Senate Bill S8646

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires certain handicap accessible playground equipment in each playground within each state park

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Disabilities Committee


  • 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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2021-S8646 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9923
Current Committee:
Senate Disabilities
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Add §79-q, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S1827, A3213

2021-S8646 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires at least one handicap accessible swing set in each state park.

2021-S8646 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8646 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8646
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 24, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to  requiring  certain
   handicap  accessible  playground equipment for children with disabili-
   ties
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  civil  rights law is amended by adding a new section
 79-q to read as follows:
   § 79-Q. HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. PURSUANT TO  SECTION
 FORTY  OF  THIS CHAPTER, ALL STATE PARKS WITH A PLAYGROUND SHALL CONTAIN
 ONE SWING SET WHICH IS ACCESSIBLE TO  CHILDREN  WITH  A  DISABILITY  FOR
 THEIR  USE AND ENJOYMENT. THE HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE SWING SET MUST INCLUDE
 A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE PLATFORM SWING AND A HIGH  BACKED  FULL  SUPPORT
 SEAT.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERM "DISABILITY" SHALL HAVE
 THE  SAME  MEANING  AS  DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW. TO THE EXTENT  PRACTICABLE,  SUCH  ACCESSIBLE  PLAYGROUND
 EQUIPMENT  SHALL  BE  INCORPORATED INTO THE LAYOUT OF THE EXISTING PLAY-
 GROUND OR PROPOSED PLAYGROUND PLAN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect December 31, 2024.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15051-03-2



              

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