembly Member · Assembly District 119

Chair, Small Business

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History

  1. Signed chap.101
  2. Delivered to governor
  3. Returned to assembly
  4. Passed senateVote 61–0
  5. 3rd reading cal.234
  6. Substituted for S3220B
  7. Referred to transportation
  8. Delivered to senate
  9. Passed assembly
  10. Advanced to third reading cal.251
  11. Reported
  12. Print number 5701b
Show 5 earlier actions
  1. Amend (t) and recommit to ways and means
  2. Reported referred to ways and means
  3. Print number 5701a
  4. Amend and recommit to transportation
  5. 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.

S3220Senate

Name Highway for Officer

Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Joseph A. Griffo

Impact 1 · Minimal0% to pass

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

5701--B

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

February 14, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, 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 in Oneida county as the "Officer Kevin F. Crossley Memorial Highway"

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

Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 344-k to read as follows:

§ 344-k. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Officer Kevin F. Crossley Memorial Highway". All that portion of the highway system constituting Oriskany Boulevard (route sixty-nine) within the village of Whitesboro in the county of Oneida shall be designated and known as the "Officer Kevin F. Crossley 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 on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.

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

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD06992-04-9

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