S 2723: Provides veterans free use of cabins and cottages located in public places of recreation within the state.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2723 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE 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: 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 blind, non-ambulatory, or an amputee or any veteran or member of a Gold 6 Star family shall be permitted to use any of the public campsites, 7 cabins, cottages, parks and other public places of recreation in this 8 state, upon the same terms and conditions as apply to the general 9 public, but without the payment of any fees or other charges for the use 10 of such campsites, cabins, cottages, parks and other public places of 11 recreation. Use of cabins and cottages under this section shall be 12 limited to fourteen days per year. 13 § 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