Bill Text: NY A08655 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Provides beach access routes for mobility impaired persons on all public state and local beaches up to the median high tide level at tidal beaches; mean high water level at river beaches; or normal recreation water level at lake, pond, and reservoir beaches.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-07-09 - enacting clause stricken [A08655 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08655-Introduced.html

---

                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          8655
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    September 1, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. L. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
        AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law  and
          the  executive  law,  in relation to providing beach access routes for
          mobility impaired persons
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  parks,  recreation  and historic preservation law is
     2  amended by adding a new section 13.33 to read as follows:
     3    § 13.33 Access routes for mobility impaired persons to state  beaches.
     4  1.  Beach areas operated by the office shall include beach access routes
     5  provided for mobility impaired persons connecting the entry point of the
     6  beach to the:
     7    (a) median high tide level at tidal beaches;
     8    (b) mean high water level at river beaches; or
     9    (c) normal recreation water level at lake, pond, and reservoir  beach-
    10  es.
    11    2.  Such  access  routes  may be provided by means of mats, of no less
    12  than five feet in width, or by such other equally  effective  system  as
    13  may  be  determined to be more suitable by the office. Access routes are
    14  to have a slope of no more than ten percent, and  are  to  include  rest
    15  areas  of  at  least five feet square at appropriate intervals as deter-
    16  mined by the office.
    17    § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 296  of  the  executive
    18  law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vi) to read as follows:
    19    (vi)  (A)  where  such person is a local or state government entity, a
    20  refusal to ensure that access routes are provided for mobility  impaired
    21  persons from the entry point of the beach open to the:
    22    (1) median high tide level at tidal beaches;
    23    (2) mean high water level at river beaches; or
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13318-01-7
        A. 8655                             2
     1    (3)  normal recreation water level at lake, pond, and reservoir beach-
     2  es.
     3    (B)  Such  access  routes may be provided by means of mats, of no less
     4  than five feet in width, or by such other equally  effective  system  as
     5  may be determined to be more suitable by the office of parks, recreation
     6  and historic preservation.  Access routes are to have a slope of no more
     7  than  ten  percent,  and are to include rest areas of at least five feet
     8  square at appropriate intervals as determined by such office.
     9    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    10  it shall have become a law; provided  that  any  rules  and  regulations
    11  necessary  to implement the provisions of this act on its effective date
    12  are authorized and directed to be promulgated and shall become effective
    13  on such date.