Assembly Bill A7539

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Creates a legislative task force on outdoor environmental education and recreation

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A7539 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1458
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Parks
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S4626
2019-2020: S3826
2021-2022: S5025

2023-A7539 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a legislative task force on outdoor environmental education and recreation that will benefit residents of New York state by fostering stewardship and conservation of the environment, and an appreciation of the importance of the wise use of natural resources as well as acknowledgment of the health benefits of time spent in nature.

2023-A7539 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7539
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT creating a legislative task force on outdoor environmental educa-
   tion and recreation that will benefit residents of New York  state  by
   stewardship  and  conservation  of the environment, an appreciation of
   the importance of the  wise  use  of  natural  resources  as  well  as
   acknowledgment of the health benefits of time spent in nature
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. (a) The legislature hereby finds that
 in the last two decades, childhood has moved indoors. The average Ameri-
 can boy or girl spends just four to seven minutes each day  in  unstruc-
 tured  outdoor  play,  and more than seven hours each day in front of an
 electronic screen. The decline in the  appreciation  and  prevalence  of
 outdoor  recreation opportunities profoundly impacts the wellness of our
 state's youth. The  correlation  between  increasing  childhood  obesity
 rates and the decline in outdoor recreation is undeniable.
   (b)  The  legislature further finds that visual and physical access to
 basic types of open space is vital for everyone, and particularly  valu-
 able to children growing up in "urban hardscapes", or areas where access
 to nature is limited.
   (c)  The  legislature  further  finds that the development of policies
 that foster stewardship of the environment, the importance of  the  wise
 use  of natural resources and recognition of the health benefits of time
 spent in nature are essential to the residents of New  York  state.  The
 legislature concludes that this can best be accomplished by the creation
 of a task force on outdoor environmental education and recreation.
   §  2.  Objectives.  A  legislative task force on outdoor environmental
 education and recreation is hereby established to:
   (a) Promote the development of a framework that will ensure  that  New
 York  state has an aggressive outdoor environmental education and recre-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04135-01-3
              

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