Bill Text: NY S02469 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Includes lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S02469 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S02469-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2469--A Cal. No. 232 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to including lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The article heading of article 13-BB of the general munic- 2 ipal law, as added by chapter 626 of the laws of 1991, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 ADOPT-A-MUNICIPAL PARK, SHORELINE [OR], ROADWAY 5 OR LAKE PROGRAMS 6 § 2. Section 277 of the general municipal law, as added by chapter 7 626 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows: 8 § 277. Adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline [or], roadway or lake 9 programs. 1. The governing body of any county, city, town or village is 10 hereby authorized and empowered to authorize and direct such of its 11 officers or agencies as it shall designate to enter into [adopt-a-park] 12 adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline [or], roadway or lake program agree- 13 ments with volunteers or groups in an effort to reduce and remove litter 14 from its municipal parks, shorelines, roadways, lakes and other public 15 lands. Such agreements shall include but not be limited to: 16 a. providing and coordinating services by volunteers or groups to 17 reduce the amount of litter including providing trash bags and trash bag 18 pick up and in designated areas where volunteers may be in close proxim- 19 ity to moving vehicles providing safety briefings and reflective safety 20 gear; and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05242-02-7S. 2469--A 2 1 b. providing and installing signs identifying those volunteers or 2 groups adopting its particular municipal parks, shorelines, roadways, 3 lakes or other sections of public land. 4 2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the county, 5 city, town or village and its employees shall not be liable for damages 6 suffered by any persons resulting from the actions or activities of such 7 volunteers or groups. 8 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 9 have become a law.