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- Referred to environmental conservation
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Redefines "campground" for the purposes of the Adirondack park
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Betty Little
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BILL NUMBER:A447
Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the definition of a campground within the Adirondack park
Purpose
To provide a more accurate definition of a campground and to permit recreational vehicles to remain on campgrounds and on campsites in such campgrounds during those times that they are not occupied.
Summary of provisions
Amends Section 802 (10) of the Executive Law and adds a new subdivision 55-A to accomplish the foregoing.
Justification
There are 133 privately owned campgrounds in the Adirondack Park. Historically, these campgrounds (with very few exceptions) have derived most (and, in some instances, all) of their revenues from "seasonal campers" (i.e., campers who enter into agreements with campgrounds that allow them to occupy a campsite for an entire season and to leave their recreational vehicles on the campsite on a permanent basis).
On numerous occasions during the past several years, the Adirondack Park Agency has attempted to enact or enforce regulations that would require these seasonal campers to remove their recreational vehicles from camp- grounds after a certain number (usually 120) of days.
Enforcement of such practice would result in the financial ruin of most campgrounds within the Adirondack Park. This, in turn, would impose a severe hardship upon those rural communities that rely heavily upon the tourism dollars generated by these campgrounds. It would also deprive thousands of New Yorkers of modest means with an opportunity to experi- ence one of New York's greatest treasures.
Legislative history
2008: S.3660-A Finance; A.10609 Environmental Conservation
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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