Provides annual vehicular access for New York state's active volunteer firefighters and their immediate family at any state park or recreational facility.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8495
IN SENATE
May 9, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. CROCI -- 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 annual vehicular access for active volunteer firefighters
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 13.22 to read as follows:
3 § 13.22 Annual vehicular access for active volunteer firefighters. 1.
4 Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the
5 office or other state agency having jurisdiction of a state park or
6 recreational facility which has the authority to issue an annual pass
7 for vehicular access pursuant to this article shall issue such annual
8 pass for vehicular access without charge to an active volunteer fire-
9 fighter, who received service credit the prior year pursuant to a
10 service award program established pursuant to section two hundred
11 sixteen-a of the general municipal law, and his or her immediate family
12 at any state park or recreational facility upon proof of such active
13 volunteer firefighter service.
14 2. For the purposes of this section, "active volunteer firefighter"
15 shall mean a resident of the state who is an active volunteer firefight-
16 er as defined in subdivision one of section two hundred fifteen of the
17 general municipal law.
18 3. The office or other state agency having jurisdiction shall promul-
19 gate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the
20 provisions of this section.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
22 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
23 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
24 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
25 authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such
26 effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13814-02-8
