Bill Text: NY S02537 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the free use of campsites to any person who is semi-ambulatory.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [S02537 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S02537-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2537 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 26, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- 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 free use of campsites THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 13.19 of the parks, recreation and historic preser- 2 vation law, as amended by chapter 649 of the laws of 1977, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 S 13.19 Free use of campsites. Notwithstanding the provisions of any 5 other law, any person who is blind, non-ambulatory, SEMI-AMBULATORY, or 6 an amputee or any veteran of the wars of the United States, who has at 7 any time been awarded by the federal government an allowance towards the 8 purchase of an automobile or is eligible for such an award shall be 9 permitted to use any of the public campsites, parks and other public 10 places of recreation in this state, upon the same terms and conditions 11 as apply to the general public, but without the payment of any fees or 12 other charges for the use of such campsites, parks and other public 13 places of recreation. 14 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02016-01-5