Bill Text: NY S07765 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the development and posting of a senior trail guide that identifies walking and hiking opportunities for active seniors within the state park system and along public non-motorized multi-use trails within the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-07-21 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development [S07765 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07765-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7765

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 14, 2020
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        Introduced  by Sens. SERRANO, MAY -- 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 and
          the environmental conservation law, in relation to the development and
          posting of a senior trail guide that  identifies  walking  and  hiking
          opportunities  for  active  seniors  within  the state park system and
          along public non-motorized multi-use trails within the state

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Section 3.09 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
     2  vation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 24 to read as follows:
     3    24. Shall develop and post on its website a senior  trail  guide  that
     4  identifies  walking  and  hiking opportunities for active seniors within
     5  the state park system and along public  non-motorized  multi-use  trails
     6  within the state. Such guide shall include, but not be limited to: iden-
     7  tification  of low impact trails and routes appropriately accessible for
     8  patrons aged sixty-two years and older; listing of  any  impediments  to
     9  mobility  along such identified trails or routes such as steep inclines,
    10  declines, or uneven terrain; and identification of corresponding  activ-
    11  ities or amenities along or in close proximity to such trails and routes
    12  such  as  the  location of birding areas or geologically or historically
    13  significant sites. The office shall update the senior trail  guide  from
    14  time to time.
    15    § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 3-0301 of the environmental conservation
    16  law is amended by adding a new paragraph aa to read as follows:
    17    aa.  Shall  develop  and post on its website a senior trail guide that
    18  identifies walking and hiking opportunities for  active  seniors  within
    19  lands  managed  by  the department. Such guide shall include, but not be
    20  limited to: identification of low impact trails and routes appropriately
    21  accessible for patrons aged sixty-two years and older;  listing  of  any
    22  impediments  to  mobility along such identified trails or routes such as
    23  steep inclines, declines,  or  uneven  terrain;  and  identification  of
    24  corresponding  activities  or  amenities  along or in close proximity to

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14246-02-9
        S. 7765                             2

     1  such trails and routes such as the location of birding areas or geologi-
     2  cally or historically significant sites. The department shall update the
     3  senior trail guide from time to time.
     4    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     5  it shall have become a law.