McDonough, Morinello, Norris, Palmesano, Lawler, Tague, DeStefano, Ra
 
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Amd §13.19, Pks & Rec L
 
Allows veterans with a service-connected disability or Purple Heart free use of parks and campsites; provides that such disability shall be 10 percent service-connected or greater.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3584
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 27, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. ASHBY, McDONOUGH, MORINELLO, NORRIS, PALMESANO --
read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
relation to allowing veterans with a service-connected disability or
Purple Heart free use of parks and campsites
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 parks and campsites. Notwithstanding the
5 provisions of any other law, any person who is blind, non-ambulatory, or
6 an amputee or any veteran of the wars of the United States, who has at
7 any time been awarded by the federal government an allowance towards the
8 purchase of an automobile or is eligible for such an award, or any
9 veteran of the wars of the United States with a ten percent or greater
10 service-connected disability as certified by the United States veterans'
11 administration, or any recipient of the Purple Heart shall be permitted
12 to use any of the public campsites, parks and other public places of
13 recreation in this state, upon the same terms and conditions as apply to
14 the general public, but without the payment of any fees or other charges
15 for the use of such campsites, parks and other public places of recre-
16 ation.
17 § 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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