Bill Text: NY A03346 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a statewide historic maritime areas program; designates certain communities as historic maritime communities; defines terms; makes provisions for survey and planning for their historic resources and makes such planning eligible for funds under the environmental protection fund; makes related provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development [A03346 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A03346-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3346 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law and the environmental conservation law, in relation to historic maritime communities; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is 2 amended by adding a new section 35.14 to read as follows: 3 § 35.14 Historic maritime communities. 1. The state finds that the 4 state's maritime communities possess significant maritime related 5 historic resources which warrant special recognition and state support 6 to ensure appropriate protection and use. To the fullest extent practi- 7 cable, the commissioner shall relate or integrate historic maritime 8 communities into the statewide system of state designated heritage 9 areas. 10 2. "Historic maritime community" shall mean the following communities: 11 the village of Port Chester, village of Mamaroneck, city of New 12 Rochelle, City Island, Port Washington, city of Glen Cove, Oyster Bay, 13 Huntington Harbor, Northport Harbor, village of Port Jefferson, Matti- 14 tuck, Stony Brook, Setauket, West Sayville, Patchogue, Cold Spring 15 Harbor, Orient-Oyster Ponds, village of Sag Harbor and village of Green- 16 port. The commissioner, in consultation with the secretary of state, 17 shall survey and study other communities in the state where maritime 18 activity has been part of their historic development including communi- 19 ties along the Hudson River, and Lakes Champlain, Erie and Ontario, and 20 shall recommend appropriate communities to the legislature and the 21 governor for inclusion in the classification of historic maritime commu- 22 nities. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07127-01-9A. 3346 2 1 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the commissioner's 2 making the finding that an historic maritime community is suitable and 3 feasible for designation as a state designated heritage area, such 4 community shall be deemed to be eligible to prepare a management plan 5 pursuant to section 35.05 of this article and upon approval of such plan 6 by the commissioner, shall be a state designated heritage area. 7 4. The commissioner through grants from funds made available therefor 8 and technical assistance from the state historic preservation program 9 shall support: 10 (a) Undertaking comprehensive historic resources surveys for the 11 historic maritime communities where existing surveys are non-existent or 12 inadequate, including a survey of districts; sites; buildings; struc- 13 tures; streetscapes; and objects, including vessels, shipwrecks and 14 landscapes; 15 (b) Evaluating resources and identifying those districts, sites, 16 buildings, structures and objects of historic significance at the local, 17 state or national level which meet the criteria for listing on the state 18 and national registers of historic places; 19 (c) Identifying resources of other historic or cultural interest to 20 the historic maritime community; and 21 (d) Enacting of measures by the historic maritime community to 22 preserve historic properties. 23 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 54-0901 of the environmental conserva- 24 tion law, as amended by chapter 377 of the laws of 2008, is amended to 25 read as follows: 26 2. "Historic preservation project" means a project undertaken by a 27 municipality or a not-for-profit corporation to acquire, improve, 28 restore or rehabilitate property listed on the state or national regis- 29 ters of historic places to protect the historic, cultural or architec- 30 tural significance thereof or a project for planning or structural 31 assessments for such properties. "Historic preservation project" shall 32 also mean a project undertaken by the office to improve, restore or 33 rehabilitate state historic properties listed on the state or national 34 registers of historic places to protect the historical, cultural or 35 architectural significance thereof or a project for planning relating to 36 or structural assessments of such properties. In addition, a project 37 shall include a comprehensive historic maritime resources survey for a 38 historic maritime community as identified pursuant to subdivision two of 39 section 35.14 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law 40 undertaken by a municipality or a not-for-profit corporation. 41 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that section two 42 of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed April 1, 2024.
