Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to establish a program of free parking for senior citizens aged sixty-two and older.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4175
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 5, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 free parking passes for senior citizens
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 13.16 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
2 vation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4-a to read as
3 follows:
4 4-a. The commissioner or other state agency having jurisdiction of a
5 state park or recreational facility is authorized and directed to estab-
6 lish a system or program, or modify an existing system or program, to
7 provide senior citizens, upon proof of age sixty-two or older, with an
8 annual pass for free daily parking, including parking on weekends, at
9 state park facilities. Such annual parking pass shall be issued by the
10 commissioner to such senior citizens free of charge.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
12 it shall have become a law, provided however that, effective immediate-
13 ly, the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation
14 shall be authorized and directed to add, amend and/or repeal any rule or
15 regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
16 date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01223-01-5
