A2491 —

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This bill amends 1 section(s) of the New York Consolidated Laws: Section 816 of the executive law.

• Section 816 of the executive law

  3. The master plan and the individual management plans shall be reviewed periodically and shall be amended from time to time pursuant to section 15-0506 of the environmental conservation law, and when so amended shall as amended henceforth guide the management of state lands in the Adirondack park. Amendments to the master plan shall be prepared by the agency, in consultation with the department of environmental conservation, and submitted after public hearing to the governor for approval. § 15-0506. Permits for float plane access to bodies of water in the Adirondack park. 1. For the purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply: a. "Float plane" shall mean an airplane equipped with floats for land- ing on or taking off from a body of water. b. "Area" means a water body under the jurisdiction of the department which pursuant to section eight hundred sixteen of the executive law prohibits float plane access. italics c. "Certification/Certified" means a signed statement by a licensed physician on a form provided by the department, certifying that a person has one or more impairments, disabilities or conditions as defined in paragraph f of this subdivision which document the need for the person to use a motor vehicle, and the nature, degree and term of the disabili- ty. The certification shall specify the length of time during which such certification is effective. All certifications must be dated within one year prior to the date of application. d. "Companion" means a person who may accompany the qualified person with a disability as necessary to attend to his or her needs. e. "Permit" means a nontransferable temporary revocable permit as authorized by this section to allow the use of state lands under the jurisdiction of the department. f. "Qualified veteran" means a veteran as defined in this section with a disability who: (i) cannot walk two hundred feet without stopping to rest; or (ii) cannot walk without the use of, or assistance from, a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair, or other assistive device; or (iii) is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that the person's forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter, or the arterial oxygen tension is less than sixty mm/Hg on room air at rest; or (iv) uses portable oxygen; or (v) has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person's functional limitations are classified in severity as class III or class IV, accord- ing to standards set by the American Heart Association; or (vi) is severely limited in their ability to walk due to an arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition. g. "Regional land manager" means the individual charged with the administrative responsibility for the department lands on which a quali- fied person with a disability desires access. h. "Veteran" means a person (A) who served in the active military, naval, or air service during a period of war, or who was a recipient of the armed forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary medal, marine corps expeditionary medal, or global war on terrorism expeditionary medal, and who was discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, (B) who was employed by the War Shipping Administration or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a merchant seaman documented by the United States Coast Guard or Department of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by the United States Army Transport Service (later redesignated as the United States Army Transportation Corps, Water Division) or the Naval Transportation Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to August fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further to include "near fo

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