New York A 4597: Enacts the "Niagara parks reinvestment act"

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A04597 Summary:

BILL NOA04597 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02104

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SPONSORMorinello

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3.09, Pks & Rec L; add §92-k, St Fin L

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Enacts the "Niagara parks reinvestment act"; requires fifty percent of parking revenue generated at state parks in the county of Niagara to be deposited in the Niagara parks reinvestment fund; establishes the Niagara parks reinvestment fund.

Go to top A04597 Actions:

BILL NOA04597 

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02/04/2025referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development

01/07/2026referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development

05/20/2026held for consideration in tourism, parks, arts and sports development

Go to topA04597 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:TOURISM, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT Chair:Kim 
DATE:05/20/2026AYE/NAY:15/5 Action: Held for Consideration KimAyeGrayNay

BarrettAyeTagueNay

WoernerAyeMorinelloNay

CarrollAyeAngelinoNay

BurkeAyeGallahanNay

FallAyeSimpsonAbsent

RiveraAye

ZinermanAye

GibbsAye

ShresthaAye

ShimskyAye

ValdezAye

LasherAye

CashmanAye

PowersAye

Go to topA04597 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA04597 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4597

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MORINELLO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development

 AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law and
 the state finance law, in relation to enacting the "Niagara parks
 reinvestment act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "Niagara parks reinvestment act".
 3 § 2. Section 3.09 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation
 4 law is amended by adding a new subdivision 2-i to read as follows:
 5 2-i. Be empowered to require fifty percent of vehicle use fee gener-
 6 ated from any state park wholly or partially located in the county of
 7 Niagara to be deposited in the Niagara parks reinvestment fund estab-
 8 lished in section ninety-two-k of the state finance law. The office
 9 shall prepare an annual report on the amount of vehicle use fees
 10 collected at any state park wholly or partially located in the county of
 11 Niagara. Such report shall contain a detailed summary of projects being
 12 funded and the amount each project is being funded for. Such report
 13 shall be disseminated to the governor, the chairperson of the senate
 14 tourism, recreation and sports development committee, the chairperson of
 15 the assembly tourism, arts and sports development committee and to any
 16 member of the state senate or assembly representing a portion of the
 17 county of Niagara.
 18 § 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 92-k to
 19 read as follows:
 20 § 92-k. Niagara parks reinvestment fund. 1. There is hereby estab-
 21 lished in the joint custody of the comptroller and the commissioner of
 22 taxation and finance a special fund to be known as the "Niagara parks
 23 reinvestment fund".

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01213-01-5

 A. 4597 2

 1 2. Such fund shall consist of fifty percent of the balance of the
 2 vehicle use fee generated from any state park wholly or partially
 3 located in the county of Niagara as authorized pursuant to subdivision
 4 two-i of section 3.09 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation
 5 law.
 6 3. The moneys appropriated or transferred to this fund shall be
 7 disbursed to finance capital improvements in state parks wholly or
 8 partially located in the county of Niagara and/or to create a transpor-
 9 tation system linking the state parks with other tourist attractions
 10 wholly or partially located in the county of Niagara.
 11 4. All payments from this fund shall be made on the audit and warrant
 12 of the comptroller on vouchers approved by the commissioner of the
 13 Niagara Frontier state park, recreation and historic preservation
 14 commission.
 15 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
 16 th