Bill Text: NY S08922 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates Brantingham Lake, Delta Lake, Hinckley Reservoir, Oriskany Creek and West Canada Creek as inland waterways.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-11 - referred to environmental conservation [S08922 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08922-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8922
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 5, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to including  Brantingham
          Lake,  Delta  Lake, Hinckley Reservoir, Oriskany Creek and West Canada
          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 43 and 255 of the laws of 2017, paragraph (a)
     3  as  separately amended by chapter 433 of the laws of 2017, paragraph (b)
     4  as separately amended by chapter 142 of the laws of 2017, and  paragraph
     5  (c)  as  separately  amended by chapters 110, 142 and 161 of the laws of
     6  2017, is amended to read as follows:
     7    4. "Inland waterways" shall mean (a) the state's  major  inland  lakes
     8  consisting  of  lakes Baldwin, Ballston, Big Tupper, Black, Brantingham,
     9  Campfire, Canadarago, Canandaigua, Cayuga, Champlain, Charles,  Chateau-
    10  gay,  Chautauqua,  Conesus,  Cranberry, Delta, East Caroga, Echo (in the
    11  county of Westchester),  George,  Glencoma,  Great  Sacandaga,  Hinckley
    12  Reservoir,  Honeoye, Indian, Keuka, Little Wolf (in the county of Frank-
    13  lin), Lincolndale, Long, Lost (in the county of Putnam), Mirror, MacGre-
    14  gor, Mahopac, Northville, Oneida, Onondaga, Ossi, Otisco, Otsego,  Owas-
    15  co,  Peach,  Placid,  Purdys,  Putnam,  Raquette, Ronkonkoma, Sacandaga,
    16  Saratoga, Schroon, Secor, Seneca, Shenorock, Skaneateles, Silver (in the
    17  county of Wyoming), Saranac and Tonetta, Teakettle  Spout,  West  Caroga
    18  and  Wixon,  Simon  (in  the county of Franklin) and the Fulton chain of
    19  lakes; (b) the state's major rivers comprised of the Allegheny, Ausable,
    20  Battenkill, Black, Boquet, Bronx, Canisteo, Chaumont (including Chaumont
    21  bay), Chemung, Chenango,  Cohocton,  Delaware,  Deer,  Genesee,  Grasse,
    22  Great  Chazy,  Hoosic,  Hudson north of the federal dam at Troy, Indian,
    23  Little (in the Adirondack park), Little Ausable, Little Salmon  (includ-
    24  ing  north  and  south  branches),  Mad,  Mettowee, Mohawk, Oswegatchie,
    25  Pocantico, Racquette, Sacandaga, Salmon,  Saranac,  Saw  Mill,  Schroon,
    26  Susquehanna,  Tenmile,  Tioga, Tioughnioga, Wallkill and Buffalo rivers,
    27  and the north and middle branches of the Moose river;  (c)  the  state's
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16146-01-8
        S. 8922                             2
     1  major creeks comprised of the 18 Mile Creek located in Erie county, Bash
     2  Bish  and  Kinderhook Creek located in Columbia county, Kinderhook Creek
     3  located in Rensselaer county, Basher Kill, Bushkill, Cattaraugus,  Caya-
     4  dutta,  Cincinnati, East Kill, Esopus (including upper and lower branch-
     5  es), Fish (including east and  west  branches),  Gooseberry,  Kennyetto,
     6  Little  Sandy, Onondaga, Peekskill Hollow, Roeliff Jansen Kill, Rondout,
     7  Sandy, Schoharie, Shawangunk Kill, South Sandy, Oatka,  Tonawanda,  West
     8  Kill,  Scajaquada,  Wappinger, Webatuck, Wassaic, Black Creek located in
     9  Monroe county, Black Creek located  in  Genesee  and  Wyoming  counties,
    10  Ellicott  Creek located in Erie county and Wynantskill, Claverack, Tagh-
    11  kanic [and], Agawamuck [and], Wyomanock, Oriskany, and West Canada;  (d)
    12  the  Barge  Canal System as defined in section two of the canal law; and
    13  (e) the adjacent shorelands to the extent that such  inland  waters  and
    14  adjacent  lands are strongly influenced by each other including, but not
    15  limited to, islands, wetlands, beaches, dunes, barrier islands,  cliffs,
    16  bluffs and erosion prone areas.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.