STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9498 IN SENATE July 8, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STEC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to exempting any land located in the state forest preserve in the Adirondack and Catskill parks from certain provisions of law relating to prohibiting firearms in public parks The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 265.01-e of the 2 penal law, as added by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (d) libraries, public playgrounds, public parks, except any state 5 forest preserve land located in the Adirondack and Catskill parks, and 6 zoos; 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 8 manner as chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16113-01-2