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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to veterans' affairs |
Jan 10, 2019 |
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Assembly Bill A753
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ASHBY
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
David McDonough
Andrew R. Garbarino
Michael J. Norris
Angelo J. Morinello
multi-Sponsors
Joe DeStefano
2019-A753 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S7637
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Veterans' Affairs
- Law Section:
- Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §13.19, Pks & Rec L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2017-2018:
A10965
2021-2022: A3584, S2298
2023-2024: A4181, S4288
2019-A753 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 753 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 10, 2019 ___________ 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. LBD02029-01-9
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