Bill Text: NY S05828 | 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 (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-09-13 - signed chap.273 [S05828 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05828-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5828--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 15, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --  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

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10440-03-9
        S. 5828--A                          2

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