Bill Text: NY S03324 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows certain persons who are permanently disabled and require the use of a wheelchair to have free use of any of the public campsites, parks and other public places of recreation in this state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [S03324 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S03324-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3324

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 30, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  SKOUFIS, BROUK -- 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 allowing persons who are permanently disabled and require
          the use of a wheelchair to have free use of any of  the  public  camp-
          sites, parks and other public places of recreation in this state

          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 shall be permitted to use
     9  any of the public campsites, parks and other public places of recreation
    10  in this state, upon the same terms and conditions as apply to the gener-
    11  al  public, but without the payment of any fees or other charges for the
    12  use of such campsites, parks and other public places of recreation.  For
    13  purposes of this section, "non-ambulatory" shall mean a  person  who  is
    14  permanently disabled and requires the use of a wheelchair to access park
    15  facilities or is unable to move about in a field, wood, or other natural
    16  area without mechanical assistance.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05470-01-3