STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4932 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 granting active duty military members free use of state parks and campsites The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 13.19 of the parks, recreation and 2 historic preservation law, as amended by chapter 616 of the laws of 3 2023, is amended to read as follows: 4 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any person who is: 5 (a) blind, (b) non-ambulatory, [or] (c) an amputee [or any], (d) a 6 veteran [or], (e) a member of a Gold Star family, or (f) an active duty 7 military member of the armed forces of the United States shall be 8 permitted to use any of the public campsites, parks and other public 9 places of recreation in this state, upon the same terms and conditions 10 as apply to the general public, but without the payment of any fees or 11 other charges for the use of such campsites, parks and other public 12 places of recreation. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07813-01-5