Bill Text: NY A08274 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires the office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to establish standards for the closing of segments of trails on the Empire state trail, and provide notice of such closings to the public.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-05-30 - substituted by s7807a [A08274 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A08274-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8274--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY November 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FAHY, THIELE, SEAWRIGHT, LUNSFORD, LUCAS, SHIM- SKY, McDONALD, SIMON, TAPIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development -- recommitted to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in relation to establishing standards for trail closures on the Empire state trail The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is 2 amended by adding a new section 3.27 to read as follows: 3 § 3.27 Empire state trail. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this 4 section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 5 (a) "Empire state trail" shall mean the Empire state trail network, 6 including the Hudson river valley greenway, Erie canalway trail, and 7 Champlain valley trail, marked with signage and identified on the 8 office's website, as well as any future corridors to be included in the 9 Empire state trail network; and 10 (b) "Multi-use trail" shall mean a trail established pursuant to 11 section 11-0329 of the environmental conservation law by the department 12 of environmental conservation or established by an affiliate or subsid- 13 iary of the department, or a county, city, town, village, or private 14 entity for recreation and transportation use by pedestrians, bicyclists, 15 and/or others utilizing non-motorized transport. 16 2. Trail closures. (a) The owner of any segment of non-motorized 17 multi-use trail designated as a portion of the Empire state trail shall 18 ensure that such segment of trail remains open when practicable for use EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13561-02-4A. 8274--A 2 1 by pedestrians, persons operating a bicycle, skating or gliding on 2 in-line skates, or other trail users as allowed by state, local law, or 3 regulation. 4 (b) If any segment of the Empire state trail requires closure due to 5 construction or to ensure public safety, it shall be the responsibility 6 of the public or private landowner to notify the commissioner or the 7 commissioner's designee of such closure. The commissioner or the commis- 8 sioner's designee shall, upon receiving notice pursuant to this section, 9 coordinate with the owner to plan a detour route and to prominently post 10 signage along such route for the duration of the closure. The department 11 shall provide all necessary signage. 12 (c) The commissioner or their designee shall, upon receiving notice 13 pursuant to this section, ensure such trail closure and planned detour 14 route is posted on the office's website. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 16 it shall have become a law.
