Bill Text: NY S04824 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-12 - DEFEATED IN CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [S04824 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04824-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4824--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 20, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced by Sen. PANEPINTO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
          Parks  and  Recreation  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Cultural
          Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation in accordance with Senate  Rule
          6,  sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        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
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00472-02-6