Assembly Bill A4838

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the trustees of the Freeholders and the Commonalty of the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A4838 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4117
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Suffolk County
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A5523, S3730
2021-2022: A8476, S7529
2023-2024: A1531, S2156

2017-A4838 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the trustees of the Freeholders and the Commonalty of the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk; provides that the trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the town of Southampton have and shall continue to have the authority to enforce the public's easement and access upon the ocean beaches within the town of Southampton, including all rights of the public with respect to the said ocean beaches which were conferred upon them by the Dongan Patent of 1686; defines "ocean beaches".

2017-A4838 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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     S. 4117                                                  A. 4838
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
   ment
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Local Governments

 AN ACT in relation to the trustees of the Freeholders and the Commonalty
   of the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative findings. The legislature enacted chapter 255
 of the laws of 1818 and chapter 283 of the laws of 1831, addressing  the
 respective  powers  of the trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of
 the town of Southampton, a body politic created by the Dongan Patent  of
 1686, and the trustees for the proprietors of the town of Southampton, a
 body  created  by  chapter  255 of the laws of 1818, with respect to the
 title to and use of the ocean beaches in the town, and further, to  make
 clear  the  continuing  ownership of the trustees of the Freeholders and
 Commonalty of the town of Southampton of the  underwater  lands  in  the
 town  and the taking of the products thereof, and their right to protect
 the public's right to use and enjoy the easement upon the ocean  beaches
 that  was  granted  to  them  by the Dongan Patent. The trustees for the
 proprietors of the town of Southampton sold the last of the ocean  beach
 lands  owned  by  them  and  disbanded the board of trustees in 1882 and
 thereafter ceased to exist. The Legislature enacted chapter 257  of  the
 laws  of  1892 and chapter 872 of the laws of 1896 authorizing the Trus-
 tees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the town of Southampton, "from
 time to time, whenever in their judgment it shall become  necessary"  to
 determine  the  necessity and location of one or more inlets in the town
 of Southampton from the Atlantic Ocean to Shinnecock Bay, or into  Mecox
 Bay,  or into Sag Pond, and to exercise the power of eminent domain over
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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