Provides that no transferor of real property to the state under the parks, recreation and historic preservation law shall retain the right to name such property, nor make naming rights a condition of the transfer, nor require that the property be named after any person, living or dead.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6822
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 14, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER, SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
relation to naming rights of parks or other real property
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 3.17 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
2 vation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3 3. No transferor of real property to the state under this chapter
4 shall retain the right to name such property, nor make naming rights a
5 condition of the transfer, nor require that the property be named after
6 any person, living or dead. The state shall not name any property
7 acquired under this chapter after any person who has not been deceased
8 for at least five years at the time of the acquisition of the property.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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