STATE OF NEW YORK

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7671

IN SENATE
February 6, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, the environmental conservation law and the highway law, in relation to naming the Governor Mario
M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem______________________________________________________________________
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bly,
do enact as follows:
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Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 356 of the public authorities law,
as amended by section 6 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is
amended to read as follows:
2. The Hudson section. Beginning at the northerly end of the southern
Westchester connection at or near Tuckahoe road, thence in a general
northerly and westerly direction crossing the Hudson river at a point
south of Highland Falls, which crossing shall be known as "The Governor
Mario M. Cuomo ___________
Tappan Zee Bridge", including a highway connection
between "The Governor Mario M. Cuomo ___________
Tappan Zee Bridge" and the New
England section of the thruway presently known as interstate route two
hundred eighty-seven, thence in a general westerly direction to intersect with existing route number seventeen or to a connection with that
route, including a thruway connection from that portion of the section
west of the Hudson river, generally southerly to a point to be determined by the authority on the New York-New Jersey boundary line.
§ 2. Section 13-0103 of the environmental conservation law, as amended
by section 7 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 13-0103. Marine and coastal district described.
The marine and coastal district shall include the waters of the Atlantic Ocean within three nautical miles from the coast line and all other
tidal waters within the state, including the Hudson River up to the
Governor Mario M. Cuomo __________
Tappan Zee bridge.
§ 3. Subdivision 1 of section 13-0307 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 8 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of
2017, is amended to read as follows:

EXPLANATION--Matter in _______
italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1. The department periodically shall examine all shellfish lands within the marine district and the Hudson River between the Governor Mario
M. Cuomo __________
Tappan Zee bridge and the federal dam at Troy to ascertain the
sanitary condition thereof in accordance with regulations promulgated
pursuant to section 13-0319 of this title.
§ 4. Section 342-ww of the highway law, as amended by section 9 of
part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
§ 342-ww. Portion of the New York state thruway to be designated as
the "Jewish War Veterans Memorial Highway". All that portion of the New
York state thruway in the county of Rockland constituting interstate
route 287 from the New Jersey border to "The Governor Mario M. Cuomo
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Tappan Zee Bridge" shall be designated and known as the "Jewish War
Veterans Memorial Highway".
§ 5. Subdivision 2 of section 349-a of the highway law, as amended by
section 10 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is amended to
read as follows:
2. The Hudson section. Beginning at the northerly end of the southern
Westchester connection at or near Tuckahoe road, thence in a general
northerly and westerly direction crossing the Hudson river at a point
south of Highland Falls, which crossing shall be known as "The Governor
Mario M. Cuomo __________
Tappan Zee Bridge", thence in a general westerly direction to intersect with existing route number seventeen or to a
connection with that route, including a thruway connection from that
portion of the section west of the Hudson river, generally southerly to
a point to be determined by the authority on the New York-New Jersey
boundary line.
§ 6. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
as designated pursuant to this act. However, to avoid confusion, needless cost and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the commissioner shall only provide for the removal of signs which reference
Governor Malcom Wilson when referring to the Governor Mario M. Cuomo
Tappan Zee Bridge. Signs which reference such bridge only as "Tappan
Zee" or "Tappan Zee bridge" shall not be replaced.
§ 7. This act shall take effect immediately.

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