Bill Text: NY A03345 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Defines the boundaries of the Niagara river greenway.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development [A03345 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A03345-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3345
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 27, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
        AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
          relation to defining boundaries of the Niagara river greenway
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 39.03 of the parks, recreation and
     2  historic preservation law, as added by chapter 460 of the laws of  2004,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    1.  "Niagara  river greenway" or "greenway" shall mean a linear system
     5  of state and local parks and conservation areas linked by a  network  of
     6  multi  use  trails  within the greenway area [established by an approved
     7  plan of the commission as provided for  in  this  article]  which  shall
     8  include:  lands  and  waters  as identified as the "Greenway Focus Area"
     9  designated within the Niagara River Greenway Plan  that  includes  areas
    10  within  adopted Local Waterfront Revitalization Plans and New York State
    11  Coastal Management Zones. Only those projects located within the  Green-
    12  way  Focus  Area  may  be funded. Within the tributaries of the Greenway
    13  Focus Area, only those projects which demonstrate a direct  relationship
    14  to  water quality improvement, ecosystem function, or trail connections,
    15  may be funded.
    16    § 2. The closing paragraph of section 39.07 of the  parks,  recreation
    17  and  historic  preservation  law, as added by chapter 460 of the laws of
    18  2004, is amended to read as follows:
    19    Such draft plan shall be submitted  to  the  commissioner  [of  parks,
    20  recreation  and historic preservation] within two years of the effective
    21  date of this article. The commissioner may approve the plan, may  return
    22  the  plan  to  the  commission with recommendations for approval, or may
    23  reject such plan. Prior to submission of the draft plan to  the  commis-
    24  sioner,  the  commission  shall  hold at least one public hearing on the
    25  draft plan in each county for which the plan is  applicable.  The  local
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  legislative  body  of  each  city, town or village within the boundaries
     2  designated by the draft plan must approve the plan following the  public
     3  hearing  or  hearings  and before it is submitted to the commissioner. A
     4  copy  of the approved plan shall be provided to the governor, the tempo-
     5  rary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.  As creat-
     6  ing a linear system of state and  local  parks  and  conservation  areas
     7  linked  by  a  network of multi-use trails is the primary mission of the
     8  Niagara river greenway commission, this mission shall take priority  and
     9  no project which does not further this mission, as described and defined
    10  in this paragraph, shall be funded.
    11    §  3. Section 39.19 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation
    12  law, as added by chapter 460 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read  as
    13  follows:
    14    §  39.19  State  actions.  Each  state agency shall review its actions
    15  within the greenway in relation to the consistency of such actions  with
    16  the  approved  Niagara  river greenway plan.   However, no action may be
    17  taken unless it is consistent with the provisions of  this  article  and
    18  the  chapter  of  the  laws  of two thousand seventeen that amended this
    19  section.
    20    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.