Authorizes free use of public campsites, parks and other places of public recreation in the state by former prisoners of war or recipients of the purple heart.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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172
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. KAMINSKY -- 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 the free use of campsites by former prisoners of war
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 § 13.19 Free use of campsites. Notwithstanding the provisions of any
5 other law, any person who is blind, non-ambulatory, or an amputee, or
6 any former prisoner of war, a recipient of the purple heart, or any
7 veteran of the wars of the United States, such veteran who has at any
8 time been awarded by the federal government an allowance towards the
9 purchase of an automobile or is eligible for such an award shall be
10 permitted to use any of the public campsites, parks and other public
11 places of recreation in this state, upon the same terms and conditions
12 as apply to the general public, but without the payment of any fees or
13 other charges for the use of such campsites, parks and other public
14 places of recreation.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06280-01-7
