Enacts the Alexander John Smullen Traffic Safety Memorial Law

Changed the applicable law from Highway Law and Vehicle and Traffic Law to Transportation Law, expanding the program to cover all state highways including controlled access roads.

Added a five-year time limit for immediate family members to apply for memorial signs after a fatal crash.

Added requirement for applicants to pay a fee covering design, production, placement, and maintenance costs of memorial signs.

Added new requirements prohibiting signs at residences or businesses, limiting signs to one per location, and banning on-site dedication ceremonies.

Removed the two-year maximum posting period for signs and the requirement that signs be released to applicants after two years.

Added new definitions for 'controlled-access state highway', 'immediate family', and 'reportable to the federal fatality analysis reporting system'.

Changed the effective date to one year after the bill becomes law, with immediate authorization for necessary rule changes.