Bill Text: NY S06790 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6790 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes the free use of campsites to any person who is semi-ambulatory.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-22 - REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [S06790 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06790-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6790
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 22, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- 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
         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    S 13.19 Free use of campsites.  Notwithstanding the provisions of  any
    5  other  law, any person who is blind, non-ambulatory, SEMI-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 shall be
    9  permitted to use any of the public campsites,  parks  and  other  public
   10  places  of  recreation in this state, upon the same terms and conditions
   11  as apply to the general public, but without the payment of any  fees  or
   12  other  charges  for  the  use  of such campsites, parks and other public
   13  places of recreation.
   14    S 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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