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2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 7 - Park Regions and Regional Park and Recreation Commissions › 7.01 - Park Regions.

§  7.01  Park  regions.    The state shall be divided into twelve park
  regions as follows:
1. The first region shall consist of the counties of Erie and  Niagara
  and  so  much  of  the county of Cattaraugus as is contained between the
  present boundary line of  Cattaraugus  and  Erie  counties  and  a  line
  running  parallel  with  such  boundary line and two miles south of such
  boundary line.
2. The second region shall  consist  of  the  counties  of  Chatauqua,
  Allegany,  and Cattaraugus, except such part of Cattaraugus county as is
  included in the first park region.
3. The third region shall consist of the counties of Orleans, Genesee,
  Monroe, Wyoming and Livingston.
4. The fourth region shall consist of the counties of Wayne,  Ontario,
  Steuben,  Chemung,  Schuyler, Yates, Tioga, Tompkins, Seneca and Cayuga,
  except the watershed of Skaneateles lake.
5. The fifth region shall consist of the counties of Oswego, Onondaga,
  Madison, Cortland,  Chenango,  Otsego,  and  Broome,  the  watershed  of
  Skaneateles  lake and those portions of the counties of Herkimer, Oneida
  and Delaware lying outside the Adirondack or Catskill parks.
6. The sixth region shall consist of  the  counties  of  Hamilton  and
  Essex  and  those  portions  of  the  counties of Saint Lawrence, Lewis,
  Oneida, Clinton, Franklin, Herkimer, Fulton, Ulster,  Saratoga,  Warren,
  Washington, Greene, Delaware and Sullivan lying within the Adirondack or
  Catskill  parks  as  defined  in  section  9-0101  of  the environmental
  conservation law.
7. The seventh region shall  consist  of  the  counties  of  Columbia,
  Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester.
8.  The  eighth  region  shall  consist  of the counties of Orange and
  Rockland and those portions of the counties of Sullivan and Ulster lying
  outside the Catskill park.
9. The ninth region shall  consist  of  the  counties  of  Nassau  and
  Suffolk.
10.  The  tenth  region  shall  consist of the county of Jefferson and
  those portions of the counties of Lewis,  Clinton,  Franklin  and  Saint
  Lawrence lying outside the Adirondack park.
11.  The  eleventh  region  shall  consist  of the counties of Albany,
  Rensselaer, Schenectady, Schoharie, Montgomery and those portions of the
  counties of  Warren,  Washington,  Fulton,  Saratoga  and  Greene  lying
  outside the Adirondack or Catskill parks.
12. The twelfth region shall consist of the counties of Kings, Queens,
  New York, Bronx and Richmond.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 7 - Park Regions and Regional Park and Recreation Commissions › 7.03 - Regional Park, Recreation and Historic Preservation Commissions.

§   7.03   Regional   park,   recreation   and  historic  preservation
  commissions.  Subject to the provisions of  this  chapter,  the  several
  regional   park   commissions  shall  be  continued  as  regional  park,
  recreation and historic preservation commissions, as follows:
1. The first region: the Niagara Frontier state park,  recreation  and
  historic preservation commission.
2.  The  second  region:  Allegany state park, recreation and historic
  preservation commission.
3. The third region: the Genesee state park, recreation  and  historic
  preservation commission.
4.  The  fourth  region:  the  Finger Lakes state park, recreation and
  historic preservation commission.
5. The fifth region: the Central New York state park,  recreation  and
  historic preservation commission.
6. The seventh region: the Taconic state park, recreation and historic
  preservation commission.
7.  The  ninth  region:  the  Long  Island  state park, recreation and
  historic preservation commission.
8. The tenth region: the Thousand Island state  park,  recreation  and
  historic preservation commission.
9.  The  eleventh  region:  the  Saratoga  Springs  commission and the
  Capital district state park commission, as the Saratoga-Capital district
  state park, recreation and historic preservation commission.
10. The twelfth  region:  the  state  park,  recreation  and  historic
  preservation commission for the city of New York.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 7 - Park Regions and Regional Park and Recreation Commissions › 7.07 - Organization; Officers.

§  7.07  Organization; officers.   Each commission may provide for its
  own organization and appoint such other officers from among its  members
  as it deems appropriate.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 7 - Park Regions and Regional Park and Recreation Commissions › 7.09 - Meetings.

§ 7.09 Meetings.  Each commission shall hold regular meetings at least
  four times a year at such times and places as it may direct, and special
  meetings when authorized and called as prescribed by its rules.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 7 - Park Regions and Regional Park and Recreation Commissions › 7.11 - Powers and Duties of Commissions.

§   7.11  Powers  and  duties  of  commissions.  Each  regional  park,
  recreation and historic preservation commission shall:
1. Act as a central advisory agency on all  matters  affecting  parks,
  outdoor  recreation  and historic preservation within the park region it
  serves.
2. Represent and  convey  to  the  commissioner  and  council  citizen
  viewpoints as to the programs and needs of the park region it serves.
3.  Maintain  close  liaison  with  officials  of  the  office  having
  administrative jurisdiction over the park region which  it  serves,  and
  advise  such  officials  on  local  policy,  operational  and  budgetary
  matters.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 9 - Palisades Interstate Park Commission › 9.01 - Continuation of Commission.

§  9.01  Continuation  of  commission.   The Palisades interstate park
  commission, as established by compact between the states of New York and
  New Jersey authorized by chapter one hundred  seventy  of  the  laws  of
  nineteen  hundred  thirty-seven,  shall  continue in the office with the
  powers, functions and duties prescribed in this article.  The commission
  shall continue to have the immediate custody,  jurisdiction,  management
  and  control  of all lands, parks or parkways in this state which it now
  has under its jurisdiction and control.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 9 - Palisades Interstate Park Commission › 9.03 - Office.

§  9.03  Office.    The  commission shall have and maintain a suitable
  office where its maps, plans, documents, records and accounts  shall  be
  kept,  subject  to  public  inspection  at  such  times  and  under such
  reasonable regulations as the commission shall determine.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 9 - Palisades Interstate Park Commission › 9.05 - Powers, Functions and Duties.

§  9.05  Powers,  functions  and  duties.   In addition to the powers,
  functions and duties conferred  upon  it  by  compact,  the  commission,
  subject  to  the  approval of the commissioner, shall, within the eighth
  park region:
1.  Acquire  and  establish  parks  and  recreational  facilities  and
  services.
2. Operate and maintain park and recreational facilities and services.
3.  Provide  for  the  health,  safety and welfare of the public using
  facilities under its jurisdiction.
4. Appoint such employees, including members  of  the  regional  state
  park  police for the eighth region, as may be necessary to carry out its
  powers, functions and duties.
5. Provide or operate, or provide by lease, concession,  exclusive  or
  non-exclusive  privilege,  or  otherwise,  for  the  operation  of  such
  facilities, including hotels, restaurants, stands,  booths,  amusements,
  docks  and  any and all means of transportation to, from or in parks and
  facilities under its jurisdiction, for the use  and  enjoyment  of  such
  parks  and  facilities  by  the  public and for increasing public access
  thereto.
6. Lay out, construct and maintain roads, pathways, ways and  parkways
  upon,  across  and over real property under its jurisdiction, or between
  and connecting any such roads, pathways, ways and  parkways  with  other
  public  roads  or  parkways  outside such real property, and acquire any
  real property which is necessary or desirable for  such  park  purposes,
  pursuant to the provisions of section 9.07.
7. Adopt, amend or rescind such rules, regulations or orders as may be
  necessary   or  convenient  for  the  exercise  or  performance  of  the
  functions, powers and duties of the commission,  provided,  however,  no
  rule,  regulation  or  order  affecting  traffic  or navigation shall be
  effective unless authorized by the commissioner.
8. Exercise and perform such other functions, powers and duties as may
  be conferred or  imposed  by  or  pursuant  to  this  chapter  or  other
  provision of law.
9.  Do  all  other things which are necessary or desirable in carrying
  out its functions, powers and duties including  wherever  possible,  the
  provision  of  habitat for various wildlife species including endangered
  and threatened species of fauna through  practices  such  as  ecological
  restoration,  wetland conservation and the planting of trees, shrubs and
  herbaceous  plants  indigenous  to  the  area  which  act  as  food  and
  protective  cover for fauna on those lands under the jurisdiction of the
  commission. Selection of plant species or communities of  species  shall
  take    into    consideration   the   natural,   ecological,   historic,
  archeological, aesthetic, and public  use  resources  in  the  immediate
  areas as well as the management goals of the park or site.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 9 - Palisades Interstate Park Commission › 9.07 - Acquisition of Property.

§ 9.07 Acquisition of property. The commission shall have the power to
  acquire property for park and recreation purposes within the eighth park
  region, with the approval of the commissioner, in the same manner and to
  the  same  extent as provided for acquisitions by the commissioner under
  sections 3.17 and 3.19 of this chapter. Title to any  real  property  so
  acquired  shall  be  taken  in the name of the commission. Title of, and
  jurisdiction and control over any real property  so  acquired  shall  be
  vested  in  the  commission  in  the  same  manner  as for real property
  presently owned by it, unless otherwise provided by law. Nothing  herein
  contained  shall  be  construed to affect the rights of the state of New
  York in any property heretofore acquired by the commission.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 9 - Palisades Interstate Park Commission › 9.09 - Employees.

§  9.09  Employees. 1. The commission shall have the power to take any
  action necessary for securing and maintaining the benefits of the public
  retirement systems of this state for its employees in this state and for
  such purpose employees of the commission to  the  extent  to  which  the
  compensation  paid for their services is derived from funds appropriated
  by this state shall be deemed to be employees of this state and eligible
  for membership in the appropriate retirement system whether residents of
  this state or of the state  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  extent  otherwise
  qualified.
2.  For  the  purposes  of  eligibility for participation in the state
  health benefit plan under article eleven of the civil  service  law  and
  for   survivor's  benefits  for  active  and  retired  state  employees,
  employees of the commission, to the extent  to  which  the  compensation
  paid  for  their  services  is  derived  from funds appropriated by this
  state, shall be deemed to be employees of this state and  qualified  for
  such  participation  and  benefits. For the purpose of determining their
  rights under the workers' compensation law of this state,  employees  of
  the  commission  employed wholly or partly in this state shall be deemed
  to be employees of this state provided, however, that the amount of  any
  payment  made  under  such  compensation  law  to  an  employee  of  the
  commission employed only partly in this state  shall  be  only  in  such
  proportion  as  the amount of his or her salary paid by the state of New
  York shall bear to his or her total salary.
3. Employees of the commission whose salary is paid in full from funds
  appropriated by the state shall be deemed to be employees of  the  state
  in the classified civil service of the state under the provisions of the
  civil service law. Commission employees not deemed to be state employees
  hereunder shall be employees of the commission.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 11 - State Board for Historic Preservation › 11.01 - Declaration of Policy; Purpose.

§   11.01   Declaration   of  policy;  purpose.     The  existence  of
  irreplaceable historic resources which give character and distinction to
  our communities and to the state are threatened by the forces of change.
  Accordingly, it  is  necessary  and  desirable  to  coordinate  historic
  preservation.
Such  historic  preservation should involve, among others, historians,
  architects, educators, planners, realtors, public and  private  agencies
  at  all  levels  of  government  and  in  the private sector, and should
  involve all levels of government.
The state government should assist local government and cooperate with
  the national government for such purposes.
It is the purpose of this chapter to continue and  encourage  historic
  preservation  programs and activities and to vest responsibility for the
  coordination of such programs and  activities  in  the  commissioner  of
  parks and recreation.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 11 - State Board for Historic Preservation › 11.03 - State Board for Historic Preservation.

§  11.03  State  board  for  historic  preservation.   There is hereby
  established within the office a state board for historic preservation to
  consist  of  the  commissioner  of  education,   the   commissioner   of
  environmental  conservation, the secretary of state, the chairman of the
  state council on the arts, the chairman of the council and eight members
  appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent  of  the  senate,
  for  terms of four years.  A majority of the members shall be qualified,
  by education and experience, in the  fields  of  history,  architecture,
  archeology  and other related professional disciplines.  No member shall
  receive any compensation, but  shall  be  entitled  to  his  actual  and
  necessary expenses in performing the duties of his office.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 11 - State Board for Historic Preservation › 11.05 - Organization.

§ 11.05 Organization.  1. The governor shall designate a chairman from
  among  the members of the board appointed by him, to hold such office at
  his pleasure. The board may provide for  its  organization  and  appoint
  such other officers from among its members as it deems appropriate.
2.  The  commissioner,  upon  the approval of the board, shall appoint
  staff within amounts made available by appropriation to serve the board.
  The staff shall assist with the organization and implementation  of  the
  board's  duties;  serve as a liaison between the commissioner and board;
  inform the board of all developments germane to its duties  and  perform
  other  duties  required  of  the  board  through  provisions  of article
  fourteen of this chapter and any other laws affecting the board.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 11 - State Board for Historic Preservation › 11.07 - Meetings.

§  11.07.  Meetings.    The board shall hold regular meetings at least
  four times a year at such times and places as it may direct, and special
  meetings when authorized and called as prescribed by its by-laws  or  by
  the  commissioner.  At  meetings  of  the  board,  the  commissioner  of
  education, the commissioner of environmental conservation, the secretary
  of state, the chairman of the state council on the arts and the chairman
  of the council may be represented by other officers or employees of  the
  state designated by them for such purpose.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 11 - State Board for Historic Preservation › 11.09 - Powers, Functions and Duties.

§ 11.09 Powers, functions and duties.  The board shall:
1. Advise the commissioner and the council on policy matters affecting
  historic  preservation  and  the historic sites system and on priorities
  among historic preservation opportunities.
2. Provide expert consultation to the commissioner  on  historic  site
  management, development and interpretation.
3.  Review  and  make  recommendations  to  the  commissioner  on  the
  nomination of properties of national, state or  local  significance  for
  inclusion in the national register or state register.
4.  Review  and advise the commissioner on the statewide comprehensive
  survey and plan for historic preservation.
4-a. Review and make recommendations  to  the  commissioner  on  grant
  applications and use of federal and state grants-in-aid in the state.
4-b.  Consult  with the commissioner and review and comment in writing
  upon projects that they select, reviewed pursuant to section one hundred
  six of the national historic preservation act of 1966 and section  14.09
  of  this chapter, upon environmental impact assessments or statements or
  as otherwise provided by law on actions where it appears that any aspect
  of the action may or will cause any change, beneficial  or  adverse,  in
  the  quality  of  the historic, architectural, archeological or cultural
  character that qualifies an historic or cultural place  for  listing  on
  the state register.
5.  Adopt  such by-laws as may be required for the organization of the
  board and the conduct of its affairs.
6. Perform such other functions relating to historic preservation  and
  historic sites as may be requested by the commissioner.
9-a. To effectuate the purposes of this section, the board may request
  from  any  department,  board, bureau, commission or other agency of the
  state, and the  same  are  authorized  and  directed  to  provide,  such
  cooperation  and  assistance, services and data as will enable the board
  properly to carry out its powers and duties thereunder.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title C - Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 13 - General Provisions › 13.01 - Transfer of Parks, Parkways and Other Property.

§   13.01   Transfer   of   parks,   parkways   and   other  property.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the custody and control
  of all property heretofore acquired by or under the jurisdiction of  any
  regional  park  commission,  as defined in section 7.03, or the Saratoga
  Springs commission and the New York State  historic  trust,  are  hereby
  transferred  to the office. The office shall have all of the powers with
  respect to such property as were possessed by the  office,  the  several
  regional  park  commissions, the Saratoga Springs commission and the New
  York State historic trust on the day preceding  the  effective  date  of
  this  act,  in  addition  to any powers provided under the provisions of
  this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title C - Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 13 - General Provisions › 13.03 - Listing of State Parks, Parkways, Recreation Facilities and Historic Sites.

§  13.03  Listing  of state parks, parkways, recreation facilities and
  historic sites.  1. The commissioner shall, by  regulation,  maintain  a
  current listing and description of all state parks, parkways, recreation
  facilities  and  historic  sites  under  the  custody and control of the
  office, other state agency, authority or other  instrumentality  of  the
  state, which are now in existence or hereafter shall be acquired.
2.  As  used  in this article, "state agency" shall mean the Palisades
  interstate  park  commission  or   the   department   of   environmental
  conservation.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title C - Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 13 - General Provisions › 13.04 - Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell, Jr. State Park.

§ 13.04 Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell, Jr. state park. Notwithstanding
  any  other  law to the contrary, the state park known as Riverbank state
  park located on the upper west side of Manhattan on  the  banks  of  the
  Hudson  river shall after the effective date of this section be known as
  Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell, Jr. state  park  and  shall  be  suitably
  marked in a manner to be prescribed by the commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title C - Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 13 - General Provisions › 13.05 - Caleb Smith State Park.

§  13.05  Caleb  Smith  State Park.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent
  provision of law to the contrary, on and after  the  effective  date  of
  this  section  the  state  park  on  the  Nissequogue river known as the
  Nissequogue State Park shall be known as the Caleb Smith State Park  and
  shall  be  suitably  marked,  in  a  manner  to  be  prescribed  by  the
  commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title C - Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 13 - General Provisions › 13.06 - Consents to Public Utilities; Licenses and Easements.

§   13.06  Consents  to  public  utilities;  licenses  and  easements.
  Notwithstanding any other provision  of  law,  no  railroad,  bus  line,
  telephone  or  telegraph company, gas, power or light company, pipe line
  company or other public utility shall  have  the  right  to  pass  over,
  through  or  under  any  property  acquired by the office or other state
  agency for park, recreational or historic preservation purposes,  except
  by written consent, in the form of a license or easement, granted by the
  commissioner, or such state agency, and then only under such regulations
  and  restrictions  as  the  commissioner or such state agency shall deem
  proper. The commissioner or other state agency shall have the  right  to
  grant  to  any person or the federal government a license or an easement
  for any public purpose  or  to  construct  or  maintain  sewers,  water,
  petroleum  products,  gas  lines  and  electric  transmission facilities
  within, under or across such property, upon such  terms  and  conditions
  and  under such regulations and restrictions as the commissioner or such
  state agency shall deem just and proper.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title C - Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 13 - General Provisions › 13.07 - Signs and Advertising Structures Restricted.

§  13.07  Signs and advertising structures restricted.  1. In order to
  conserve the natural beauty of and the investment of the state in  state
  parks  and  parkways  by preserving and regulating them for public uses,
  for the resort of the public for recreation,  transportation,  pleasure,
  air,  light  and enjoyment by keeping them in good order for the welfare
  of society, and to prevent the unrestricted use of signs and advertising
  structures and devices immediately adjacent to  them,  no  person  shall
  erect  or  maintain  within five hundred feet of the border of any state
  park or parkway  any  advertising  sign  or  advertising  structures  or
  devices  of  any  kind,  except  under written permit from the office or
  state agency charged with responsibility for  the  maintenance  of  such
  park or parkway. The provisions of this section shall not apply to signs
  erected  or  maintained  upon  property  in  connection  with a business
  conducted thereon, provided that such signs have an  area  of  not  more
  than twenty-four square feet, do not extend more than fifteen feet above
  the ground level, and are placed on the fronts of buildings.
2.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  apply  to  all parkways
  constructed within the limits of a city  with  state  funds  or  federal
  highway  aid.  In the event that jurisdiction is transferred pursuant to
  law from the office or state agency to a municipal  park  commission  or
  department,  the provisions of this section shall remain effective as to
  such parkways, and shall  thereafter  be  enforced  by  the  local  park
  commissioner, commission or public authority to whom the jurisdiction is
  transferred.
3.  In  addition  to any fine or penalty provided by this chapter, the
  attorney-general may institute any proper action, suit or proceeding  to
  prevent,  restrain,  correct  or abate a violation of this section or to
  cause the removal of any sign, advertising structure or  device  erected
  or maintained in violation of the provisions of this section.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title C - Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 13 - General Provisions › 13.09 - Solicitation Restricted.

§ 13.09 Solicitation restricted.  No person engaged in the business of
  transporting  passengers  for  hire  to  or  through  any  state park or
  offering guide or other services for a fee to visitors to any state park
  shall engage in any of the following practices:
1. The giving of false  or  misleading  information  concerning  state
  parks or hotel, tourist home, cabin, or other tourist accommodations, or
  their rates, facilities or services.
2.  The  giving  of  false or misleading information concerning travel
  routes or conditions of travel, bridges,  bridge  facilities  or  bridge
  rates,  parking  accommodations,  business  establishments of service or
  interest to such visitors, including the facilities, services and  rates
  of other sightseeing services.
3.  The  halting  on  the  highways  leading  to state parks or on the
  streets of cities, towns or villages in the vicinity of state parks,  of
  motor vehicles or pedestrians, for the purpose of soliciting or inducing
  them to purchase the transportation or services offered.
4.  The  wearing  of  police-type caps, uniforms or parts of uniforms,
  badges or insignia which convey the impression that such solicitor is  a
  police  officer or has authority by law to require motorists to obey his
  signal or direction to stop.
5. The use of the term "official" on a privately operated  information
  stand  or by a sightseeing service conducted for private gain unless the
  operator of such stand or service  shall  have  been  licensed  or  duly
  authorized  to  operate such stand or conduct such service by the office
  or state agency having jurisdiction of such park, or by  the  county  or
  city in which such operations are conducted.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title C - Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 13 - General Provisions › 13.10 - Littering and Dumping on Park Lands Prohibited.

§  13.10. Littering and dumping on park lands prohibited. 1. No person
  shall throw, deposit, dump, litter or otherwise leave on lands under the
  jurisdiction of the office any rubbish, trash or other  waste  material,
  or  enter  upon  any lands under the jurisdiction of the office with the
  intent to do so, except that this  provision  shall  not  apply  to  the
  deposit  of rubbish, trash or other waste material generated as a result
  of the lawful use of such lands and deposited in an approved receptacle.
2. Nothing in this section  shall  be  construed  as  prohibiting  the
  reasonable  use  of ash, sand, salt or other material for the purpose of
  reducing the hazard of, or providing traction on snow, ice or sleet.
3. Any person who violates the provisions of subdivision one  of  this
  section  shall  be guilty of a violation, and, upon conviction, shall be
  punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.  In  addition,
  such  violator shall be liable to a civil penalty of not more than seven
  hundred  fifty  dollars  for  each  day  during  which  such   violation
  continues.
4.  In  addition  to the penalties provided in subdivision two of this
  section, any person convicted of a violation of subdivision one of  this
  section  may  be  ordered  by  the court to remove the rubbish, trash or
  waste materials and to restore the land affected by the violation to its
  condition prior  to  the  violation,  insofar  as  such  restoration  is
  possible.  Such  restoration  shall  be  conducted  pursuant  to  a plan
  approved by the commissioner and/or the court. In  the  event  that  the
  violator  fails to comply with the provisions of such plan, the violator
  shall be liable to the state for the costs  of  such  restoration  as  a
  civil penalty.
5. Any civil penalty provided for by this section shall be recoverable
  in  an  action instituted by the attorney general, at the request of the
  commissioner, in any court of competent jurisdiction.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title C - Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 13 - General Provisions › 13.11 - Real Property Abutting Parks or Parkways.

§  13.11  Real  property  abutting  parks  or  parkways.    1.  If the
  acquisition of real property for park, parkway, historic preservation or
  recreational purposes by  the  office  or  a  state  agency  results  in
  abutting  premises  being  cut  off  from access to a public road, or if
  because of such acquisition it is desirable for  public  convenience  to
  provide  marginal  or  service  roads  near or adjacent to such acquired
  property, the office or state  agency  so  acquiring  is  authorized  to
  acquire  such  additional  real  property as may be necessary to provide
  such abutting premises with means of ingress and egress to a public road
  or to provide such marginal or  service  roads.  The  location  of  such
  additional  real  property  and the nature and extent of the title to be
  acquired therein shall be such as in the discretion of the  commissioner
  or state agency, as the case may be, as shall best serve the interest of
  the state.
2.  The office or state agency so acquiring is authorized to construct
  upon such real property, out of funds appropriated, a  suitable  access,
  service  or  marginal  road,  and is further authorized to enter into an
  agreement with the owner of the abutting premises as  to  his  right  of
  entry  thereupon  and with said owner or with any municipality as to the
  future maintenance thereof,  and  to  transfer  title  and  jurisdiction
  thereover  to  such  municipality.    Nothing  herein contained shall be
  construed to repeal any specific limitation upon the powers  and  duties
  of the office or any state agency.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title C - Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 13 - General Provisions › 13.13 - Regulation of Boating and Water Sports.

§ 13.13 Regulation of boating and water sports. Except when prohibited
  by the laws of the United States, the commissioner or other state agency
  may,  by  rule  or  regulation, regulate water sports and the operation,
  speed and mooring of boats in or upon any waters  or  waterways  in  the
  reservations  and  parks  under  the  jurisdiction of the office or such
  state agency. Such rules and regulations shall also apply to any  waters
  offshore from any bathing beach within the jurisdiction of the office or
  such state agency, and to any waters offshore of Jones Beach state park,
  Robert Moses state park and Orient Beach state park, but not to exceed a
  distance of one thousand feet from the shore line. Any regulation of the
  Palisades  interstate  park  commission, adopted hereunder, shall not be
  effective until approved by the commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title C - Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 13 - General Provisions › 13.14 - Closure of Lands Owned, Held or Administered by the Office.

§ 13.14 Closure of lands owned, held or administered by the office. 1.
Except  as  provided  in subdivision five of this section, not less than
six months before the proposed permanent closure of a park  or  historic
site  owned,  held or administered by the office, the commissioner shall
issue a draft report that provides the justification and  rationale  for
such closure including, but not limited to:
(a) a full description of the real property;
(b) the purposes that the park or historic serves to the people of the
state;
(c)  an  analysis  of  the  potential  harm to such real property from
vandalism, lack of management and maintenance, and  other  impacts  from
the lack of regular oversight by the office;
(d)  the  impact  of such proposed closure on the entire real property
system owned and operated by the office; and
(e) such other factors that are  particularly  relevant  to  the  real
property and its function as state land.
2.  Not less than four months before the proposed permanent closure of
public access to such park or  historic  site,  the  commissioner  shall
provide  public notice of and conduct one or more public hearings in the
impacted area of the proposed closure. Notice of any such hearing  shall
be  in  the  environmental  notice  bulletin.  Each public hearing shall
accept written statements in lieu of an oral presentation.
3.  Upon  conclusion  of  the  public  hearings  on  a  closure,   the
commissioner  shall  issue a final report which includes the response on
all issues raised at the  hearings  and  information  entered  into  the
hearing record.  Such final report shall be posted on the website of the
office.
4.  The  commissioner  shall  issue  and  submit  to the governor, the
temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  the
chair of the senate cultural affairs and tourism committee and the chair
of the assembly, parks, arts and sports development committee a findings
statement  on  each proposed closure that provides the justification for
such closure or, in the alternative, the information that  supports  the
continued operation of the real property.
5.  The  requirements of this section shall not apply to seasonal park
closures, temporary closures due to inclement weather or  as  reasonably
necessary to effectuate repairs, maintenance or capital improvements, or
temporary  limits on public access for routine operational reasons, such
as public safety or other emergencies.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title C - Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 13 - General Provisions › 13.16 - Annual Vehicular Access Fee.

§  13.16  Annual  vehicular access fee.   1. Notwithstanding any other
  provision of law to the contrary,  the  office  or  other  state  agency
  having  jurisdiction  of  a  state  park  or recreational facility shall
  establish an annual vehicular access fee  which  shall  run  from  April
  first  of  each  year  to  March  thirty-first  of  the  following year,
  entitling the holder thereof to a pass for vehicular  admission  without
  additional  fee  to  any state park or recreational facility which has a
  vehicular access fee. Such annual fee shall be consistent with  the  fee
  schedule  for each particular year established pursuant to section 13.15
  of this chapter and shall be approved by the director of the budget.
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. Such decal shall have the emblem of the beaver thereon.
3. Such pass for vehicular access shall not be available to the  owner
  or operator of an omnibus operated for a commercial purpose, unless such
  omnibus  is  operated  by  or  pursuant to an agreement with a public or
  private nonprofit agency for the purpose of transporting persons  to  or
  from a state park for a recreational experience.
4. If it is demonstrated that the use of the pass for vehicular access
  in particular parks or recreational facilities is contrary to the public
  interest, the office or such other state agency having jurisdiction, may
  prohibit  its use in such particular parks or recreational facilities by
  rule or regulation.
5.  The  office  or  other  state  agency  having  jurisdiction  shall
  promulgate  such  rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out
  the provisions of this section.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title C - Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 13 - General Provisions › 13.17 - Regional State Park Police.

§  13.17  Regional  state  park police.   1. All members of any police
  force of a regional state park commission,  as  heretofore  constituted,
  shall,  unless transferred by or pursuant to any other provision of law,
  continue to be members of the park  police  force  of  their  respective
  regions, in the office.
2. Any member who shall complete twenty-five years of total service as
  a  member  of  the New York regional state park police on or after April
  first, nineteen hundred sixty-six but who  has  not  attained  sixty-two
  years  of age at the time of completion of such period of service, shall
  be separated from such service upon attaining such age.
3. Any member who shall attain sixty-two years  of  age  on  or  after
  April  first,  nineteen  hundred  sixty-six,  but  who has not completed
  twenty-five years of such total service at the time  of  attaining  such
  age, shall be separated from such service upon completing such period of
  service.
4.  Any  member  appointed  on  or after April first, nineteen hundred
  sixty-five shall be separated from such service upon attaining sixty-two
  years of age.
5. The provisions of subdivisions two, three and four of this  section
  shall  not  apply to the commanding officer or chief of any police force
  of a park region, nor to any member who  has  not  elected  and  is  not
  required  to  contribute  in  accordance  with  sections  three  hundred
  eighty-three or three  hundred  eighty-three-a  of  the  retirement  and
  social security law.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title C - Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 13 - General Provisions › 13.18 - Three-Year Vehicular Access Fee.

§  13.18 Three-year vehicular access fee. 1. Notwithstanding any other
  provision of law to the contrary,  the  office  or  other  state  agency
  having  jurisdiction  of  a  state  park  or recreational facility shall
  establish a three-year vehicular access fee which shall run  from  April
  first  of  the  year of issuance to March thirty-first of the third year
  following such issuance, entitling the holder  thereof  to  a  pass  for
  vehicular  admission  without  additional  fee  to  any  state  park and
  recreational facility which has a vehicular access fee. Such  three-year
  fee  shall  be  consistent with the fee schedule established pursuant to
  section 13.15 of this article and shall be approved by the  director  of
  the budget.
2.  The  pass  for  vehicular access shall be known as the "Three-Year
  Empire  Passport".  The  pass  shall  be  available  at  regional   park
  headquarters  and  such other places as the office or other state agency
  shall designate. Such pass, having an emblem of  the  bluebird  thereon,
  shall be available in a form prescribed by the office.
3.  Such pass for vehicular access shall not be available to the owner
  or operator of an omnibus operated for a commercial purpose, unless such
  omnibus is operated by or pursuant to an  agreement  with  a  public  or
  private  nonprofit  agency for the purpose of transporting persons to or
  from state parks for a recreational experience.
4. If demonstrated that the use of the pass for  vehicular  access  in
  particular  parks  or  recreational facilities is contrary to the public
  interest, the office or such other state agency having jurisdiction  may
  prohibit  its use in such particular parks or recreational facilities by
  rule or regulation.
5. The office or other state agency having  jurisdiction  of  a  state
  park   or   recreational   facility  shall  promulgate  such  rules  and
  regulations as may be necessary to carry  out  the  provisions  of  this
  section.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title C - Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 13 - General Provisions › 13.19 - Free Use of Campsites.

§  13.19  Free  use of campsites. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of
any other law, any person who is blind, non-ambulatory, or an amputee or
any veteran or member of a Gold Star family shall be  permitted  to  use
any of the public campsites, parks and other public places of recreation
in  this  state,  upon  the  same  terms  and conditions as apply to the
general public, but without the payment of any fees or other charges for
the use of such campsites, parks and other public places of recreation.
2. For the purposes  of  this  section  (a)  "veteran"  shall  mean  a
resident  of this state who is: (i) a veteran as such term is defined in
section one of the veterans' services law; or  (ii)  a  person  who  has
served  on  active duty for the state as a member of the state organized
militia as defined in subdivision nine of section one  of  the  military
law  and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other
than dishonorable; or (iii) a person who has served on  active  duty  in
the  uniformed  services  of the United States or on active duty for the
state as a  member  of  the  organized  militia  and  has  a  qualifying
condition,  as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and
has received a discharge other than bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from
such service, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one
of  the  veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than
bad conduct or dishonorable from such service; and
(b) "member of a Gold Star family" shall mean a resident of this state
who is a gold star parent  as  defined  in  section  twenty-six  of  the
veterans'   services  law,  the  spouse  or  domestic  partner,  or  the
biological, step, or legally adopted minor  child  of  a  veteran  whose
death qualified the parent for an annuity.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title C - Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 13 - General Provisions › 13.20 - Five-Year Vehicular Access Fee.

§  13.20  Five-year vehicular access fee. 1. Notwithstanding any other
  provision of law to the contrary,  the  office  or  other  state  agency
  having  jurisdiction  of  a  state  park  or recreational facility shall
  establish a five-year access fee which shall run from April first of the
  year of issuance to March thirty-first of the fifth year following  such
  issuance, entitling the holder thereof to a pass for vehicular admission
  without additional fee to any state park and recreational facility which
  has  an  access fee. Such five-year fee shall be consistent with the fee
  schedule established pursuant to section 13.15 of this article and shall
  be approved by the director of the budget.
2. The pass for vehicular access shall  be  known  as  the  "Five-Year
  Empire   Passport".  The  pass  shall  be  available  at  regional  park
  headquarters and such other places as the office  or  such  other  state
  agency  shall  designate. Such pass, having an emblem of the brook trout
  thereon, shall be available in a form prescribed by the office.
3. Such pass for vehicular access shall not be available to the  owner
  or operator of an omnibus operated for a commercial purpose, unless such
  omnibus  is  operated  by  or  pursuant to an agreement with a public or
  private nonprofit agency for the purpose of transporting persons  to  or
  from state parks for a recreational experience.
4.  If  demonstrated  that the use of the pass for vehicular access in
  particular parks or recreational facilities is contrary  to  the  public
  interest,  the office or such other state agency having jurisdiction may
  prohibit its use in such particular parks or recreational facilities  by
  rule or regulation.
5.  The  office  or  other state agency having jurisdiction of a state
  park  or  recreational  facility  shall  promulgate   such   rules   and
  regulations  as  may  be  necessary  to carry out the provisions of this
  section.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title C - Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 13 - General Provisions › 13.21 - Limitation on Park and Parkways in City of New York.

§  13.21  Limitation  on  park  and parkways in city of New York.  The
  department shall not establish or operate any park or parkway heretofore
  established or operated by the city of New York, and  the  office  shall
  not acquire for its purposes any land, or establish or operate a park or
  parkway  thereon,  dedicated or acquired or attempted to be dedicated or
  acquired by the city of New  York  for  park  or  parkway  purposes,  or
  located  in  the  Rockaway  peninsula,  west of Riis park and the Marine
  parkway bridge, in the county of Queens.