Senate Bill S7334

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to senior tourism attractions program

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S7334 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8954
Law Section:
Economic Development Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 5-F §§181-f - 181-g, Ec Dev L (as proposed in S. 6694 and A. 8161-A)

2017-S7334 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the administration of a senior tourism attractions program; defines senior as persons sixty years of age or older.

2017-S7334 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7334 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7334
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to the  admin-
   istration of a senior tourism attraction program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Article 5-F of the economic development law, as added by  a
 chapter  of  the  laws  of  2017,  amending the economic development law
 relating to developing a senior tourism program, as proposed in legisla-
 tive bills numbers S.6694 and A.8161-A, is amended to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 5-F
                    SENIOR TOURISM ATTRACTIONS PROGRAM
 Section 181-f. Definitions.
         181-g. Senior tourism ATTRACTIONS program.
   § 181-f. Definitions. For the purposes of this article  the  following
 terms shall have the following meanings:
   1. "Senior" shall mean persons [aged sixty-five and older] OF AT LEAST
 SIXTY YEARS OR OLDER;
   2.  "Senior  [friendly]  TOURISM  attraction"  shall  mean  a  tourism
 attraction AS IDENTIFIED BY A  PARTICIPATORY  ORGANIZATION  that  [opti-
 mizes]  SPECIFIES  opportunities  for seniors [in order to enhance their
 quality of life].
   § 181-g. Senior tourism ATTRACTIONS program. 1. The  commissioner,  in
 conjunction  with  [the  commissioner  of parks, recreation and historic
 preservation,] ALL RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES, TOURISM  PROMOTION
 AGENCIES,  and the director of the office for the aging and in consulta-
 tion with applicable  local  government  officials,  shall  develop  and
 implement  a  senior  tourism  ATTRACTIONS program.   Such program shall
 [identify senior-friendly tourism] INCLUDE THE OPPORTUNITY  TO  INCORPO-
 RATE  INFORMATION  FOR  VISITORS  AND  SENIOR attractions in each of the
 state's [tourism] VACATION regions. In  identifying  specific  [tourism]
 attractions  to be included in the program, consideration shall be given
 to attractions that can be linked  to  surrounding  artistic,  cultural,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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