Bill Text: NY S08646 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires at least one handicap accessible swing set in each state park.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-24 - REFERRED TO DISABILITIES [S08646 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S08646-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8646 IN SENATE March 24, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to requiring certain handicap accessible playground equipment for children with disabili- ties The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section 2 79-q to read as follows: 3 § 79-q. Handicap accessible playground equipment. Pursuant to section 4 forty of this chapter, all state parks with a playground shall contain 5 one swing set which is accessible to children with a disability for 6 their use and enjoyment. The handicap accessible swing set must include 7 a wheelchair accessible platform swing and a high backed full support 8 seat. For the purposes of this section the term "disability" shall have 9 the same meaning as defined in section two hundred ninety-two of the 10 executive law. To the extent practicable, such accessible playground 11 equipment shall be incorporated into the layout of the existing play- 12 ground or proposed playground plan. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect December 31, 2024. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15051-03-2
