Bill Text: NY A06195 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides veterans of the armed forces of the United States access to all state parks and recreational facilities without the charge of any admission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to veterans' affairs [A06195 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06195-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6195

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 3, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Veterans' Affairs

        AN  ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
          relation to access to  state  parks  and  recreational  facilities  to
          veterans without charge

          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  State  park  and recreational facility access; veterans.  1.
     4  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,  the  office
     5  shall  provide  to  veterans  of  the  armed forces of the United States
     6  access to all state parks and recreational facilities under  the  juris-
     7  diction of the office or other state agency, entitling such veteran to a
     8  pass  to such state parks and recreational facilities without the charge
     9  of any admission.
    10    2. The pass for veterans access shall be available  at  regional  park
    11  headquarters  and  such other places as the office shall designate. Such
    12  pass shall be issued in a manner and form to be determined by the office
    13  that shall be sufficient to identify the holder as a veteran  and  shall
    14  be valid for the life of such veteran.
    15    3.  The  office  shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be
    16  necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    18  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    19  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    20  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    21  completed on or before such effective date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10533-01-3