Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Port Authority Police Officer Arthur M. Ansert Jr., the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  7849--C
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
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 Introduced   by   M.   of   A.  ANDERSON,  ROZIC,  HYNDMAN,  BRAUNSTEIN,
   PHEFFER AMATO, BERGER, HEVESI, HOOKS, WEPRIN, COOK, DeSTEFANO --  read
   once  and  referred  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 Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee -- 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 designating a portion of
   the  state  highway  system to Port Authority Police Officer Arthur M.
   Ansert Jr.
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 344-s to
 read as follows:
   §  344-S.  PORTION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM TO BE DEDICATED TO PORT
 AUTHORITY POLICE OFFICER ARTHUR M. ANSERT JR. ALL THAT  PORTION  OF  THE
 STATE  HIGHWAY SYSTEM CONSTITUTING THE BRIDGE ON THE SOUTH SERVICE ROAD,
 BETWEEN FEDERAL CIRCLE AND THE PERIMETER ROAD  OVERPASS,  CROSSING  OVER
 THE  VAN  WYCK  EXPRESSWAY  IN  THE  NEIGHBORHOOD  OF JAMAICA, COUNTY OF
 QUEENS, SHALL BE DEDICATED TO PORT AUTHORITY POLICE  OFFICER  ARTHUR  M.
 ANSERT JR.
   §  2. The executive director of the port authority of New York and New
 Jersey shall provide for the installation and  maintenance  of  adequate
 signing of the state highway system as dedicated pursuant to section one
 of this act, provided that such signing shall state "Bridge Dedicated to
 Port  Authority  Police  Officer Arthur M Ansert Jr".  However, to avoid
 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of  commerce,  the  dedi-
 cation  called  for  pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 ceremonial nature and the official name of  such  bridge  shall  not  be
 changed as a result of this act.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the port authority of New York and New Jersey shall not  be  subject  to
 the  provisions  of this act until the date of enactment into law by the
 state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with  this
 act,  but  if  the  state  of New Jersey shall have already enacted such
 legislation the provisions of this act shall apply to the port authority
 of New York and New Jersey immediately; and provided further,  that  the
 executive  director  of  the  port  authority of New York and New Jersey
 shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission  upon  the  occur-
 rence  of  the  enactment of the legislation provided for in this act in
 order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely  effective
 data  base  of  the  official  text  of laws of the state of New York in
 furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legisla-
 tive law and section 70-b of the public officers law.