Bill Text: NY S00732 | 2017-2018 | 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: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-01 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S00732 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00732-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           732
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 4, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
        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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