Bill Text: NY S08067 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Defines the term "veteran" and "member of a Gold Star family" for the free use of campsites.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-03-01 - SIGNED CHAP.103 [S08067 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08067-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8067

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 5, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
          relation  to  the term veteran and Gold Star families and 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. Subdivision 2 of section 13.19 of the parks, recreation and
     2  historic  preservation  law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2023
     3  amending the parks, recreation and historic preservation law relating to
     4  Gold Star families, as proposed in legislative bills numbers  S.  3309-a
     5  and A. 6084-a, is amended to read as follows:
     6    2.  For  the  purposes of this section (a) "veteran" shall[:  (a) have
     7  the same meaning] mean a resident of this state who is: (i) a veteran as
     8  such term is defined in section one of the veterans' services  law  [and
     9  shall  be  a  resident  of  this  state who has served on active duty or
    10  ordered to active duty and has been  discharged  or  released  therefrom
    11  under conditions other than dishonorable, or has a qualifying condition,
    12  as  defined  in  section  one  of  the  veterans'  services law, and has
    13  received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
    14  service,  or  is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of
    15  the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than  bad
    16  conduct  or dishonorable from such service]; or [(b) mean an individual]
    17  (ii) a person who has served on active duty [or ordered to active  duty]
    18  for  the  state as a member of the state organized militia as defined in
    19  subdivision nine of  section  one  of  the  military  law  and  who  was
    20  discharged  or  released therefrom under conditions other than dishonor-
    21  able; or (iii) a person who has served on active duty in  the  uniformed
    22  services  of  the  United  States  or  on active duty for the state as a
    23  member of the organized militia  and  has  a  qualifying  condition,  as
    24  defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a
    25  discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or
    26  is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans'

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07477-04-4
        S. 8067                             2

     1  services law, and has received a discharge other  than  bad  conduct  or
     2  dishonorable from such service; and
     3    (b) "member of a Gold Star family" shall mean a resident of this state
     4  who is a gold star parent as defined in section twenty-six of the veter-
     5  ans'  services  law,  the spouse or domestic partner, or the biological,
     6  step, or legally adopted minor child of a veteran whose death  qualified
     7  the parent for an annuity.
     8    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
     9  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the  parks,  recreation
    10  and  historic  preservation  law  relating  to  Gold  Star  families, as
    11  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3309-a  and  A.  6084-a,  takes
    12  effect.