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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Spears, Cortvriend, McGaw, Caldwell, Craven, | |
Date Introduced: March 06, 2024 | |
Referred To: House Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 32-1-17 of the General Laws in Chapter 32-1 entitled "General |
2 | Provisions" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 32-1-17. Persons with disabilities. |
4 | No fee shall be charged any person with a disability regardless of age, or to automobiles |
5 | transporting a non-driver with a disability, at any recreational facility owned and operated by the |
6 | state; provided, however, proper identification is presented as prescribed by the department of |
7 | environmental management. For the purpose of this section “person with a disability” shall mean |
8 | an individual who has a physical or mental impairment and is receiving: |
9 | (a) Social Receiving social security disability benefits (SSDI); |
10 | (b) Supplemental Receiving supplemental security income benefits (SSI); or |
11 | (c) Veterans Receiving veterans benefits and who shall be determined under applicable |
12 | federal law by the federal department of veterans’ affairs to be one hundred percent (100%) |
13 | disabled through a service-connected disability.; or |
14 | (d) Determined by the executive office of health and human services, or its designee, to be |
15 | disabled for purposes of Medicaid eligibility. |
16 | For purpose of this section, “fees” shall include all fees for parking, admittance, or other |
17 | user fees for playing golf. The term “fees” shall not include licensing fees, camping fees, picnic |
18 | table fees, or specialized facility use fees, including, but not limited to, fees for the use of equestrian |
19 | areas, performing arts centers, game fields, and mule shed. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS | |
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1 | This act would add to those persons exempt from payment of parking fees at any |
2 | recreational facility owned and operated by the state those individuals determined by the executive |
3 | office of health and human services, or its designee, to be disabled for purposes of Medicaid |
4 | eligibility. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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