Bill Text: NY A00236 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 236

Bill Title: Provides senior citizens shall be entitled to use any park, recreational facility or historic site without the imposition of any fee or other charge; defines senior citizens as persons 62 years of age or older.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development [A00236 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00236-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         236--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  EICHENSTEIN -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN  ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
          relation to waiver of certain fees

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

     1    Section 1. Section 13.15 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
     2  vation  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new  subdivision 3-a to read as
     3  follows:
     4    3-a. Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  law  to  the  contrary,
     5  senior citizens shall be entitled to use any park, recreational facility
     6  or  historic  site  under  the  jurisdiction of the office upon the same
     7  terms and conditions as apply to the general  public,  but  without  the
     8  payment  of  any fee or other charge for such use.  For purposes of this
     9  subdivision the term "senior  citizens"  shall  mean  persons  sixty-two
    10  years of age or older.
    11    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    12  have become a law.  Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
    13  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    14  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    15  on or before such date.



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