Exempts any land located in the state forest preserve in the Adirondack and Catskill parks from certain provisions of law relating to prohibiting firearms in public parks.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A4134
SPONSOR: Simpson
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to exempting any land located
in the state forest preserve in the Adirondack and Catskill parks from
certain provisions of law relating to prohibiting firearms in public
parks
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To exempt the Adirondack and Cats-
kill forest preserves from certain provisions of Chapter 371 of 2022.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 - Exempts the forest preserves in the Adirondack and Cats-
kill parks from 265.01-e of the penal law.
Section 2 -Provides effective date
 
JUSTIFICATION:
To clarify that the forest preserve does not qualify as a "public park"
under Chapter 371 of 2022.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take place immediately
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4134
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 9, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMPSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to exempting any land located
in the state forest preserve in the Adirondack and Catskill parks from
certain provisions of law relating to prohibiting firearms in public
parks
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 265.01-e of the
2 penal law, as added by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 (d) libraries, public playgrounds, public parks, except any state
5 forest preserve land located in the Adirondack and Catskill parks, and
6 zoos;
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08057-01-3