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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 28, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S1249
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C) Senate District
2009-S1249 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3183
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Highway Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง340-e, Hway L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S698, A1105
2013-2014: S6719, A8847
2015-2016: S437, A4187
2017-2018: S1980, A6773, A6944
2019-2020: S535
2021-2022: S1718
2023-2024: S34
2025-2026: S59
2009-S1249 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Creates a state trooper highway memorial task force to develop and establish guidelines for recognition of members of the division of state police who have died in the line of duty; such recognition shall be by means of dedicating a portion of the state highway system, or the placement of a memorial plaque or marker along a state highway.
2009-S1249 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1249 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the highway law, in relation to creating a state trooper highway memorial task force PURPOSE : To create a state trooper memorial task force and to honor those troopers who have given their lives in the line of duty. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 - Describes the legislative intent of the bill. Section 2 - Amends the highway law to add section 340-e, which creates the state trooper memorial task force, and provides the task force with the honor of establishing guidelines for how state troopers who have given their lives in the line of duty should be memorialized. Section 3 - Establishes that the Commissioner of Transportation is responsible for the installation and maintenance of memorial signs and that such designation will not alter the official name of the highway.
2009-S1249 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1249 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 28, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SALAND -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to creating a state trooper highway memorial task force THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the legislature to provide a mechanism to enhance recognition for fallen members of the state police who have given the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. It shall be the charge of the task force created by this act to develop a procedure for recognition of these dedicated men and women. Further- more, this act is intended to define safe and acceptable methods of placing memorials along the highways of this state that appropriately pay tribute to their service and preserve their memory forever. S 2. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 340-e to read as follows: S 340-E. STATE TROOPER HIGHWAY MEMORIAL TASK FORCE. 1. THE STATE TROOPER HIGHWAY MEMORIAL TASK FORCE IS HEREBY CREATED TO BE COMPRISED OF THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE POLICE OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, AND A MEMBER OF THE POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF THE NEW YORK STATE TROOPERS, INC. 2. WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE TASK FORCE SHALL DEVELOP AND ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR RECOGNITION OF MEMBERS OF THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE WHO HAVE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. SUCH RECOGNITION MAY BE IN THE FORM OF THE DEDICATION OF A PORTION OF A STATE HIGHWAY AND/OR THE PLACEMENT OF A MEMORIAL PLAQUE OR MARKER ALONG A STATE HIGHWAY. ANY PLACEMENT OF A MEMORIAL PLAQUE OR MARKER ALONG A STATE HIGHWAY SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO ENSURE THE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE TRAFFIC FLOW ALONG HIGHWAYS IN THIS STATE. 3. ANY PERSON MAY SUBMIT TO THE STATE TROOPER HIGHWAY MEMORIAL TASK FORCE, IN WRITING, A PETITION SEEKING RECOGNITION OF MEMBERS OF THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02613-01-9
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