Bill Text: NY S02907 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates Brantingham Lake, Delta Lake, Hinckley Reservoir, Oriskany Creek and West Canada Creek as inland waterways.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S02907 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02907-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2907
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 30, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to including  Brantingham
          Lake,  Delta  Lake, Hinckley Reservoir, Oriskany Creek and West Canada
          Creek in the definition of Inland waterways
          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, Brantingham,
    10  Campfire, Canadarago, Canandaigua, Carmel, Cazenovia, Cayuga, Champlain,
    11  Charles, Chateaugay, Chautauqua, Chazy, Conesus, Cranberry, Delta,  East
    12  Caroga,  Dickiebusch, Echo (in the county of Westchester), George, Glen-
    13  coma, Great Sacandaga, Hinckley  Reservoir,  Honeoye,  Indian,  Katonah,
    14  Kentwood,  Keuka,  Kitchawan,  Little  Wolf (in the county of Franklin),
    15  Lincolndale, Long, Lost (in the  county  of  Putnam),  Meahagh,  Mirror,
    16  MacGregor,  Mahopac,  Minerva, Mohegan, Nimham, Neatahwanta, Northville,
    17  Oceola,  Oneida,  Onondaga,  Oscaleta,  Ossi,  Otisco,  Otsego,  Owasco,
    18  Palmer,  Peach,  Placid, Purdys, Putnam, Raquette, Rippowam, Ronkonkoma,
    19  Round, Sacandaga, Saratoga, Schroon, Secor, Seneca,  Shenorock,  Skanea-
    20  teles,  Silver  (in  the  county  of  Wyoming), Sagamore, Saranac, Seven
    21  Hills, Tibet, Tonetta, Teakettle Spout, Truesdale, Waccabuc, West Caroga
    22  and Wixon, Simon (in the county of Franklin) and  the  Fulton  chain  of
    23  lakes; (b) the state's major rivers comprised of the Allegheny, Ausable,
    24  Battenkill, Black, Boquet, Bronx, Canisteo, Chaumont (including Chaumont
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07588-01-9
        S. 2907                             2
     1  bay),  Chemung,  Chenango,  Cohocton,  Delaware,  Deer, Genesee, Grasse,
     2  Great Chazy, Hoosic, Hudson north of the federal dam  at  Troy,  Indian,
     3  Little  (in the Adirondack park), Little Ausable, Little Salmon (includ-
     4  ing north and south branches), Mad, Mettowee, Mohawk, Oswegatchie, Oswe-
     5  go, Pocantico, Racquette, Sacandaga, Salmon, Saranac, Saw Mill, Schroon,
     6  Susquehanna,  Tenmile,  Tioga, Tioughnioga, Wallkill and Buffalo rivers,
     7  and the north and middle branches of the Moose river;  (c)  the  state's
     8  major  creeks  comprised  of  the  18 Mile Creek located in Erie county,
     9  Chittenango Creek, Bash Bish and Kinderhook Creek  located  in  Columbia
    10  county,  Kinderhook  Creek  located  in  Rensselaer county, Basher Kill,
    11  Bushkill, Cattaraugus, Cayadutta, Cincinnati, East Kill, Esopus (includ-
    12  ing upper and lower branches), Fish (including east and west  branches),
    13  Gooseberry,  Great  Valley, Kennyetto, Little Sandy, Onondaga, Peekskill
    14  Hollow, Roeliff Jansen Kill, Rondout, Sandy, Schoharie, Shawangunk Kill,
    15  South Sandy, Oatka, Tonawanda, West Kill, Scajaquada,  Wappinger,  Weba-
    16  tuck, Wassaic, Black Creek located in Monroe county, Black Creek located
    17  in  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, Oriska-
    20  ny, and West Canada; (d) the Barge Canal System as  defined  in  section
    21  two of the canal law; and (e) the adjacent shorelands to the extent that
    22  such  inland  waters  and adjacent lands are strongly influenced by each
    23  other including, but not limited to, islands, wetlands, beaches,  dunes,
    24  barrier islands, cliffs, bluffs and erosion prone areas.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.