Bill Text: NY A04743 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Redefines "campground" for the purposes of the Adirondack park and regulation by the Adirondack park agency; defines such term as a parcel of land with 5 or more campsites, including buildings and accessory structures; provides that recreational vehicles may be kept at a campground or campsite, with the consent of the owner of the campground, during periods of time when they are not in use, so long as they are not used in a manner which violates the campground permit.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A04743 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04743-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4743
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 8, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. STEC -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the  definition  of  a
         campground within the Adirondack park
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 802  of  the  executive  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  348  of  the  laws  of 1973, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    10. "Campground" means [any area designed for transient  occupancy  by
    5  camping in tents, camp trailers, travel trailers, motor homes or similar
    6  facility  designed  for  temporary  shelter]  A TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND,
    7  INCLUDING PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES,  WHERE  FIVE  OR
    8  MORE  CAMPSITES  ARE  MADE AVAILABLE FOR TEMPORARY OR SEASONAL OVERNIGHT
    9  OCCUPANCY. NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL REQUIRE THE REMOVAL OF A RECRE-
   10  ATIONAL VEHICLE THAT REMAINS ON A CAMPGROUND OR A CAMPSITE IN SUCH CAMP-
   11  GROUND, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER OF  THE  CAMPGROUND  DURING  THOSE
   12  PERIODS OF TIME THAT IT IS NOT OCCUPIED, PROVIDED THAT IT IS NOT USED IN
   13  A  MANNER THAT VIOLATES THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PERMIT ISSUED TO
   14  THE CAMPGROUND BY THE STATE OR A COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
   15    S 2. Section 802 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
   16  subdivision 55-a to read as follows:
   17    55-A.  "RECREATIONAL VEHICLE" MEANS A VEHICULAR CAMPING UNIT PRIMARILY
   18  DESIGNED AS TEMPORARY LIVING QUARTERS FOR RECREATIONAL, CAMPING,  TRAVEL
   19  OR  SEASONAL USE THAT HAS ITS OWN MOTIVE POWER OR IS MOUNTED ON OR TOWED
   20  BY ANOTHER VEHICLE.
   21    S 3. 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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