Bill Text: NY A10165 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates the Claverack Creek, the Taghkanic Creek and the Agawamuck Creek as parts of the inland waterway system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-08 - substituted by s7645 [A10165 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A10165-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10165
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 13, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Environmental Conservation
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to designating the  Clav-
          erack  Creek,  the Taghkanic Creek and the Agawamuck Creek as parts of
          the inland waterway system
          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
     2  amended by chapter 133 of the laws of 2012, paragraph (a) as  separately
     3  amended  by  chapters  92  and  97 of the laws of 2015, paragraph (b) as
     4  separately amended by chapters 95, 96 and 97 of the  laws  of  2015  and
     5  paragraph  (c)  as amended by chapter 98 of the laws of 2015, is amended
     6  to read as follows:
     7    4. "Inland waterways" shall mean (a) the state's  major  inland  lakes
     8  consisting  of  lakes Ballston, Big Tupper, Black, Campfire, Canadarago,
     9  Canandaigua, Cayuga, Champlain, Chateaugay, Chautauqua,  Conesus,  Cran-
    10  berry,  Echo  (in  the  county of Westchester), George, Great Sacandaga,
    11  Honeoye, Indian, Keuka, Long, Mirror, Oneida, Onondaga, Otisco,  Otsego,
    12  Owasco,   Peach,  Placid,  Raquette,  Ronkonkoma,  Sacandaga,  Saratoga,
    13  Schroon, Seneca, Skaneateles, Silver (in  the  county  of  Wyoming)  and
    14  Saranac,  and  the  Fulton  chain of lakes; (b) the state's major rivers
    15  comprised of the Allegheny, Ausable, Battenkill, Black,  Boquet,  Bronx,
    16  Canisteo,  Chaumont  (including  Chaumont bay), Chemung, Cohocton, Dela-
    17  ware, Deer, Genesee, Grasse, Great Chazy, Hoosic, Hudson  north  of  the
    18  federal  dam  at  Troy,  Indian, Little (in the Adirondack park), Little
    19  Ausable, Little  Salmon  (including  north  and  south  branches),  Mad,
    20  Mettowee,  Mohawk, Oswegatchie, Pocantico, Racquette, Sacandaga, Salmon,
    21  Saranac, Saw Mill, Schroon, Susquehanna,  Tioga,  Tioughnioga,  Wallkill
    22  and  Buffalo  rivers,  and  the  north  and middle branches of the Moose
    23  river; (c) the state's major creeks  comprised  of  the  18  Mile  Creek
    24  located  in  Erie  county, Bushkill, Cattaraugus, Cincinnati, East Kill,
    25  Esopus (including upper and lower branches), Fish  (including  east  and
    26  west  branches),  Gooseberry,  Little Sandy, Onondaga, Sandy, Schoharie,
    27  South Sandy, Oatka, Tonawanda, West Kill, Scajaquada,  Wappinger  [and],
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15341-01-6
        A. 10165                            2
     1  Wynantskill,  Claverack,  Taghkanic  and  Agawamuck; (d) the Barge Canal
     2  System as defined in section two of the canal law; and (e) the  adjacent
     3  shorelands  to the extent that such inland waters and adjacent lands are
     4  strongly  influenced  by  each  other  including,  but  not  limited to,
     5  islands, wetlands, beaches, dunes, barrier islands, cliffs,  bluffs  and
     6  erosion prone areas.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.