Bill Text: NY S01163 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1163 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the free use of campsites by the immediate family of a member of the armed forces killed in active duty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-08-11 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S01163 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01163-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1163
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 11, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  JACOBS -- 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  the  free  use of campsites by the immediate family of a
          member of the armed forces killed in active duty
          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  parks  and  campsites.    Notwithstanding the
     5  provisions of any other law, any person who is blind, non-ambulatory, or
     6  an amputee or any veteran of the wars of the United States, who  has  at
     7  any time been awarded by the federal government an allowance towards the
     8  purchase  of  an  automobile  or is eligible for such an award or is the
     9  spouse, parent, child or sibling of a member of the armed forces  killed
    10  in  active  duty, shall be permitted to use any of the public campsites,
    11  parks and other public places of recreation in this state, upon the same
    12  terms and conditions as apply to the general  public,  but  without  the
    13  payment  of  any  fees  or  other charges for the use of such campsites,
    14  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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