Bill Text: NY S01572 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to providing free use of state parks for certified first responders who participated in the rescue effort at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [S01572 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01572-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1572
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 15, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- 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 certified first
          responders who participated in the rescue effort conducted in response
          to the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001
          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 13.22 to read as follows:
     3    § 13.22 Free use of state parks.   Notwithstanding the  provisions  of
     4  any  other  law,  any  person  who is a resident of New York state, upon
     5  proof of such residence and upon proof that  such  person  served  as  a
     6  certified  first  responder, as defined in section three thousand one of
     7  the public health law, who participated in the rescue  effort  conducted
     8  in  response to the World Trade Center attack on September eleventh, two
     9  thousand one, shall be permitted to use any of the state parks  in  this
    10  state,  including  on  weekends and public holidays, upon the same terms
    11  and conditions as apply to the general public, but without  the  payment
    12  of any fees or other charges for the use of such state parks.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    14  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    15  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    16  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed  to
    17  be made and completed on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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