New York S 6857: Enacts the "blocking illegitimate reservations and defending individual entertainment (BIRDIE) act"

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S06857 Summary:

BILL NOS06857 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06610

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SPONSORPALUMBO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §13.32, Pks & Rec L; amd §99-gg, St Fin L

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Enacts the "blocking illegitimate reservations and defending individual entertainment (BIRDIE) act" to prohibit third-party reservation services from listing, advertising, promoting or selling reservations for state-owned golf courses; provides monies received from penalties shall be deposited in the golf fund.

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BILL NOS06857 

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03/25/2025REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6857

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
 Parks and Recreation

 AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law and
 the state finance law, in relation to enacting the "blocking illegit-
 imate reservations and defending individual entertainment (BIRDIE)
 act"

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "blocking
 2 illegitimate reservations and defending individual entertainment
 3 (BIRDIE) act".
 4 § 2. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is amended by
 5 adding a new section 13.32 to read as follows:
 6 § 13.32 Third-party reservation systems. 1. For the purposes of this
 7 section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 8 (a) "Park regions" shall have the same meaning as defined in section
 9 7.01 of this chapter.
 10 (b) "Third-party reservation service" means any entity, other than the
 11 office, that directly or indirectly facilitates the reservation of golf
 12 tee times or other recreational activities, including but not limited to
 13 hunting, through its platform, whether as a primary seller or as an
 14 intermediary linking to other booking platforms through the use of a
 15 website, mobile application, or other internet service. A third-party
 16 reservation service shall not include any reservation distribution chan-
 17 nels that are authorized to distribute reservations by way of a contrac-
 18 tual relationship with the office.
 19 2. A third-party reservation service shall not list, advertise,
 20 promote, or sell reservations for any golf course located within park
 21 regions through its website, mobile application or any other platform
 22 without a written agreement with the office. Such agreement shall

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09885-02-5

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 1 explicitly authorize the third-party service to distribute reservations
 2 and shall outline the terms and conditions under which reservations may
 3 be made available. Any reservation service operating without such an
 4 agreement shall be considered in violation of this section.
 5 3. Any person or entity that violates, or causes another person to
 6 violate, any provision of this section or any rule promulgated pursuant
 7 thereto shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand
 8 dollars for each violation. For violations committed by third-party
 9 reservation services, penalties shall accrue on a daily basis for each
 10 unauthorized listing of a golf course on a third-party platform. The
 11 office, or any other state agency designated to enforce this section,
 12 shall have the authority to investigate violations and impose penalties.
 13 A proceeding to recover any civil penalty or restitution authorized
 14 pursuant to this section may be brought within any agency of the state
 15 designated to conduct such proceedings. Any moneys received from penal-
 16 ties imposed pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the golf
 17 fund as established pursuant to section ninety-nine-gg of the state
 18 financ