New York A 11230: Grants free access and parking at airports for veterans

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A11230 Summary:

BILL NOA11230 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLee

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §14-o, Transp L; add §4-c, Chap 802 of 1947

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Grants free access and parking at airports for veterans.

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BILL NOA11230 

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05/01/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 11230

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 1, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. LEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the transportation law and chapter 802 of the laws of
 1947 relating to facilitating the financing and effectuation of air
 terminals by the Port of New York Authority, in relation to granting
 free access and parking at airports for veterans

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The transportation law is amended by adding a new section
 2 14-o to read as follows:
 3 § 14-o. Veteran parking. 1. For the purposes of this section, the
 4 following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "airport" shall mean an area of land or water used or intended to
 6 be used for the landing and taking off of aircraft, an appurtenant area
 7 used or intended to be used for airport buildings or other airport
 8 facilities or rights of way, and airport buildings and facilities
 9 located in any of those areas. Such term shall include heliports;
 10 (b) "commercial service airport" shall mean a public airport or a
 11 public-use airport in the state that, as determined by the United States
 12 secretary of transportation, has at least twenty-five hundred passenger
 13 boardings each year and is receiving scheduled passenger aircraft
 14 service;
 15 (c) "general aviation airport" shall mean a public airport or a publ-
 16 ic-use airport with passenger boardings in the state that, as determined
 17 by the United States secretary of transportation, either: (i) does not
 18 have scheduled service; or (ii) has scheduled service with less than
 19 twenty-five hundred passenger boardings each year;
 20 (d) "passenger boardings" shall mean revenue passenger boardings in
 21 the prior calendar year on an aircraft in service in air commerce, as
 22 the United States secretary of transportation determines, including
 23 passengers who continue on an aircraft in international flight that
 24 stops at an airport in the state for a nontraffic purpose;
 25 (e) "public airport" means an airport used or intended to be used for
 26 public purposes: (i) that is under the control of the state, a county,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13934-01-5

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 1 city, town, or village or a state or local authority; and (ii) of which
 2 the area used or intended to be used for the landing, taking off, or
 3 surface maneuvering of aircraft is publicly owned. Provided, however,
 4 such term shall not include any airport operated by a bi-state authori-
 5 ty; and
 6 (f) "public-use airport" shall mean an airport available for use by
 7 the general public without a requirement for the prior approval of the
 8 owner or operator thereof except as may be required by federal law or
 9 regulation.
 10 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the operator of a
 11 commercial service airport and the operator of a general aviation
 12 airport shall allow free access and parking at such airport for all
 13 veterans. Provision of a veteran identification card shall be suffi-
 14 cient under this section to grant the holder of such identification card
 15 free access and parking at such airport.
 16 3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any airport oper-
 17 ated by a bi-state authority.
 18 § 2. Chapter 802 of the laws of 1947 relating to facilitating the
 19 financing and effectuation of air terminals by the Port of New York
 20 Authority is amended by adding a new section 4-c to read as follows:
 21 § 4-c. Veteran parking. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
 22 any airport maintained or operated by t