Bill Text: NY S00276 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides free use of state parks and campsites for volunteer firefighters and members of a volunteer ambulance service.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [S00276 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00276-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                           276
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
          Parks and Recreation
        AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
          relation to providing free use of state parks for volunteer firefight-
          ers and volunteer ambulance personnel
          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    § 13.19  Free  use  of  parks  and  campsites.    Notwithstanding  the
     5  provisions of any other law, any person who is blind, non-ambulatory, or
     6  an  amputee  or any veteran of the wars of the United States, who has at
     7  any time been awarded by the federal government an allowance towards the
     8  purchase of an automobile or is eligible  for  such  an  award;  or  any
     9  person  who  is  a  resident  of  New York state and serves as an active
    10  volunteer firefighter, as defined in section two hundred fifteen of  the
    11  general municipal law, or as an enrolled member of a volunteer ambulance
    12  service  pursuant  to  article  thirty of the public health law shall be
    13  permitted to use any of the public campsites,  parks  and  other  public
    14  places  of  recreation in this state, upon the same terms and conditions
    15  as apply to the general public, but without the payment of any  fees  or
    16  other  charges  for  the  use  of such campsites, parks and other public
    17  places of recreation.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    19  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
    20  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
    21  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective date is
    22  authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
    23  effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02256-01-9
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