Bill Text: NY A02270 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides veterans free use of cabins and cottages located in public places of recreation within the state.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 18-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to veterans' affairs [A02270 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02270-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2270

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 25, 2023
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        Introduced   by  M.  of  A.  NORRIS,  McDONOUGH,  MORINELLO,  DeSTEFANO,
          J. M. GIGLIO, MILLER, SMULLEN, LEMONDES, K. BROWN  --  Multi-Sponsored
          by  --  M.  of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Veterans' Affairs

        AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
          relation to providing veterans free use of cabins and cottages located
          in public places of recreation within the state

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 13.19 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
     2  vation law, as amended by chapter 649 of the laws of 1977, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    § 13.19 Free use of campsites.  Notwithstanding the provisions of  any
     5  other law, any person who is blind, non-ambulatory, or an amputee or any
     6  veteran  of  the  wars  of  the  United States, who has at any time been
     7  awarded by the federal government an allowance towards the  purchase  of
     8  an automobile or is eligible for such an award shall be permitted to use
     9  any  of  the  public campsites, cabins, cottages, parks and other public
    10  places of recreation in this state, upon the same terms  and  conditions
    11  as  apply  to the general public, but without the payment of any fees or
    12  other charges for the use of such campsites, cabins, cottages, parks and
    13  other public places of recreation. Use of cabins and cottages under this
    14  section shall be limited to fourteen days per year.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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