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Assembly Bill A7544

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Includes lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs

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2019-A7544 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6366
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 13-BB Art Head, §277, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7363, S5073
2013-2014: A6802, S4733
2015-2016: A5473, S3954
2017-2018: A1722, A8599, S2469
2021-2022: A5976, S4436
2023-2024: A4563, S4636

2019-A7544 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs.

2019-A7544 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7544
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general municipal law, in relation to including
   lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  The article heading of article 13-BB of the general munic-
 ipal  law,  as  added  by chapter 626 of the laws of 1991, is amended to
 read as follows:
              ADOPT-A-MUNICIPAL PARK, SHORELINE [OR], ROADWAY
                             OR LAKE PROGRAMS
   § 2.  Section 277 of the general municipal law, as  added  by  chapter
 626 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
   §  277.  Adopt-a-municipal  park,  shoreline  [or],  roadway  OR  LAKE
 programs. 1. The governing body of any county, city, town or village  is
 hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  authorize and direct such of its
 officers or agencies as it shall designate to enter into  [adopt-a-park]
 ADOPT-A-MUNICIPAL  PARK,  shoreline [or], roadway OR LAKE program agree-
 ments with volunteers or groups in an effort to reduce and remove litter
 from ITS MUNICIPAL parks, shorelines, roadways, LAKES and  other  public
 lands. Such agreements shall include but not be limited to:
   a.  providing  and  coordinating  services  by volunteers or groups to
 reduce the amount of litter including providing trash bags and trash bag
 pick up and in designated areas where volunteers may be in close proxim-
 ity to moving vehicles providing safety briefings and reflective  safety
 gear; and
   b.  providing  and  installing  signs  identifying those volunteers or
 groups adopting ITS particular MUNICIPAL  parks,  shorelines,  roadways,
 LAKES or other sections of public land.
   2.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of law, the county,
 city, town or village and its employees shall not be liable for  damages
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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