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NY A08655
Bill
Status
9/1/2017
Primary Sponsor
Melissa Miller
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AI Summary
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Requires beach areas operated by the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to provide access routes for mobility impaired persons from entry points to water levels (median high tide at tidal beaches, mean high water at river beaches, or normal recreation level at lake/pond/reservoir beaches)
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Access routes may be provided through mats at least five feet wide or other equally effective systems, with a maximum slope of ten percent and rest areas of at least five feet square at appropriate intervals
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Amends the Executive Law to make it an unlawful discriminatory practice for local or state government entities to refuse to ensure such beach access routes are provided for mobility impaired persons
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Authorizes the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to promulgate necessary rules and regulations for implementation
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Takes effect 120 days after enactment
Legislative Description
Provides beach access routes for mobility impaired persons on all public state and local beaches up to the median high tide level at tidal beaches; mean high water level at river beaches; or normal recreation water level at lake, pond, and reservoir beaches.
Last Action
enacting clause stricken
7/9/2018