Bill Text: NY A07363 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Includes lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 20-4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to local governments [A07363 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A07363-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5073 A. 7363 2011-2012 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y May 3, 2011 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern- ment IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. MURRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to including lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 277 of the general municipal law, as added by 2 chapter 626 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows: 3 S 277. Adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline [or], roadway OR LAKE 4 programs. 1. The governing body of any county, city, town or village is 5 hereby authorized and empowered to authorize and direct such of its 6 officers or agencies as it shall designate to enter into adopt-a-park, 7 shoreline [or], roadway OR LAKE program agreements with volunteers or 8 groups in an effort to reduce and remove litter from parks, shorelines, 9 roadways, LAKES and other public lands. Such agreements shall include 10 but not be limited to: 11 a. providing and coordinating services by volunteers or groups to 12 reduce the amount of litter including providing trash bags and trash bag 13 pick up and in designated areas where volunteers may be in close proxim- 14 ity to moving vehicles providing safety briefings and reflective safety 15 gear; and 16 b. providing and installing signs identifying those volunteers or 17 groups adopting particular parks, shorelines, roadways, LAKES or other 18 sections of public land. 19 2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the county, 20 city, town or village and its employees shall not be liable for damages 21 suffered by any persons resulting from the actions or activities of such 22 volunteers or groups. 23 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11141-01-1