Bill Text: NY A06571 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Includes the lake of Drew in Westchester county within the definition of "inland waterways" for the purposes of waterfront revitalization.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-09-13 - signed chap.273 [A06571 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06571-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6571--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 12, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to including the lake of
          Drew within the definition of "inland waterways" for the  purposes  of
          waterfront revitalization

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 911 of the executive law, as sepa-
     2  rately amended by chapters 43 and 255 of the laws of 2017, paragraph (a)
     3  as separately amended by chapters 133, 135, 140, 153, 234, 265, 268, 485
     4  and 499 of the laws of 2018, paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 499  of
     5  the  laws  of  2018, and paragraph (c) as separately amended by chapters
     6  131, 140, 232 and 502 of the  laws  of  2018,  is  amended  to  read  as
     7  follows:
     8    4.  "Inland  waterways"  shall mean (a) the state's major inland lakes
     9  consisting of lakes Baldwin,  Ballston,  Big  Tupper,  Black,  Campfire,
    10  Canadarago,  Canandaigua, Carmel, Cazenovia, Cayuga, Champlain, Charles,
    11  Chateaugay, Chautauqua, Chazy, Conesus, Cranberry,  Drew,  East  Caroga,
    12  Dickiebusch,  Echo  (in  the  county  of Westchester), George, Glencoma,
    13  Great Sacandaga, Honeoye, Indian, Katonah, Kentwood,  Keuka,  Kitchawan,
    14  Little Wolf (in the county of Franklin), Lincolndale, Long, Lost (in the
    15  county  of  Putnam), Meahagh, Mirror, MacGregor, Mahopac, Minerva, Mohe-
    16  gan, Nimham, Neatahwanta, Northville, Oceola, Oneida, Onondaga,  Oscale-
    17  ta, Ossi, Otisco, Otsego, Owasco, Palmer, Peach, Placid, Purdys, Putnam,
    18  Raquette,  Rippowam,  Ronkonkoma,  Round,  Sacandaga, Saratoga, Schroon,
    19  Secor, Seneca, Shenorock, Skaneateles, Silver (in the  county  of  Wyom-
    20  ing),  Sagamore,  Saranac, Seven Hills, Tibet, Tonetta, Teakettle Spout,
    21  Truesdale, Waccabuc, West Caroga and Wixon,  Simon  (in  the  county  of
    22  Franklin)  and  the  Fulton chain of lakes; (b) the state's major rivers
    23  comprised of the Allegheny, Ausable, Battenkill, Black,  Boquet,  Bronx,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10440-02-9
        A. 6571--A                          2

     1  Canisteo,  Chaumont  (including Chaumont bay), Chemung, Chenango, Cohoc-
     2  ton, Delaware, Deer, Genesee, Grasse, Great Chazy, Hoosic, Hudson  north
     3  of  the  federal  dam  at Troy, Indian, Little (in the Adirondack park),
     4  Little Ausable, Little Salmon (including north and south branches), Mad,
     5  Mettowee,  Mohawk, Oswegatchie, Oswego, Pocantico, Racquette, Sacandaga,
     6  Salmon, Saranac, Saw Mill, Schroon, Susquehanna, Tenmile, Tioga, Tiough-
     7  nioga, Wallkill and Buffalo rivers, and the north and middle branches of
     8  the Moose river; (c) the state's major creeks comprised of the  18  Mile
     9  Creek  located  in Erie county, Chittenango Creek, Bash Bish and Kinder-
    10  hook Creek located in Columbia county, Kinderhook Creek located in Rens-
    11  selaer county, Basher Kill, Bushkill, Cattaraugus, Cayadutta,  Cincinna-
    12  ti,  East  Kill,  Esopus  (including  upper  and  lower  branches), Fish
    13  (including east and west branches), Gooseberry, Great Valley, Kennyetto,
    14  Little Sandy, Onondaga, Peekskill Hollow, Roeliff Jansen Kill,  Rondout,
    15  Sandy,  Schoharie,  Shawangunk Kill, South Sandy, Oatka, Tonawanda, West
    16  Kill, Scajaquada, Wappinger, Webatuck, Wassaic, Black Creek  located  in
    17  Monroe  county,  Black  Creek  located  in Genesee and Wyoming counties,
    18  Ellicott Creek located in Erie county, Wynantskill, Claverack,  Taghkan-
    19  ic,  Agawamuck,  Wyomanock, and Ley Creek and Butternut Creek located in
    20  Onondaga county, and Nanticoke; (d) the Barge Canal System as defined in
    21  section two of the canal law; and (e) the  adjacent  shorelands  to  the
    22  extent  that  such  inland waters and adjacent lands are strongly influ-
    23  enced by each other including, but not limited  to,  islands,  wetlands,
    24  beaches, dunes, barrier islands, cliffs, bluffs and erosion prone areas.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.