Bill Text: NY S00254 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the development and posting of a senior trail guide that identifies walking and hiking opportunities for active seniors within the state park system and along public non-motorized multi-use trails within the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [S00254 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00254-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           254

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  SERRANO,  HOYLMAN,  MAY -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural
          Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation

        AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
          relation  to  the development and posting of a senior trail guide that
          identifies walking and hiking opportunities for active seniors  within
          the  state park system and along public non-motorized multi-use trails
          within the state

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Section 3.09 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
     2  vation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 24 to read as follows:
     3    24. Shall develop and post on its website a senior  trail  guide  that
     4  identifies  walking  and  hiking opportunities for active seniors within
     5  the state park system and along public  non-motorized  multi-use  trails
     6  within the state. Such guide shall include, but not be limited to: iden-
     7  tification  of low impact trails and routes appropriately accessible for
     8  patrons aged sixty-two years and older; listing of  any  impediments  to
     9  mobility  along such identified trails or routes such as steep inclines,
    10  declines, or uneven terrain; and identification of corresponding  activ-
    11  ities or amenities along or in close proximity to such trails and routes
    12  such  as  the  location of birding areas or geologically or historically
    13  significant sites. The office shall update the senior trail  guide  from
    14  time to time.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    16  it shall have become a law.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01107-01-3