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Assembly Bill A3663

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the free use of campsites

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2019-A3663 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development
Law Section:
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13.19, Pks & Rec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A2381
2015-2016: A1227
2017-2018: A866
2021-2022: A144
2023-2024: A1442

2019-A3663 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the free use of campsites to any person who is semi-ambulatory.

2019-A3663 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3663
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. GUNTHER, COOK, COLTON, MONTESANO, McDONOUGH --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PERRY, RIVERA -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
   relation to the free use of campsites

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 13.19 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
 vation law, as amended by chapter 649 of the laws of 1977, is amended to
 read as follows:
   § 13.19 Free use of campsites.  Notwithstanding the provisions of  any
 other  law, any person who is blind, non-ambulatory, SEMI-AMBULATORY, or
 an amputee or any veteran of the wars of the United States, who  has  at
 any time been awarded by the federal government an allowance towards the
 purchase  of  an  automobile  or  is eligible for such an award shall be
 permitted to use any of the public campsites,  parks  and  other  public
 places  of  recreation in this state, upon the same terms and conditions
 as apply to the general public, but without the payment of any  fees  or
 other  charges  for  the  use  of such campsites, parks and other public
 places of recreation.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01143-01-9

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