Bill Text: NY A09300 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to establish a program of free parking for senior citizens aged sixty-two and older.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-16 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development [A09300 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09300-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 16, 2016
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        Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- 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 free parking passes for senior citizens
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 13.16 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
     2  vation  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new  subdivision 4-a to read as
     3  follows:
     4    4-a. The commissioner or other state agency having jurisdiction  of  a
     5  state park or recreational facility is authorized and directed to estab-
     6  lish  a  system  or program, or modify an existing system or program, to
     7  provide senior citizens, upon proof of age sixty-two or older,  with  an
     8  annual  pass  for  free daily parking, including parking on weekends, at
     9  state park facilities. Such annual parking pass shall be issued  by  the
    10  commissioner to such senior citizens free of charge.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    12  it  shall have become a law, provided however that, effective immediate-
    13  ly, the commissioner of  parks,  recreation  and  historic  preservation
    14  shall be authorized and directed to add, amend and/or repeal any rule or
    15  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
    16  date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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