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Assembly Bill A7992

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to providing free use of state parks for state residents on weekdays excluding public holidays

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2019-A7992 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development
Law Section:
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §13.22, Pks & Rec L

2019-A7992 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing free use of state parks for state residents on weekdays excluding public holidays.

2019-A7992 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7992
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 30, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ASHBY -- 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  providing free use of state parks for state residents on
   weekdays excluding public holidays

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  parks,  recreation  and historic preservation law is
 amended by adding a new section 13.22 to read as follows:
   § 13.22 FREE USE OF STATE PARKS ON WEEKDAYS EXCLUDING PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
 NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER LAW, ANY  PERSON  WHO  IS  A
 RESIDENT  OF  NEW  YORK  STATE,  UPON  PROOF OF SUCH RESIDENCE, SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO USE ANY OF THE STATE  PARKS  IN  THIS  STATE  ON  WEEKDAYS,
 EXCLUDING  PUBLIC  HOLIDAYS  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION TWENTY-FOUR OF THE
 GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LAW, WITHOUT THE  PAYMENT  OF  ANY  FEES  OR  OTHER
 CHARGES FOR THE USE OF SUCH STATE PARKS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11424-01-9

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