Bill Text: NY A05450 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides senior citizens shall be entitled to use any park, recreational facility or historic site without the imposition of any fee or other charge; defines senior citizens as persons 65 years of age or older.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development [A05450 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A05450-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5450

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 16, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  EICHENSTEIN -- 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 waiver of certain fees

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

     1    Section 1. Section 13.15 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
     2  vation law is amended by  adding  a  new  subdivision  3-a  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    3-a.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law to the contrary,
     5  senior citizens shall be entitled to use any park, recreational facility
     6  or historic site under the jurisdiction of  the  office  upon  the  same
     7  terms  and  conditions  as  apply to the general public, but without the
     8  payment of any fee or other charge for such use.  For purposes  of  this
     9  subdivision  the  term  "senior  citizens" shall mean persons sixty-five
    10  years of age or older.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    12  have become a law.  Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
    13  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    14  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  on  or  before
    15  such date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03238-02-1