S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S. 2978 A. 4521
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
February 4, 2011
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
ment
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, ENGLEBRIGHT, MONTESANO,
MURRAY, RAIA, SALADINO, SCHIMEL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
CONTE, FITZPATRICK, McKEVITT, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT designating state owned lands, located in the hamlet of Westhamp-
ton, town of Southampton, county of Suffolk, under the jurisdiction of
the state department of environmental conservation, as the Edwin M.
Schwenk Memorial Nature Preserve
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that
2 Edwin M. Schwenk has given many years of dedicated public service to the
3 people of Long Island including major initiatives to protect environ-
4 mentally sensitive land and open spaces.
5 In 1993, Edwin Schwenk was directly involved with the creation of the
6 Long Island Pine Barrens Protection Act. This legislation created the
7 third largest land preserve in the state of New York and ended years of
8 expensive litigation for the building industry while protecting, in
9 perpetuity, a sole source aquifer.
10 Edwin Schwenk also helped to spearhead the passage of the Peconic Bay
11 Regional Community Preservation Act which established a two percent
12 transfer tax on real estate sales to preserve open space and recreation
13 land on the East End of Long Island.
14 Edwin Schwenk passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2009. The dedi-
15 cation of this parcel of land located within the Long Island Pine
16 Barrens in his name will memorialize his incredible advocacy for his
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 community and his unyielding commitment to protecting Long Island's
2 precious environmental resources.
3 S 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the approx-
4 imately 154.3 acres of state land, under the jurisdiction of the state
5 department of environmental conservation, located at Westhampton, county
6 of Suffolk, formerly known as the W.J.F. Realty property, also identi-
7 fied as Suffolk County Tax Map parcels: 0900-217-1-4; 0900-216-1-25;
8 0900-217-2-16, 0900-217-1-1, shall be known as the Edwin M. Schwenk
9 Memorial Nature Preserve. Said preserve shall be suitably marked in a
10 manner to be prescribed by the commissioner of the department of envi-
11 ronmental conservation.
12 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.