NY State Senate Bill 2025-S5997

Senate Bill S5997

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Thruway Maintenance Supervisor Stephen C. Ebling Memorial Bridge"

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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Mar 04, 2025	referred to transportation

2025-S5997 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6969
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Highway Law
Laws Affected:: Add §344-r, Hway L

2025-S5997 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Eden, county of Erie, as the "Thruway Maintenance Supervisor Stephen C. Ebling Memorial Bridge".

2025-S5997 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5997

SPONSOR: GALLIVAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
the state highway system as the "Thruway Maintenance Supervisor Stephen
C.  Ebling Memorial Bridge"

 
PURPOSE OF BILL:

This legislation memorializes Stephen C. Ebling, a NYS Thruway mainte-
nance supervisor, who was killed while working on the Silver Creek
Section of the Buffalo Maintenance Division, by naming the bridge over
the NYS Thruway along Eden-Evans Road, in the Town of Eden, as the
"Thruway Maintenance Supervisor Stephen C. Ebling Memorial Bridge".

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill designates a portion of the state highway system
as the "Thruway Maintenance Supervisor Stephen C. Ebling Memorial
Bridge".

§ 2. Requires the NYS Thruway Authority to provide for the installation
and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system as
designated pursuant to section one of this act.

§ 3. Establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

NYS Thruway maintenance supervisor Stephen "Steve" Ebling, a 15-year
veteran with the New York State Thruway Authority-Buffalo Maintenance
Division, was killed while performing his duties when he was struck by a
car that crossed over the hazard markings on the highway on Monday
November 4th, 2024. He was 58 years old.

Maintenance supervisor Ebling was a dedicated, hardworking public serv-
ant. This legislation rightly recognizes his sacrifice in the line of
duty, as well as accentuates the hazardous work conditions he and others
regularly face when working on our roadways.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S5997 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5997
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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 designating a portion of
   the state highway system as the "Thruway Maintenance Supervisor Steph-
   en C.  Ebling Memorial Bridge"

   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-r to
 read as follows:
   §  344-R.  PORTION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM TO BE DESIGNATED AS THE
 "THRUWAY MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR STEPHEN C. EBLING MEMORIAL BRIDGE".  THE
 BRIDGE  ON  EDEN-EVANS CENTER ROAD, IN THE TOWN OF EDEN, COUNTY OF ERIE,
 CROSSING OVER THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY, SHALL BE DESIGNATED AND  KNOWN
 AS  THE  "THRUWAY  MAINTENANCE  SUPERVISOR  STEPHEN  C.  EBLING MEMORIAL
 BRIDGE".
   § 2. The chair of the New York state thruway authority  shall  provide
 for  the  installation  and maintenance of adequate signing of the state
 highway system as designated pursuant to section one of this act. Howev-
 er, 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 bridge shall not
 be changed as a result of this act.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10357-02-5

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