Bill Text: NY A03453 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for free use of state parks for active volunteer firefighters with at least forty years of service.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development [A03453 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A03453-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3453
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 27, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RAIA, FINCH, MONTESANO, McDONOUGH, SALADINO,
          KEARNS, CURRAN, LUPINACCI, LALOR -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
        AN  ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
          relation to providing free use of state parks for volunteer firefight-
          ers with at least forty years of service
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  parks,  recreation  and historic preservation law is
     2  amended by adding a new section 13.22 to read as follows:
     3    § 13.22 Free use of state parks.   Notwithstanding the  provisions  of
     4  any  other  law,  any  person  who is a resident of New York state, upon
     5  proof of such residence and upon proof that such person served at  least
     6  forty years as an active volunteer firefighter as defined in section two
     7  hundred  fifteen of the general municipal law, shall be permitted to use
     8  any of the state parks in this state, including on weekends  and  public
     9  holidays,  upon  the  same  terms and conditions as apply to the general
    10  public, but without the payment of any fees or other charges for the use
    11  of such state parks.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    13  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
    14  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
    15  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective date is
    16  authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
    17  effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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