What's happening
This bill allows campground owners in New York to remove disruptive guests with law enforcement assistance and sets procedures for guest removal and property storage.
Why it matters
Empowers campground owners to maintain order. By allowing law enforcement to remove disruptive guests, the bill gives campground owners a clear tool to address behavior that threatens the safety or enjoyment of others, potentially making campgrounds safer and more appealing for families and responsible campers.
Establishes procedural safeguards for guests. The requirement for written warnings before removal ensures that guests are not ejected without notice, protecting against arbitrary or unfair expulsions and giving individuals a chance to change their behavior.
Protects guests’ property and financial interests. The bill mandates a prorated refund of unused fees for removed guests (minus damages or debts), and sets a clear process for storing and retrieving any property left behind, reducing the risk of financial or property loss due to removal.
Clarifies legal responsibilities and recourse. By spelling out both the rights of campground owners and the obligations toward guests’ property, the bill reduces legal ambiguity, potentially preventing conflicts and lawsuits between guests and campground operators.
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Let Owners Remove Campers
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
8 Co-sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Approval memo.45
- Signed chap.654
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- 3rd reading cal.1754
- Substituted for S1944A
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.325
- Rules report cal.325
Show 6 earlier actions
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Print number 1569a
- Amend and recommit to codes
- Reported referred to codes
- Referred to judiciary
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Let Campgrounds Evict Troublemakers
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Betty Little
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1569--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 15, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. JONES, FAHY, LAVINE, RIVERA, D'URSO, LAWRENCE, B. MILLER, CROUCH, NORRIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK -read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to campgrounds
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding a new section 233-b to read as follows:
§ 233-b. Campgrounds. a. Whenever used in this section:
1. "Campground" means any parcel or tract of land, including buildings or other structures, where five or more campsites are made available for use as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel or seasonal use.
2. "Campground owner" means the owner or operator of a campground or an agent of such owner or operator.
3. "Guest" means a person who occupies a campsite pursuant to an agreement with a term of more than one week.
b. 1. A campground owner may request any law enforcement officer remove any guest who willfully denies other guests their right to quiet enjoyment of the campground, including, but not limited, to any guest who:
(a) disturbs, threatens or endangers other guests;
(b) is less than twenty-one years of age and possesses alcohol;
(c) possesses illegal drugs;
(d) violates any state or local law; or
(e) violates any other lawful rule or regulation of the campground that enhances the safety and quiet enjoyment of its guests and is posted
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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in a conspicuous place or made a part of the guest's occupancy agreement.
2. the right to request a guest to be removed by any law enforcement officer can only be exercised after the campground owner or its agent has provided the guest with written warning that his or her conduct shall result in a removal from the campground if it is repeated. In the event that such conduct is repeated and the guest fails to vacate the campground upon being requested to do so, the campground owner may only cause the guest to be removed by a law enforcement officer, who may cite the guest with trespass.
c. A person who is removed from a campground pursuant to subdivision b of this section shall be entitled to a refund of the unused portion of any prepaid fees, less any amount otherwise owed to the campground owner or deducted for damages, which unused portion of prepaid fees may be prorated at a rate that is based upon the daily rate charged by the campground owner.
d. A campground owner may remove property belonging to a person who is removed from a campground pursuant to subdivision b of this section from a campsite and such property, whether removed from a campsite or allowed to remain on a campsite, shall be deemed to be placed in storage. A campground owner shall provide the owner of such property thirty days written notice, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to remove such property and dispose of such property pursuant to article nine of the lien law in the event the owner fails to remove such property within the thirty-day period of time.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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