Bill Text: NY S00172 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes free use of public campsites, parks and other places of public recreation in the state by former prisoners of war or recipients of the purple heart.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S00172 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00172-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           172
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 4, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
          ty and Military Affairs
        AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
          relation to the free use of campsites by former prisoners of war
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 13.19 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
     2  vation law, as amended by chapter 649 of the laws of 1977, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    § 13.19  Free use of campsites.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any
     5  other law, any person who is blind, non-ambulatory, or  an  amputee,  or
     6  any  former  prisoner  of  war,  a recipient of the purple heart, or any
     7  veteran of the wars of the United States, such veteran who  has  at  any
     8  time  been  awarded  by  the federal government an allowance towards the
     9  purchase of an automobile or is eligible for  such  an  award  shall  be
    10  permitted  to  use  any  of the public campsites, parks and other public
    11  places of recreation in this state, upon the same terms  and  conditions
    12  as  apply  to the general public, but without the payment of any fees or
    13  other charges for the use of such  campsites,  parks  and  other  public
    14  places of recreation.
    15    § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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