Relates to providing free use of state parks for certified first responders who participated in the rescue effort at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5693
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 16, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- 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 providing free use of state parks for certified first
responders who participated in the rescue effort conducted in response
to the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001
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 13.22 to read as follows:
3 § 13.22 Free use of state parks. Notwithstanding the provisions of
4 any other law, any person who is a resident of New York state, upon
5 proof of such residence and upon proof that such person served as a
6 certified first responder, as defined in section three thousand one of
7 the public health law, who participated in the rescue effort conducted
8 in response to the World Trade Center attack on September eleventh, two
9 thousand one, shall be permitted to use any of the state parks in this
10 state, including on weekends and public holidays, upon the same terms
11 and conditions as apply to the general public, but without the payment
12 of any fees or other charges for the use of such state parks.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
14 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
15 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
16 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
17 before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08903-01-1
