Bill Text: NY S02493 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2493 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides senior citizens shall be entitled to use any park, recreational facility or historic site without the imposition of any fee or other charge; defines senior citizens as persons 62 years of age or older.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [S02493 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02493-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2493
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 25, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by Sens. SERRANO, BAILEY, SANDERS, SAVINO, STEWART-COUSINS --
          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 waiver of certain fees
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 13.15 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
     2  vation law is amended by  adding  a  new  subdivision  3-a  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    3-a.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law to the contrary,
     5  senior citizens shall be entitled to use any park, recreational facility
     6  or historic site under the jurisdiction of  the  office  upon  the  same
     7  terms  and  conditions  as  apply to the general public, but without the
     8  payment of any fee or other charge for such use.  For purposes  of  this
     9  subdivision  the  term  "senior  citizens"  shall mean persons sixty-two
    10  years of age or older.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    12  have become a law.  Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
    13  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    14  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    15  on or before such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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