Provides that veterans who hold either a federal Golden Access Passport or a federal Access Pass issued upon a determination of a permanent disability shall be granted use of public campsites, parks and other public places of recreation free of charge.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7309
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 19, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK -- 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 use of campsites, park and other public places of
recreation by veterans who hold a federal Golden Access Passport or a
federal Access Pass
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 campsites. Notwithstanding the provisions of any
5 other law, (a) any person who is blind, non-ambulatory, or an amputee or
6 (b) any veteran of the wars of the United States, who has at any time
7 been awarded by the federal government an allowance towards the purchase
8 of an automobile or is eligible for such an award or (c) any veteran who
9 holds either a federal Golden Access Passport or a federal Access Pass
10 issued upon a determination of a permanent disability shall be permitted
11 to use any of the public campsites, parks and other public places of
12 recreation in this state, upon the same terms and conditions as apply to
13 the general public, but without the payment of any fees or other charges
14 for the use of such campsites, parks and other public places of recre-
15 ation.
16 § 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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