Bill Text: NY A04112 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Creates the "Checkout NY" pass, a comprehensive pass that allows for free or discounted use of state parks, historic sites and recreational facilities; provides one such pass to each consolidated, federated and cooperative public library system within the state free of charge for circulation.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development [A04112 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04112-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4112--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 9, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JENSEN,  CLARK, MANKTELOW, LUNSFORD, SLATER,
          FLOOD, BYRNES, HAWLEY -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
          Tourism,  Parks,  Arts and Sports Development -- committee discharged,
          bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
          committee

        AN  ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
          relation to creating the "Checkout NY" pass, a comprehensive pass that
          allows for free or discounted use of state parks, historic  sites  and
          recreational  facilities,  and  provides one such pass to each consol-
          idated, federated and cooperative public  library  system  within  the
          state free of charge for circulation

          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 13.32 to read as follows:
     3    §  13.32  Checkout  NY pass. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of
     4  law to the contrary, the office and  all  other  state  agencies  having
     5  jurisdiction  of a state park or recreational facility shall establish a
     6  Checkout NY pass which shall run from April first of each year to  March
     7  thirty-first  of  the  following  year,  entitling the holder thereof to
     8  admission without additional fee to any state park, historical  site  or
     9  recreational  facility operated by the office or the department of envi-
    10  ronmental conservation or provides for discounts offered  in  comparison
    11  to  other  admission programs offered by the office.  The annual fee for
    12  such pass shall be consistent with the fee schedule for each  particular
    13  year  established pursuant to section 13.15 of this article and shall be
    14  approved by the director of the budget.
    15    2. The office shall provide one such pass to  each  library  which  is
    16  part  of a consolidated, federated and cooperative public library system
    17  within the state free of charge for circulation through  a  distribution
    18  process  managed  by the New York state library system. The office shall

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03263-03-3
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     1  provide for a consolidated, federated, and cooperative  library  system,
     2  or  the  New York state library system to purchase additional passes for
     3  circulation.
     4    3.  The  office or other state agency having jurisdiction over a state
     5  park, historical site or recreational  facility  shall  promulgate  such
     6  rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
     7  this section.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.