A04563 Summary:
| BILL NO | A04563 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S04636 |
| SPONSOR | Stirpe |
| COSPNSR | McMahon, Steck, Bronson, Lupardo, Gunther, Darling, Otis, Levenberg |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd Art 13-BB Art Head, §277, Gen Muni L | |
| Includes lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs. | |
A04563 Actions:
| BILL NO | A04563 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 02/16/2023 | referred to local governments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/23/2023 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/24/2023 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/03/2024 | referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/04/2024 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/04/2024 | advanced to third reading cal.389 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A04563 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to including lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to expand the eligible areas that can be designated within the Adopt-a-Municipal Park Program. Specifically, the bill seeks to add lakes to those areas which are eligible to participate in the Program. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends the General Municipal Law to include lakes among the areas designated in the Adopt a Municipal Park Program. Section 2: Sets the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Many of our most beautiful natural resources are littered and unsightly. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2012: A.7363 2013-14: A.6802 2015-16: A.5473 - Held in Local Governments 2017-18: A.8599 - Referred to Rules 2019-20: A.7544/S.6366 - Third reading cal.277/Referred to Local Govern- ment 2021-22: A.5976/S.4436 - Referred to Rules/Recommitted to Rules FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None. EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
A04563 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4563 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 16, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE, McMAHON, STECK, BRONSON, LUPARDO, GUNTHER, DARLING, OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to including lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The article heading of article 13-BB of the general munic- 2 ipal law, as added by chapter 626 of the laws of 1991, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 ADOPT-A-MUNICIPAL PARK, SHORELINE [OR], ROADWAY 5 OR LAKE PROGRAMS 6 § 2. Section 277 of the general municipal law, as added by chapter 7 626 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows: 8 § 277. Adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline [or], roadway or lake 9 programs. 1. The governing body of any county, city, town or village is 10 hereby authorized and empowered to authorize and direct such of its 11 officers or agencies as it shall designate to enter into [adopt-a-park] 12 adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline [or], roadway or lake program agree- 13 ments with volunteers or groups in an effort to reduce and remove litter 14 from its municipal parks, shorelines, roadways, lakes and other public 15 lands. Such agreements shall include but not be limited to: 16 a. providing and coordinating services by volunteers or groups to 17 reduce the amount of litter including providing trash bags and trash bag 18 pick up and in designated areas where volunteers may be in close proxim- 19 ity to moving vehicles providing safety briefings and reflective safety 20 gear; and 21 b. providing and installing signs identifying those volunteers or 22 groups adopting its particular municipal parks, shorelines, roadways, 23 lakes or other sections of public land. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00195-01-3A. 4563 2 1 2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the county, 2 city, town or village and its employees shall not be liable for damages 3 suffered by any persons resulting from the actions or activities of such 4 volunteers or groups. 5 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 6 have become a law.