What's happening
This bill replaces vehicle window decals with personal identification cards for state park access, allowing entry for cardholders and their vehicle occupants.
Why it matters
Shifts park access from a vehicle-based system to a person-based one. Instead of a decal tied to a specific vehicle, access is now granted via an identification card issued to an individual, which could be more flexible for people who use multiple vehicles or carpool.
Expands access to all occupants of a cardholder’s vehicle. The card allows not only the holder but also everyone in their car to enter state parks, potentially making it easier for families or groups to visit without requiring multiple passes.
May reduce administrative headaches and privacy concerns. Cards are easier to replace or update than decals and don’t require attaching anything to a vehicle, which can help with lost, stolen, or changed vehicles and could also address privacy or tracking concerns related to vehicle identification.
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History
- Print number 731a
- Amend and recommit to ways and means
- Referred to ways and means
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development
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New Park Access ID Cards
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Rich Funke
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STATE OF NEW YORK
731--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in relation to identification badges for access to recreational facilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 13.16 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, as added by chapter 89 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
2. The pass for vehicular access shall be available at regional park headquarters and such other places as the office or such other state agency shall designate. Holders of such pass shall receive [a decal to be placed on the side window of a vehicle for purposes of identification] an identification card. Such [decal] identification shall have the emblem of the beaver thereon. The identification card shall be for the exclusive use of the cardholder and shall allow the cardholder, his or her vehicle, and all its occupants access to any state park or recreational facility for which there is a vehicular access fee.
§ 2. This act shall take effect April 2, 2019. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03758-03-8
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