Bill Text: NY A06013 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6013 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes free use of public campsites, parks and other places of public recreation in the state by former prisoners of war or recipients of the purple heart.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 26-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-22 - held for consideration in veterans' affairs [A06013 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06013-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6013
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 3, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BURLING, BUTLER, CALHOUN, KOLB, FINCH, RAIA,
         TOBACCO, CASTELLI,  STEVENSON  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
         BARCLAY, CONTE, CROUCH, FITZPATRICK, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, HAYES, McDONOUGH,
         McKEVITT,  J. MILLER,  MONTESANO,  OAKS,  PALMESANO, REILICH, SAYWARD,
         SPANO, TEDISCO, THIELE -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on
         Veterans' Affairs
       AN  ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
         relation to the free use of campsites by former prisoners of war
         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    S 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
    6  ANY FORMER PRISONER OF WAR, A RECIPIENT OF  THE  PURPLE  HEART,  OR  any
    7  veteran  of  the  wars of the United States, SUCH VETERAN who has at any
    8  time been awarded by the federal government  an  allowance  towards  the
    9  purchase  of  an  automobile  or  is eligible for such an award shall be
   10  permitted to use any of the public campsites,  parks  and  other  public
   11  places  of  recreation in this state, upon the same terms and conditions
   12  as apply to the general public, but without the payment of any  fees  or
   13  other  charges  for  the  use  of such campsites, parks and other public
   14  places of recreation.
   15    S 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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