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Senate Bill S1480

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Grants free access and parking at state parks for active-duty military members and veterans

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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2025-S1480 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §13.12, Pks & Rec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S9567
2023-2024: S2252

2025-S1480 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants free access and parking at state parks for active-duty military members and veterans upon showing an active-duty military or veteran's ID card.

2025-S1480 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1480 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1480
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. O'MARA, BORRELLO, GALLIVAN, HELMING, MATTERA, OBER-
   ACKER, ORTT, PALUMBO, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and
   when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland
   Security and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
   relation  to  granting  free  access  and  parking  at state parks for
   active-duty military members and veterans
 
   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 13.12 to read as follows:
   § 13.12 VETERAN PARKING AT STATE PARKS.  1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER
 PROVISION  OF  LAW, THE OFFICE OR OTHER STATE AGENCY HAVING JURISDICTION
 OF A STATE PARK SHALL ALLOW FREE ACCESS AND PARKING AT SUCH  STATE  PARK
 FOR  ALL  ACTIVE-DUTY  MILITARY  MEMBERS  AND  VETERANS. PROVISION OF AN
 ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY IDENTIFICATION CARD OR VETERAN IDENTIFICATION  CARD
 SHALL BE SUFFICIENT UNDER THIS SECTION TO GRANT THE HOLDER OF SUCH IDEN-
 TIFICATION CARD FREE ACCESS AND PARKING AT SUCH STATE PARK.
   2.  THE  PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY
 TO THE OWNER OR  OPERATOR  OF  AN  OMNIBUS  OPERATED  FOR  A  COMMERCIAL
 PURPOSE.
   3.  THE OFFICE OR OTHER STATE AGENCY HAVING JURISDICTION SHALL PROMUL-
 GATE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY  TO  CARRY  OUT  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04433-01-5

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