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Assembly Bill A4357

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires that no snowmobile policies be implemented or trail length be altered until the completion of a survey of the existing snowmobile trails

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2009-A4357 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Tourism, Arts And Sports Development
Law Section:
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §21.09, Pks & Rec L; add §9-0115, En Con L

2009-A4357 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that no snowmobile policies be implemented or trail length be altered until the completion of a survey of the existing snowmobile trails; requires the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to work in conjunction with the commissioner of environmental conservation to produce a survey of the current snowmobile trails in New York.

2009-A4357 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4357

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 3, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MORELLE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Tourism, Arts and Sports Development

AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law  and
  the environmental conservation law, in relation to the survey of snow-
  mobile trails

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The parks, recreation  and  historic  preservation  law  is
amended by adding a new section 21.09 to read as follows:
  S 21.09 SURVEY OF SNOWMOBILE TRAILS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTA-
TION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, SHALL CAUSE TO
BE  TAKEN  A  SURVEY  OF ALL TRAILS IN NEW YORK STATE THAT ARE CURRENTLY
DESIGNATED FOR SNOWMOBILE  OPERATION.  NO  TRAIL  DESIGNATION  SHALL  BE
REVOKED  FOR THE PURPOSES OF ALTERING SURVEY RESULTS, AND NO TRAIL MILE-
AGE MAY BE ADDED UNTIL  SUCH  SURVEY  IS  COMPLETED.  FURTHERMORE,  SUCH
SURVEY  SHALL  INCLUDE  ALL  TRAILS DESIGNATED FOR SNOWMOBILE USE IN THE
FOREST PRESERVE, AND THE TRANSFER OR REVOCATION OF EXISTING DESIGNATIONS
FOR SNOWMOBILE TRAIL USE IN THE FOREST PRESERVE MAY NOT OCCUR  IN  ORDER
TO MODIFY THE RESULTS OF SUCH SURVEY.
  2.  NO  ACTION ON SNOWMOBILE TRAIL USE POLICY MAY OCCUR, NOR SHALL THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY COMPREHENSIVE SNOWMOBILE TRAIL POLICY OCCUR  UNTIL
SUCH SURVEY HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC.
  3. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRON-
MENTAL  CONSERVATION,  SHALL  CAUSE SUCH SURVEY TO BE COMPLETED NO LATER
THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
  S 2. The environmental conservation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
section 9-0115 to read as follows:
S 9-0115. SURVEY OF SNOWMOBILE TRAILS.
  NO  ACTION  ON  SNOWMOBILE TRAIL USE POLICY WITHIN THE FOREST PRESERVE
MAY OCCUR, NOR SHALL THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY COMPREHENSIVE  SNOWMOBILE
TRAIL  POLICY  OCCUR  UNTIL  A  SNOWMOBILE TRAIL MILEAGE SURVEY HAS BEEN
COMPLETED PURSUANT TO SECTION 21.09 OF THE PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTOR-
IC PRESERVATION LAW.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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