STATE OF NEW YORK
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7277--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs,
Tourism, Parks and Recreation -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
relation to allowing veterans to fish for free in state parks
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 13.32 to read as follows:
3 § 13.32 Fishing in state parks; veterans. Notwithstanding any other
4 provision of law to the contrary, the office shall allow any person who
5 meets the definition of veteran as defined in section one of the veter-
6 ans' services law; as one who served on active duty and has been
7 discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonor-
8 able, or has a qualifying condition as defined in section one of the
9 veterans' services law and has received a discharge other than bad
10 conduct or dishonorable, or is a discharged LGBT veteran as defined in
11 section one of the veterans' services law and has received a discharge
12 other than bad conduct or dishonorable to fish for free at all state
13 parks under the jurisdiction of the office or other state agency. The
14 office shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary
15 to carry out the provisions of this section.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
17 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
18 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
19 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
20 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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