Bill Text: NY S07309 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that veterans who hold either a federal Golden Access Passport or a federal Access Pass issued upon a determination of a permanent disability shall be granted use of public campsites, parks and other public places of recreation free of charge.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [S07309 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07309-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7309

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 19, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK  --  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  free  use  of campsites, park and other public places of
          recreation by veterans who hold a federal Golden Access Passport or  a
          federal Access Pass

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 13.19 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
     2  vation law, as amended by chapter 649 of the laws of 1977, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    § 13.19 Free use of campsites.  Notwithstanding the provisions of  any
     5  other law, (a) any person who is blind, non-ambulatory, or an amputee or
     6  (b)  any  veteran  of the wars of the United States, who has at any time
     7  been awarded by the federal government an allowance towards the purchase
     8  of an automobile or is eligible for such an award or (c) any veteran who
     9  holds either a federal Golden Access Passport or a federal  Access  Pass
    10  issued upon a determination of a permanent disability shall be permitted
    11  to  use  any  of  the public campsites, parks and other public places of
    12  recreation in this state, upon the same terms and conditions as apply to
    13  the general public, but without the payment of any fees or other charges
    14  for the use of such campsites, parks and other public places  of  recre-
    15  ation.
    16    § 2. 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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