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S02252 Summary:

BILL NOS02252
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORO'MARA
 
COSPNSRMATTERA, TEDISCO
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §13.12, Pks & Rec L
 
Grants free access and parking at state parks for active-duty military members and veterans upon showing an active-duty military or veteran's ID card.
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S02252 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2252
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 19, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
          ty and Military Affairs
 
        AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
          relation  to  granting  free  access  and  parking  at state parks for
          active-duty military members and veterans
 
          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 13.12 to read as follows:
     3    § 13.12 Veteran parking at state parks.  1. Notwithstanding any  other
     4  provision  of  law, the office or other state agency having jurisdiction
     5  of a state park shall allow free access and parking at such  state  park
     6  for  all  active-duty  military  members  and  veterans. Provision of an
     7  active-duty military identification card or veteran identification  card
     8  shall be sufficient under this section to grant the holder of such iden-
     9  tification card free access and parking at such state park.
    10    2.  The  provisions of subdivision one of this section shall not apply
    11  to the owner or  operator  of  an  omnibus  operated  for  a  commercial
    12  purpose.
    13    3.  The office or other state agency having jurisdiction shall promul-
    14  gate such rules and regulations as may be necessary  to  carry  out  the
    15  provisions of this section.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05449-01-3
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