STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5229

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 12, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation

        AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to permitting
          concealed carry at state rest and parking areas and scenic overlooks

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

     1    Section  1.  Section  1626 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
     2  chapter 420 of the laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 1626. Regulation of rest and parking areas and scenic overlooks.  1.
     4  The  department of transportation with respect to rest and parking areas
     5  and scenic overlooks provided by the department of transportation  along
     6  state  highways maintained by the state, may prohibit, restrict or regu-
     7  late traffic within such areas and overlooks or the use  of  such  areas
     8  and overlooks. Any action taken pursuant to this section shall supersede
     9  the  provisions of this chapter where inconsistent or in conflict there-
    10  with in respect to the establishment of maximum and minimum speed limits
    11  and to the parking, standing, stopping and backing of vehicles.
    12    2.   No rule or regulation adopted  pursuant  to  this  section  shall
    13  prohibit  or restrict the possession of a concealed firearm by any indi-
    14  vidual with a valid permit to have and carry a concealed firearm in this
    15  state.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




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