Bill Text: NY S00789 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Waives fees at public campsites, parks and other public places of recreation for certain first responders.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [S00789 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00789-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           789

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
          Parks and Recreation

        AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
          relation  to  waiving fees at public campsites, parks and other public
          places of recreation for certain first responders

          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 any
     6  veteran of the wars of the United States,  who  has  at  any  time  been
     7  awarded  by  the federal government an allowance towards the purchase of
     8  an automobile or is eligible for such an award or  any  certified  first
     9  responder  who is disabled as a result of a certified World Trade Center
    10  medical condition, shall be permitted to use any  of  the  public  camp-
    11  sites,  parks  and other public places of recreation in this state, upon
    12  the same terms and conditions as apply to the general public, but  with-
    13  out  the  payment of any fees or other charges for the use of such camp-
    14  sites, parks and other public 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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