NY State Senate Bill 2025-S2723

Senate Bill S2723

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to free use of cabins and cottages located in public places of recreation by veterans

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 22, 2025	referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

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2025-S2723 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4418
Current Committee:: Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:: Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §13.19, Pks & Rec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S1213, A5286
2019-2020: S283, A3307
2021-2022: S3491, A3856
2023-2024: S692, A2270

2025-S2723 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides veterans free use of cabins and cottages located in public places of recreation within the state.

2025-S2723 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2723

SPONSOR: ORTT
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
relation to providing veterans free use of cabins and cottages located
in public places of recreation within the state

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation allows for the free use of cabins and cottages for any
blind, non-ambulatory, or amputee or any veteran with certain service
based disabilities for a period of fourteen days in a year.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends Section 13.19 of the parks, recreation and historic
preservation law to include cabins and cottages as free campsites up to
a period of 14 days for any blind, non-ambulatory, or amputee or any
veteran who has been awarded by the federal government an allowance
towards the purchase of an automobile or is eligible for such an award.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Under current law any blind, non-ambulatory, or amputee or any veteran
with certain service based disabilities currently qualifies for free use
of any public campsites, park, or other place of public recreation with-
out payment. However, currently the State operates certain cabins and
cottages located within State Parks that are interpreted to be excluded
from this law. This legislation seeks to remove the distinction that is
made between what is currently covered and what is not.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.692/A.2270 of 2023/2024; Referred to Veterans, Homeland Security and
Military Affairs

S. 3491 of 2021/2022; Referred to Veterans, Homeland Security and Mili-
tary Affairs

S. 283 of 2019/2020; Referred to Veterans, Homeland Security and Mili-
tary Affairs

S. 1213A of 2017-2018; Referred to Veterans, Homeland Security and Mili-
tary Affairs

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S2723 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2723
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
   relation to providing veterans free use of cabins and cottages located
   in public places of recreation within the state
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 13.19 of the parks, recreation and
 historic preservation law, as amended by chapter  616  of  the  laws  of
 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any person who is
 blind, non-ambulatory, or an amputee or any veteran or member of a  Gold
 Star  family  shall  be  permitted  to  use any of the public campsites,
 CABINS, COTTAGES, 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, CABINS, COTTAGES, parks and other  public  places  of
 recreation.    USE  OF  CABINS  AND COTTAGES UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 LIMITED TO FOURTEEN DAYS PER YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03069-01-5

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Robert G. Ortt