Senate Bill S3954

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Includes lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S3954 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5473
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 13-BB Art Head, ยง277, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5073, A7363
2013-2014: S4733, A6802
2017-2018: S2469, A1722, A8599
2019-2020: S3322, S6366, A7544
2021-2022: S4436, A5976
2023-2024: S4636, A4563

2015-S3954 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs.

2015-S3954 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3954 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

    S. 3954                                                  A. 5473

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            February 24, 2015
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
  ment

IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. MURRAY, RAIA, MONTESANO, BLANKEN-
  BUSH, COLTON, McKEVITT, GRAF -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
  tee on Local Governments

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general municipal law, in relation to including
  lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  The article heading of article 13-BB of the general munic-
ipal  law,  as  added  by chapter 626 of the laws of 1991, is amended to
read as follows:
             ADOPT-A-MUNICIPAL PARK, SHORELINE [OR], ROADWAY
                            OR LAKE PROGRAMS
  S 2.  Section 277 of the general municipal law, as  added  by  chapter
626 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
  S  277.  Adopt-a-municipal  park,  shoreline  [or],  roadway  OR  LAKE
programs. 1. The governing body of any county, city, town or village  is
hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  authorize and direct such of its
officers or agencies as it shall designate to enter into  [adopt-a-park]
ADOPT-A-MUNICIPAL  PARK,  shoreline [or], roadway OR LAKE program agree-
ments with volunteers or groups in an effort to reduce and remove litter
from ITS MUNICIPAL parks, shorelines, roadways, LAKES and  other  public
lands. Such agreements shall include but not be limited to:
  a.  providing  and  coordinating  services  by volunteers or groups to
reduce the amount of litter including providing trash bags and trash bag
pick up and in designated areas where volunteers may be in close proxim-
ity to moving vehicles providing safety briefings and reflective  safety
gear; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03163-01-5

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