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Senate Bill S3201

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides senior citizens shall be entitled to use any park, recreational facility or historic site without the imposition of any fee or other charge

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2017-S3201 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6102
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13.15, Pks & Rec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7402, A9775, A3395
2011-2012: S2343, A496
2013-2014: S1038, A676, A8460
2015-2016: S1202, A6833
2019-2020: S2493, A6287
2021-2022: S1404, A5450
2023-2024: A236
2025-2026: A383

2017-S3201 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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 65 years of age or older.

2017-S3201 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3201 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3201
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. SERRANO, AVELLA, BAILEY, LATIMER, 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:
 
   Section 1. Section 13.15 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
 vation  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new  subdivision 3-a to read as
 follows:
   3-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,
 SENIOR CITIZENS SHALL BE ENTITLED TO USE ANY PARK, RECREATIONAL FACILITY
 OR  HISTORIC  SITE  UNDER  THE  JURISDICTION OF THE OFFICE UPON THE SAME
 TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS APPLY TO THE GENERAL  PUBLIC,  BUT  WITHOUT  THE
 PAYMENT  OF  ANY FEE OR OTHER CHARGE FOR SUCH USE.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION THE TERM "SENIOR CITIZENS"  SHALL  MEAN  PERSONS  SIXTY-FIVE
 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law, provided that the commissioner of  parks,  recreation
 and  historic  preservation  shall  promulgate any rules and regulations
 necessary for the timely implementation of this  act  on  its  effective
 date on or before such date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07987-01-7

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