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Senate Bill S7784

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the issuance of pool and health memberships to disabled veterans at certain SUNY and CUNY campuses

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2025-S7784 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6001
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S6531, A6507

2025-S7784 - Summary

Requires that the state university of New York's board of trustees and the city university of New York's board of trustees shall each adopt a policy requiring all state university of New York, city university of New York, college, and community college campuses that offer membership programs to the general public for the use of fitness and aquatic facilities, to permit disabled veterans to obtain a membership for the use of fitness and aquatic facilities upon the same terms and conditions as apply to the general public, but without payment of any fees or other charges, or at a discounted rate; defines "disabled veteran".

2025-S7784 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7784 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7784
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SCARCELLA-SPANTON, PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered
   printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher
   Education
 
 AN ACT relating to the issuance of pool and health memberships to  disa-
   bled veterans at certain SUNY and CUNY campuses

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. For the purposes of this section, "disabled veteran"  shall
 mean  a veteran who is certified by the United States veterans' adminis-
 tration or a military  department  as  entitled  to  receive  disability
 payments  upon  the  certification of such veterans' administration or a
 military department for a disability incurred  by  the  veteran  in  the
 course of their service.
   §  2. The state university of New York's board of trustees shall adopt
 a policy requiring all state university of New York, city university  of
 New  York, college, and community college campuses that offer membership
 programs to the general public for the use of fitness and aquatic facil-
 ities, to permit disabled veterans to obtain a membership for the use of
 fitness and aquatic facilities upon the same  terms  and  conditions  as
 apply  to  the  general public, but without payment of any fees or other
 charges. Such membership shall  be  granted  upon  the  presentation  of
 documentation confirming disabled veteran status at the time of applica-
 tion or any time after such membership has been granted.
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03049-01-5

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2025-S7784A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6001
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S6531, A6507

2025-S7784A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that the state university of New York's board of trustees and the city university of New York's board of trustees shall each adopt a policy requiring all state university of New York, city university of New York, college, and community college campuses that offer membership programs to the general public for the use of fitness and aquatic facilities, to permit disabled veterans to obtain a membership for the use of fitness and aquatic facilities upon the same terms and conditions as apply to the general public, but without payment of any fees or other charges, or at a discounted rate; defines "disabled veteran".

2025-S7784A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7784A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7784--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SCARCELLA-SPANTON, PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered
   printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher
   Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT relating to the issuance of pool and health memberships to disa-
   bled veterans at certain SUNY and CUNY campuses
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. For the purposes of this section, "disabled veteran" shall
 mean a veteran who is certified by the United States veterans'  adminis-
 tration  or  a  military  department  as  entitled to receive disability
 payments upon the certification of such veterans'  administration  or  a
 military  department  for  a  disability  incurred by the veteran in the
 course of their service.
   § 2. The state university of New York's board of trustees and the city
 university of New York's board of trustees shall  each  adopt  a  policy
 requiring all state university of New York, city university of New York,
 college,  and  community college campuses that offer membership programs
 to the general public for the use of fitness and aquatic facilities,  to
 permit  disabled  veterans to obtain a membership for the use of fitness
 and aquatic facilities upon the same terms and conditions  as  apply  to
 the general public, but without payment of any fees or other charges, or
 at a discounted rate.  Such membership shall be granted upon the presen-
 tation  of  documentation confirming disabled veteran status at the time
 of application or any time after such membership has been granted.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03049-03-5

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