Bill Text: NY A06102 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

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) 2018-01-03 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development [A06102 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A06102-Introduced.html

---

                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          6102
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 23, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- 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, provided that the commissioner of  parks,  recreation
    13  and  historic  preservation  shall  promulgate any rules and regulations
    14  necessary for the timely implementation of this  act  on  its  effective
    15  date on or before such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07987-01-7