Bill Text: NY A04559 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4559 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Waives fees at public campsites, parks and other public places of recreation for certain first responders.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development [A04559 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A04559-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          4559

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 4, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development

        AN  ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
          relation to waiving fees at public campsites, parks and  other  public
          places of recreation for certain first responders

          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 or any certified first
     9  responder who is disabled as a result of a certified World Trade  Center
    10  medical  condition,  shall  be  permitted to use any of the public camp-
    11  sites, parks and other public places of recreation in this  state,  upon
    12  the  same terms and conditions as apply to the general public, but with-
    13  out the payment of any fees or other charges for the use of  such  camp-
    14  sites, parks and other public places of recreation.
    15    § 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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