Bill Text: NY A03314 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes a statewide historic maritime areas program; designates certain communities as historic maritime communities; defines terms; makes provisions for survey and planning for their historic resources and makes such planning eligible for funds under the environmental protection fund; makes related provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development [A03314 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A03314-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3314--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 27, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law and the environmental conservation law, in relation to historic maritime communities; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is 2 amended by adding a new section 35.14 to read as follows: 3 § 35.14 Historic maritime communities. 1. The state finds that the 4 state's maritime communities possess significant maritime related 5 historic resources which warrant special recognition and state support 6 to ensure appropriate protection and use. To the fullest extent practi- 7 cable, the commissioner shall relate or integrate historic maritime 8 communities into the statewide system of state designated heritage 9 areas. 10 2. "Historic maritime community" shall mean the following communities: 11 the village of Port Chester, village of Mamaroneck, city of New 12 Rochelle, City Island, Port Washington, city of Glen Cove, Oyster Bay, 13 Huntington Harbor, Northport Harbor, village of Port Jefferson, Matti- 14 tuck, Stony Brook, Setauket, West Sayville, Patchogue, Cold Spring 15 Harbor, Orient-Oyster Ponds, village of Sag Harbor and village of Green- 16 port. The commissioner, in consultation with the secretary of state, 17 shall survey and study other communities in the state where maritime 18 activity has been part of their historic development including communi- 19 ties along the Hudson River, and Lakes Champlain, Erie and Ontario, and 20 shall recommend appropriate communities to the legislature and the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03690-03-7A. 3314--A 2 1 governor for inclusion in the classification of historic maritime commu- 2 nities. 3 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the commissioner's 4 making the finding that an historic maritime community is suitable and 5 feasible for designation as a state designated heritage area, such 6 community shall be deemed to be eligible to prepare a management plan 7 pursuant to section 35.05 of this article and upon approval of such plan 8 by the commissioner, shall be a state designated heritage area. 9 4. The commissioner through grants from funds made available therefor 10 and technical assistance from the state historic preservation program 11 shall support: 12 (a) Undertaking comprehensive historic resources surveys for the 13 historic maritime communities where existing surveys are non-existent or 14 inadequate, including a survey of districts; sites; buildings; struc- 15 tures; streetscapes; and objects, including vessels, shipwrecks and 16 landscapes; 17 (b) Evaluating resources and identifying those districts, sites, 18 buildings, structures and objects of historic significance at the local, 19 state or national level which meet the criteria for listing on the state 20 and national registers of historic places; 21 (c) Identifying resources of other historic or cultural interest to 22 the historic maritime community; and 23 (d) Enacting of measures by the historic maritime community to 24 preserve historic properties. 25 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 54-0901 of the environmental conserva- 26 tion law, as amended by chapter 377 of the laws of 2008, is amended to 27 read as follows: 28 2. "Historic preservation project" means a project undertaken by a 29 municipality or a not-for-profit corporation to acquire, improve, 30 restore or rehabilitate property listed on the state or national regis- 31 ters of historic places to protect the historic, cultural or architec- 32 tural significance thereof or a project for planning or structural 33 assessments for such properties. "Historic preservation project" shall 34 also mean a project undertaken by the office to improve, restore or 35 rehabilitate state historic properties listed on the state or national 36 registers of historic places to protect the historical, cultural or 37 architectural significance thereof or a project for planning relating to 38 or structural assessments of such properties. In addition, a project 39 shall include a comprehensive historic maritime resources survey for a 40 historic maritime community as identified pursuant to subdivision two of 41 section 35.14 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law 42 undertaken by a municipality or a not-for-profit corporation. 43 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that section two 44 of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed April 1, 2022.
