Senate Bill S8699

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides a fifty percent discount for state residents on admission fees to parks, recreational facilities or historic sites

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation 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-S8699 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10030
Current Committee:
Senate Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation
Law Section:
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13.15, Pks & Rec L

2021-S8699 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a fifty percent discount for state residents on admission fees to parks, recreational facilities or historic sites operated by the state office of parks, recreation and historic preservation for the 2022 season; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

2021-S8699 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8699 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8699
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 31, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
   Parks and Recreation
 
 AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
   relation  to providing a fifty percent discount for state residents on
   admission fees to parks, recreational  facilities  or  historic  sites
   operated by the state office of parks, recreation and historic preser-
   vation  for  the  2022  season;  and  providing for the repeal of such
   provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 13.15 of the parks, recreation and historic pres-
 ervation law is amended by adding a  new  subdivision  3-a  to  read  as
 follows:
   3-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS THREE AND FOUR OF
 THIS SECTION OR OF ANY OTHER PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY, EACH RESIDENT OF
 THE STATE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A DISCOUNT OF FIFTY PERCENT OFF TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-TWO ADMISSION FEES, AS PUBLISHED BY APRIL FIRST,  TWO  THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-TWO, THAT SUCH RESIDENT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN RESPONSI-
 BLE FOR PAYING TO OBTAIN ENTRY TO ANY  PARK,  RECREATIONAL  FACILITY  OR
 HISTORIC SITE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall apply only to
 entry fees charged during 2022; provided that this act shall expire  and
 be deemed repealed October 15, 2022.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15242-01-2



              

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