Bill Text: NY S02469 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2469
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 13, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
        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
    21    b. providing and installing  signs  identifying  those  volunteers  or
    22  groups  adopting  its  particular municipal parks, shorelines, roadways,
    23  lakes or other sections of public land.
    24    2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent  provision  of  law,  the  county,
    25  city,  town or village and its employees shall not be liable for damages
    26  suffered by any persons resulting from the actions or activities of such
    27  volunteers or groups.
    28    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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