Assembly Bill A6822

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to naming rights of parks or other real property

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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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2025-A6822 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development
Law Section:
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3.17, Pks & Rec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8477

2025-A6822 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no transferor of real property to the state under the parks, recreation and historic preservation law shall retain the right to name such property, nor make naming rights a condition of the transfer, nor require that the property be named after any person, living or dead.

2025-A6822 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6822
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER, SHIMSKY -- 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 naming rights of parks or other real property
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 3.17 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
 vation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. NO TRANSFEROR OF REAL PROPERTY TO  THE  STATE  UNDER  THIS  CHAPTER
 SHALL  RETAIN  THE RIGHT TO NAME SUCH PROPERTY, NOR MAKE NAMING RIGHTS A
 CONDITION OF THE TRANSFER, NOR REQUIRE THAT THE PROPERTY BE NAMED  AFTER
 ANY  PERSON,  LIVING  OR  DEAD.    THE STATE SHALL NOT NAME ANY PROPERTY
 ACQUIRED UNDER THIS CHAPTER AFTER ANY PERSON WHO HAS NOT  BEEN  DECEASED
 FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS AT THE TIME OF THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY.
   § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10267-01-5

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