Bill Text: NY A06963 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Includes the Ferguson, Moyer, Mud Creek, Ninemile Creek, Oriskany, Reall, Sauquoit, Six Mile Creek, and Wood Creek as creeks within the definition of "inland waterways" for the purposes of waterfront revitalization.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-09-13 - signed chap.278 [A06963 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A06963-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Includes the Ferguson, Moyer, Mud Creek, Ninemile Creek, Oriskany, Reall, Sauquoit, Six Mile Creek, and Wood Creek as creeks within the definition of "inland waterways" for the purposes of waterfront revitalization.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-09-13 - signed chap.278 [A06963 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A06963-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6963 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 28, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to including the Fergu- son, Moyer, and the Sauquoit as creeks 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, East Caroga, Dickie- 12 busch, Echo (in the county of Westchester), George, Glencoma, Great 13 Sacandaga, Honeoye, Indian, Katonah, Kentwood, Keuka, Kitchawan, Little 14 Wolf (in the county of Franklin), Lincolndale, Long, Lost (in the county 15 of Putnam), Meahagh, Mirror, MacGregor, Mahopac, Minerva, Mohegan, 16 Nimham, Neatahwanta, Northville, Oceola, Oneida, Onondaga, Oscaleta, 17 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, 24 Canisteo, Chaumont (including Chaumont bay), Chemung, Chenango, Cohoc- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10761-01-9A. 6963 2 1 ton, Delaware, Deer, Genesee, Grasse, Great Chazy, Hoosic, Hudson north 2 of the federal dam at Troy, Indian, Little (in the Adirondack park), 3 Little Ausable, Little Salmon (including north and south branches), Mad, 4 Mettowee, Mohawk, Oswegatchie, Oswego, Pocantico, Racquette, Sacandaga, 5 Salmon, Saranac, Saw Mill, Schroon, Susquehanna, Tenmile, Tioga, Tiough- 6 nioga, Wallkill and Buffalo rivers, and the north and middle branches of 7 the Moose river; (c) the state's major creeks comprised of the 18 Mile 8 Creek located in Erie county, Chittenango Creek, Bash Bish and Kinder- 9 hook Creek located in Columbia county, Kinderhook Creek located in Rens- 10 selaer county, Basher Kill, Bushkill, Cattaraugus, Cayadutta, Cincinna- 11 ti, East Kill, Esopus (including upper and lower branches), Ferguson, 12 Fish (including east and west branches), Gooseberry, Great Valley, 13 Kennyetto, Little Sandy, Moyer, Onondaga, Peekskill Hollow, Roeliff 14 Jansen Kill, Rondout, Sandy, Sauquoit, Schoharie, Shawangunk Kill, South 15 Sandy, Oatka, Tonawanda, West Kill, Scajaquada, Wappinger, Webatuck, 16 Wassaic, Black Creek located in Monroe county, Black Creek located in 17 Genesee and Wyoming counties, Ellicott Creek located in Erie county, 18 Wynantskill, Claverack, Taghkanic, Agawamuck, Wyomanock, and Ley Creek 19 and Butternut Creek located in Onondaga county, and Nanticoke; (d) the 20 Barge Canal System as defined in section two of the canal law; and (e) 21 the adjacent shorelands to the extent that such inland waters and adja- 22 cent lands are strongly influenced by each other including, but not 23 limited to, islands, wetlands, beaches, dunes, barrier islands, cliffs, 24 bluffs and erosion prone areas. 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.