Bill Text: NY A04563 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Includes lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-04 - advanced to third reading cal.389 [A04563 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04563-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          4563

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 16, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  STIRPE,  McMAHON,  STECK,  BRONSON, LUPARDO,
          GUNTHER, DARLING, OTIS -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on
          Local Governments

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general municipal law, in relation to including
          lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs

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

     1    Section 1.  The article heading of article 13-BB of the general munic-
     2  ipal  law,  as  added  by chapter 626 of the laws of 1991, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4               ADOPT-A-MUNICIPAL PARK, SHORELINE [OR], ROADWAY
     5                              OR LAKE PROGRAMS
     6    § 2.  Section 277 of the general municipal law, as  added  by  chapter
     7  626 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
     8    §  277.  Adopt-a-municipal  park,  shoreline  [or],  roadway  or  lake
     9  programs. 1. The governing body of any county, city, town or village  is
    10  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  authorize and direct such of its
    11  officers or agencies as it shall designate to enter into  [adopt-a-park]
    12  adopt-a-municipal  park,  shoreline [or], roadway or lake program agree-
    13  ments with volunteers or groups in an effort to reduce and remove litter
    14  from its municipal parks, shorelines, roadways, lakes and  other  public
    15  lands. Such agreements shall include but not be limited to:
    16    a.  providing  and  coordinating  services  by volunteers or groups to
    17  reduce the amount of litter including providing trash bags and trash bag
    18  pick up and in designated areas where volunteers may be in close proxim-
    19  ity to moving vehicles providing safety briefings and reflective  safety
    20  gear; and
    21    b.  providing  and  installing  signs  identifying those volunteers or
    22  groups adopting its particular municipal  parks,  shorelines,  roadways,
    23  lakes or other sections of public land.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00195-01-3
        A. 4563                             2

     1    2.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of law, the county,
     2  city, town or village and its employees shall not be liable for  damages
     3  suffered by any persons resulting from the actions or activities of such
     4  volunteers or groups.
     5    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
     6  have become a law.