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NY A01840

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/9/2013

Primary Sponsor

Vanessa Gibson

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Origin

Assembly

2013-2014 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Allows New York State residents who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during wartime to use state parks free of charge, with the same terms and conditions as the general public
  • Extends free state park use to surviving spouses or domestic partners of military personnel killed in combat or duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger
  • Defines wartime service according to Civil Service Law Section 85 and combat deaths according to 37 USC Section 310(a)(4)
  • Takes effect 120 days after becoming law, with regulations authorized for immediate development to implement by the effective date

Legislative Description

Provides free use of state parks for veterans and the surviving spouses or domestic partners of those killed in combat.

Last Action

enacting clause stricken

11/27/2013

Committee Referrals

Veterans' Affairs1/9/2013

Full Bill Text

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