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A 7288: Requires leases, licenses and management agreements entered into by the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation relating to the use or management of state parks and historic sites, having a term of more than 1 year, to comply with the recommendations of the management or master plan of the state park or historic site to which the lease, license or management plan relates.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 9, 2026

What A 7288 does, verified January 9, 2026

The bill aims to require all leases, licenses, and management agreements relating to state parks and historic sites to comply with their respective master plans. This means that any agreement with a term longer than one year must align with the recommended management plan of the park or historic site. If a state park or historic site does not have a management or master plan in effect, no lease or management agreement can have a term longer than one year. The bill will take effect immediately and apply to all new or renewed agreements entered into or renewed on or after this date.

Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7288
What is the current status of A 7288?
As of January 9, 2026, A 7288 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development".
Did A 7288 pass?
Not yet. A 7288 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote A 7288, and where is it now?
A 7288 was authored by Asm. Ron Kim. Its committee of record is Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts & Sports Development.
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development
Mar. 25, 2025referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 25, 2025 · 299 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7288 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in relation to requiring all leases, licenses and management agreements relating to state parks and historic sites to comply with the park's or historic site's master plan The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is 2 amended by adding a new section 3.10 to read as follows: 3 § 3.10 Long term agreements relating to state parks and historic 4 sites. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, 5 every lease, license and management agreement, relating to the use or 6 management of any state park or historic site, having a term of more 7 than one year, entered into by the office shall comply with the recom- 8 mendations in the management or master plan of the state park or histor- 9 ic site to which the lease, license or management agreement pertains. In 10 the event a state park or historic site does not have a management or 11 master plan in effect, no lease, license or management plan relating 12 thereto shall have a term of more than one year. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall apply to leas- 14 es, licenses and management agreements entered into or renewed on or 15 after such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02323-01-5 
Text of A 7288 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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