Assembly Bill A10965

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Allows veterans with a service-connected disability or Purple Heart free use of parks and campsites

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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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2017-A10965 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13.19, Pks & Rec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A753
2021-2022: A3584
2023-2024: A4181

2017-A10965 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2017-A10965 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10965
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 29, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ASHBY -- 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:
 
   Section 1. Section 13.19 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
 vation law, as amended by chapter 649 of the laws of 1977, is amended to
 read as follows:
   §  13.19  Free  use  of  PARKS  AND  campsites.    Notwithstanding the
 provisions of any other law, any person who is blind, non-ambulatory, or
 an amputee or any veteran of the wars of the United States, who  has  at
 any time been awarded by the federal government an allowance towards the
 purchase  of  an  automobile  or  is  eligible for such an award, OR ANY
 VETERAN OF THE WARS OF THE UNITED STATES WITH A TEN PERCENT  OR  GREATER
 SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY AS CERTIFIED BY THE UNITED STATES VETERANS'
 ADMINISTRATION,  OR ANY RECIPIENT OF THE PURPLE HEART shall be permitted
 to use any of the public campsites, parks and  other  public  places  of
 recreation in this state, upon the same terms and conditions as apply to
 the general public, but without the payment of any fees or other charges
 for  the  use of such campsites, parks and other public places of recre-
 ation.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16086-01-8

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