NY State Senate Bill S1044

Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate

Introduced
In Committee
On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
Delivered to Governor
Signed/Vetoed by Governor

Your Voice

Please enter your contact information

First Name *

Last Name *

Email Address *

A valid email address is required.

Home address search or enter your address manually *

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Leave this field blank

Actions

view actions (13)

	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 29, 2018	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate
Jan 23, 2018	advanced to third reading
Jan 22, 2018	2nd report cal. amended 1044a
Jan 17, 2018	1st report cal.165
Jan 03, 2018	referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation
Jun 21, 2017	committed to rules
Jun 05, 2017	advanced to third reading
May 24, 2017	2nd report cal.
May 23, 2017	1st report cal.1090
Jan 06, 2017	referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation

Votes

view votes

Jan 29, 2018 - floor Vote

S1044A

floor

Aye

Nay

Absent

Excused

Abstained

Jan 17, 2018 - Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation committee Vote

S1044

committee

Aye

Nay

Aye with Reservations

Absent

Excused

Abstained

May 23, 2017 - Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation committee Vote

S1044

committee

Aye

Nay

Aye with Reservations

Absent

Excused

Abstained

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

Original

A (Active)

Co-Sponsors

S1044 - Details

Law Section:: Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §13.16, Pks & Rec L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:: S7205

S1044 - Summary

Requires the department of parks, recreation and historic preservation to issue photographic identification cards for access to New York State parks and recreational facilities.

S1044 - Sponsor Memo

 BILL NUMBER:  S1044

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,
in relation to identification badges for access to recreational
facilities

 PURPOSE :

This bill would remove the requirement that the empire passport decal
be affixed to the pass holder's vehicle

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends subdivision two of section 13.16 of the parks,
recreation and historic preservation law to state that the empire
passport shall be an identification card. The card would permit such
person, his or her vehicle, and all its occupants access to any state
park or recreational facility for which there is a vehicular access
fee.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Currently, individuals who purchase an Annual Empire Passport or
Multiple Year Empire Passport must affix a decal to their vehicle.
However, for people who rent cars or use car sharing programs, this
process can be burdensome. The Office of Parks, Recreation and
Historic Preservation's (OPRHP) guidelines state that, like all other
vehicles, leased and rented cars must also have the decal affixed each
time the passholder wants to use it, then the pass holder must order a
replacement. In order to receive a replacement decal, you must provide
OPRHP with "a letter requesting replacement and explaining the
circumstances of the loss; the decal, or its fragments or scrapings
(whenever possible, but always for a vehicle that has been sold or a
leased vehicle that has been returned); and proof of loss, sale or
damage acceptable to the Office, such as a police report, insurance
report, repair invoice, DMV report, bill of sale, etc. whenever
possible, but always when the decal or fragments are not available."

Not only is this burdensome for people who use rented and leased cars,
but it provides no flexibility to families with more than one car or
people borrowing a car from a friend. In addition to the Annual and
Multiple Year Empire Passports, the Office also offers a Lifetime
Empire Passport. When a person chooses this option, an icon is placed
on the pass holder's driver's license or non-driver ID. In providing
this option, the Office has made clear that the Empire Passport
follows the pass holder, not the vehicle.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

S.7205/A.8665B of 2015-2016; Advanced to Third Reading

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None to state.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect April 2, 2018. Effective immediately, the
addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date is
authorized to be made on or before such date.

S1044 - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1044

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 6, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- 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  identification badges for access to recreational facili-
  ties

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 13.16 of the parks, recreation and
historic  preservation  law, as added by chapter 89 of the laws of 1977,
is amended to read as follows:
  2. The pass for vehicular access shall be available at  regional  park
headquarters  and  such  other  places as the office or such other state
agency shall designate.  Holders of such pass shall receive [a decal  to
be  placed  on  the side window of a vehicle for purposes of identifica-
tion] AN IDENTIFICATION CARD. Such [decal] IDENTIFICATION shall have the
emblem of the beaver thereon. THE IDENTIFICATION CARD SHALL BE  FOR  THE
EXCLUSIVE  USE  OF THE CARDHOLDER AND SHALL ALLOW THE CARDHOLDER, HIS OR
HER VEHICLE, AND ALL ITS OCCUPANTS ACCESS TO ANY STATE  PARK  OR  RECRE-
ATIONAL FACILITY FOR WHICH THERE IS A VEHICULAR ACCESS FEE.
  § 2. This act shall take effect April 2, 2018.  Effective immediately,
the  addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
sary for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized to be made on or before such date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03758-01-7

Co-Sponsors

S1044A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §13.16, Pks & Rec L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:: S7205

S1044A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of parks, recreation and historic preservation to issue photographic identification cards for access to New York State parks and recreational facilities.

S1044A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1044A

SPONSOR: FUNKE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
relation to identification badges for access to recreational facilities

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would remove the requirement that the empire passport decal be
affixed to the pass holder's vehicle

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends subdivision two of section 13.16 of the parks, recre-
ation and historic preservation law to state that the empire passport
shall be an identification card. The card would permit such person, his
or her vehicle, and all its occupants access to any state park or recre-
ational facility for which there is a vehicular access fee.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, individuals who purchase an Annual Empire Passport or Multi-
ple Year Empire Passport must affix a decal to their vehicle.  However,
for people who rent cars or use car sharing programs, this process can
be burdensome. The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preserva-
tion's (OPRHP) guidelines state that, like all other vehicles, leased
and rented cars must also have the decal affixed each time the passhold-
er wants to use it, then the pass holder must order a replacement. In
order to receive a replacement decal, you must provide OPRHP with "a
letter requesting replacement and explaining the circumstances of the
loss; the decal, or its fragments or scrapings (whenever possible, but
always for a vehicle that has been sold or a leased vehicle that has
been returned); and proof of loss, sale or damage acceptable to the
Office, such as a police report, insurance report, repair invoice, DMV
report, bill of sale, etc. whenever possible, but always when the decal
or fragments are not available."

Not only is this burdensome for people who use rented and leased cars,
but it provides no flexibility to families with more than one car or
people borrowing a car from a friend. In addition to the Annual and
Multiple Year Empire Passports, the Office also offers a Lifetime Empire
Passport. When a person chooses this option, an icon is placed on the
pass holder's driver's license or non-driver ID. In providing this
option, the Office has made clear that the Empire Passport follows the
pass holder, not the vehicle.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.7205/A.8665B of 2015-2016; Advanced to Third Reading

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect April 2, 2019. Effective immediately, the
addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date is
authorized to be made on or before such date.

S1044A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 1044--A
    Cal. No. 165

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 6, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  FUNKE, HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs,
  Tourism, Parks and Recreation  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on
  Cultural  Affairs,  Tourism,  Parks  and Recreation in accordance with
  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8  --  reported  favorably  from  said  committee,
  ordered  to first report, amended on first report, ordered to a second
  report and ordered reprinted, retaining its  place  in  the  order  of
  second report

AN  ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
  relation to identification badges for access to  recreational  facili-
  ties

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 13.16 of the parks, recreation and
historic preservation law, as added by chapter 89 of the laws  of  1977,
is amended to read as follows:
  2.  The  pass for vehicular access shall be available at regional park
headquarters and such other places as the office  or  such  other  state
agency  shall designate.  Holders of such pass shall receive [a decal to
be placed on the side window of a vehicle for  purposes  of  identifica-
tion] AN IDENTIFICATION CARD. Such [decal] IDENTIFICATION shall have the
emblem  of  the beaver thereon. THE IDENTIFICATION CARD SHALL BE FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE CARDHOLDER AND SHALL ALLOW THE CARDHOLDER,  HIS  OR
HER  VEHICLE,  AND  ALL ITS OCCUPANTS ACCESS TO ANY STATE PARK OR RECRE-
ATIONAL FACILITY FOR WHICH THERE IS A VEHICULAR ACCESS FEE.
  § 2. This act shall take effect April 2, 2019. Effective  immediately,
the  addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
sary for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized to be made on or before such date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03758-02-8

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

The New York State Senate

senate Bill S1044

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate

Your Voice

Actions

Votes

Jan 29, 2018 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jan 29, 2018

Jan 17, 2018 - Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation committee Vote

Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation Committee Vote: Jan 17, 2018

May 23, 2017 - Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation committee Vote

Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation Committee Vote: May 23, 2017

Bill Amendments

Co-Sponsors

S1044 - Details

S1044 - Summary

S1044 - Sponsor Memo

S1044 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

S1044A (ACTIVE) - Details

S1044A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S1044A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1044A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments

senate Bill S1044

Share this bill

Sponsored By

Rich Funke

Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate

Your Voice

Actions

Votes

Jan 29, 2018 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jan 29, 2018

Jan 17, 2018 - Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation committee Vote

Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation Committee Vote: Jan 17, 2018

May 23, 2017 - Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation committee Vote

Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation Committee Vote: May 23, 2017

Bill Amendments

Co-Sponsors

Pamela Helming

S1044 - Details

S1044 - Summary

S1044 - Sponsor Memo

S1044 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

Pamela Helming

S1044A (ACTIVE) - Details

S1044A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S1044A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1044A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments