Bill Text: NY A07562 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7562 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Requires the development, adoption and implementation of a master plan for the Nissequogue River State Park.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Vetoed) 2019-12-20 - VETOED MEMO.260 [A07562 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7562

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 9, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, O'DONNELL, FITZPATRICK -- read once
          and referred to the Committee  on  Tourism,  Parks,  Arts  and  Sports
          Development

        AN  ACT  requiring  the  development,  adoption  and implementation of a
          master plan for the Nissequogue River State Park

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

     1    Section 1. (a) The Commissioner of the Office of Parks, Recreation and
     2  Historic Preservation (OPRHP), in cooperation with the Nissequogue River
     3  State  Park  Foundation  and other interested parties, including but not
     4  limited to the town of Smithtown, shall develop, adopt and  implement  a
     5  master  plan for the Nissequogue River State Park, Kings Park, county of
     6  Suffolk.
     7    (b) The master  plan  shall  take  into  consideration  the  historic,
     8  natural  and  recreational  resources  of the park and respond to recre-
     9  ational needs  and  safety  of  park  patrons,  the  protection  of  the
    10  resources  of the park and principles of sustainability. The master plan
    11  shall include short- and long-term agendas to guide  future  development
    12  of new and enhanced park facilities and shall establish goals concerning
    13  individual  park resources, access, maintenance, operations and develop-
    14  ment.
    15    (c) The plan shall present a series of  "preferred  alternatives"  for
    16  the  future  development  and  operation  of the Nissequogue River State
    17  Park; provided that the initiation of any specific action will be deter-
    18  mined by the level of funding available to OPRHP in future years.
    19    (d) The Commissioner shall hold such public meetings to gather  infor-
    20  mation  from the general public and other state, local and federal agen-
    21  cies about the past uses and issues associated with future uses  of  the
    22  park as he or she deems necessary and/or desirable.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11501-01-9

        A. 7562                             2

     1    (e)  The  development of such plan shall commence within sixty days of
     2  the effective date of this act and the plan shall  be  completed  within
     3  one year thereafter.
     4    (f)  Details  of the plan shall be made available to the public on the
     5  website of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and  on
     6  the Nissequogue River State Park website.
     7    § 2. The plan shall include an environmental impact statement prepared
     8  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of article 8 of the environmental
     9  conservation law.
    10    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.