Bill Text: NY S05793 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Includes East and West Caroga Lakes, Northville Lake, Cayadutta Creek and Kennyetto Creek in the definition of inland waterways.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-21 - SIGNED CHAP.255 [S05793 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05793-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5793--A
            Cal. No. 1284
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 1, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- reported favor-
          ably from said committee, ordered to first and second report,  ordered
          to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
          in the order of third reading
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law, in relation to including East and
          West Caroga Lakes, Northville  Lake,  Cayadutta  Creek  and  Kennyetto
          Creek in the definition of Inland waterways
          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 sepa-
     2  rately amended by chapters 113 and 216 of the laws  of  2016,  paragraph
     3  (a)  as  separately  amended by chapters 193 and 196 of the laws of 2016
     4  and paragraph (c) as separately amended by chapters 126, 154, 157,  175,
     5  176,  214,  217  and  227  of  the  laws  of 2016, is amended to read as
     6  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, Charles, Chateaugay,  Chautauqua,  Cone-
    10  sus,  Cranberry,  East  Caroga,  Echo  (in  the  county of Westchester),
    11  George, Glencoma, Great Sacandaga, Honeoye, Indian, Keuka,  Little  Wolf
    12  (in  the  county of Franklin), Lincolndale, Long, Lost (in the county of
    13  Putnam), Mirror, MacGregor, Mahopac, Northville, Oneida, Onondaga, Otis-
    14  co, Otsego, Owasco, Peach, Placid, Putnam, Raquette, Ronkonkoma,  Sacan-
    15  daga,  Saratoga,  Schroon, Secor, Seneca, Shenorock, Skaneateles, Silver
    16  (in the county of Wyoming), Saranac and Tonetta, Teakettle  Spout,  West
    17  Caroga and Wixon, Simon (in the county of Franklin) and the Fulton chain
    18  of lakes; (b) the state's major rivers comprised of the Allegheny, Ausa-
    19  ble,  Battenkill,  Black,  Boquet,  Bronx, Canisteo, Chaumont (including
    20  Chaumont bay), Chemung, Cohocton, Delaware, Deer, Genesee, Grasse, Great
    21  Chazy, Hoosic, Hudson north of the federal dam at Troy,  Indian,  Little
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11244-03-7
        S. 5793--A                          2
     1  (in the Adirondack park), Little Ausable, Little Salmon (including north
     2  and  south  branches),  Mad,  Mettowee,  Mohawk, Oswegatchie, Pocantico,
     3  Racquette, Sacandaga, Salmon, Saranac, Saw Mill,  Schroon,  Susquehanna,
     4  Tioga,  Tioughnioga,  Wallkill  and  Buffalo  rivers,  and the north and
     5  middle branches of  the  Moose  river;  (c)  the  state's  major  creeks
     6  comprised of the 18 Mile Creek located in Erie county, Bash Bish located
     7  in  Columbia  county,  Basher  Kill,  Bushkill,  Cattaraugus, Cayadutta,
     8  Cincinnati, East Kill, Esopus (including upper and lower branches), Fish
     9  (including east and west branches), Gooseberry, Kennyetto, Little Sandy,
    10  Onondaga, Roeliff Jansen Kill,  Rondout,  Sandy,  Schoharie,  Shawangunk
    11  Kill,  South  Sandy, Oatka, Tonawanda, West Kill, Scajaquada, Wappinger,
    12  Black Creek located in Monroe county, Black Creek located in Genesee and
    13  Wyoming counties, Ellicott Creek located in Erie county and Wynantskill,
    14  Claverack, Taghkanic and Agawamuck and Wyomanock; (d)  the  Barge  Canal
    15  System  as defined in section two of the canal law; and (e) the adjacent
    16  shorelands to the extent that such inland waters and adjacent lands  are
    17  strongly  influenced  by  each  other  including,  but  not  limited to,
    18  islands, wetlands, beaches, dunes, barrier islands, cliffs,  bluffs  and
    19  erosion prone areas.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.