NY State Senate Bill 2021-S1718

Senate Bill S1718

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Creates a state trooper highway memorial task force to provide for the recognition of members of the division of state police who have died in the line of duty

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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Jan 05, 2022	referred to transportation
Jan 14, 2021	referred to transportation

2021-S1718 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8633
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Highway Law
Laws Affected:: Add §340-e, Hway L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S1249
2011-2012: S698
2013-2014: S6719
2015-2016: S437
2017-2018: S1980
2019-2020: S535
2023-2024: S34
2025-2026: S59

2021-S1718 (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; provides 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.

2021-S1718 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1718

SPONSOR: GALLIVAN
 
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 Highway Memorial Task Force 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 Highway 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 respon-
sible for the installation and maintenance of memorial signs and that
such designation will not alter the official name of the highway.

Section 4 sets an immediate effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation will recognize the importance of the state police who
have nobly sacrificed their lives for the people of this State. The
recognition which shall be bestowed by this Task Force will be a daily
reminder for those traveling along a state highway of their friends,
family, and neighbors who have proudly served in our state police force
and will show appreciation for those who have fallen in the line of
duty.

Furthermore, the mission of the State Trooper Highway Memorial Task
Force will be to develop and establish guidelines for recognition of
members of the Division of State Police who have died in the line of
duty while providing an organizational method by which these memorials
are created. By including the Commissioner of Transportation or his or
her designee and the Superintendent of State Police on the Task Force to
approve such requests, a safe and effective method with consideration to
traffic flow will be established as to where memorials are placed.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: S.535 Referred to Transportation

2017-18: S.1980/A.6944 Passed Senate/Referred to Transportation

2015-16: S.437/A.4187 Passed Senate/Referred to Transportation

2013-14: S.6719/A.8847 Referred to Transportation/Referred to Transpor-
tation

2011-12: S.698/A.1105 Passed Senate/Referred to Transportation
2009-10: A.3183 Referred to Transportation

2008: S.7159/A.10429 Passed Senate/Referred to Transportation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Nominal cost to the state for signs. However, such memorials currently
exist throughout the state and new ones continue to be designated each
year through individual legislative bills. Those bills state that the
Commissioner of Transportation shall provide further installation and
maintenance of adequate signage of the state highway system as desig-
nated by law.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S1718 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1718
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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.
   § 2. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 340-e to  read
 as follows:
   §  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.

                                                            LBD04046-01-1

 S. 1718                             2
 
 DIVISION OF STATE POLICE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
 SUCH PETITION SHALL BE IN SUCH FORM AND CONTAIN SUCH INFORMATION AS  THE
 TASK  FORCE  MAY  REQUIRE. UPON THE RECEIPT OF A PETITION THE TASK FORCE
 SHALL  CONSIDER  THE  REQUEST AND ADVISE THE APPLICANT, IN WRITING, OF A
 DECISION ON ANY ACTION TO BE TAKEN WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF THE  RECEIPT  OF
 SUCH PETITION. UPON THE ACCEPTANCE OF ANY PETITION, THE TASK FORCE SHALL
 DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE FORM AND LOCATION OF THE MEMORIAL TO BE IMPLE-
 MENTED.
   §  3. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
 lation and maintenance of adequate memorial plaques, markers  and  signs
 along  the  state highway system as designated pursuant to section 340-e
 of the highway law, as added by section two of this act; provided  that,
 to avoid any confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce,
 any  designation  called  for pursuant to such section shall be one of a
 ceremonial nature and the official name of such  highway  shall  not  be
 changed as a result of this act.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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