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

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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 - Dead) 2024-01-03 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development [A04112 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4112

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 9, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- 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 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 pass shall be available at regional park headquarters and  such
    16  other  places  as the office or such other state agency shall designate.
    17  Holders of such pass shall receive a pass to be shown to gain access  to
    18  any state park, historical site or recreational facility operated by the
    19  office or the department of environmental conservation.
    20    3.  The  office  shall  provide one such pass to each library which is
    21  part of a consolidated, federated and cooperative public library  system

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