STATE OF NEW YORK
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4418
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BOLOGNA -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Veterans' Affairs
AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
relation to providing veterans free use of cabins and cottages located
in public places of recreation within the state
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 13.19 of the parks, recreation and
2 historic preservation law, as amended by chapter 616 of the laws of
3 2023, is amended to read as follows:
4 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any person who is
5 blind, non-ambulatory, or an amputee or any veteran or member of a Gold
6 Star family shall be permitted to use any of the public campsites,
7 cabins, cottages, parks and other public places of recreation in this
8 state, upon the same terms and conditions as apply to the general
9 public, but without the payment of any fees or other charges for the use
10 of such campsites, cabins, cottages, parks and other public places of
11 recreation. Use of cabins and cottages under this section shall be
12 limited to fourteen days per year.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03069-01-5
