Senate Bill S2907

                            
 
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                                   2907
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 911 of the executive law, as sepa-
 rately amended by chapters 43 and 255 of the laws of 2017, paragraph (a)
 as separately amended by chapters 133, 135, 140, 153, 234, 265, 268, 485
 and  499 of the laws of 2018, paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 499 of
 the laws of 2018, and paragraph (c) as separately  amended  by  chapters
 131,  140,  232  and  502  of  the  laws  of 2018, is amended to read as
 follows:
   4. "Inland waterways" shall mean (a) the state's  major  inland  lakes
 consisting  of  lakes Baldwin, Ballston, Big Tupper, Black, BRANTINGHAM,
 Campfire, Canadarago, Canandaigua, Carmel, Cazenovia, Cayuga, Champlain,
 Charles, Chateaugay, Chautauqua, Chazy, Conesus, Cranberry, DELTA,  East
 Caroga,  Dickiebusch, Echo (in the county of Westchester), George, Glen-
 coma, Great Sacandaga, HINCKLEY  RESERVOIR,  Honeoye,  Indian,  Katonah,
 Kentwood,  Keuka,  Kitchawan,  Little  Wolf (in the county of Franklin),
 Lincolndale, Long, Lost (in the  county  of  Putnam),  Meahagh,  Mirror,
 MacGregor,  Mahopac,  Minerva, Mohegan, Nimham, Neatahwanta, Northville,
 Oceola,  Oneida,  Onondaga,  Oscaleta,  Ossi,  Otisco,  Otsego,  Owasco,
 Palmer,  Peach,  Placid, Purdys, Putnam, Raquette, Rippowam, Ronkonkoma,
 Round, Sacandaga, Saratoga, Schroon, Secor, Seneca,  Shenorock,  Skanea-
 teles,  Silver  (in  the  county  of  Wyoming), Sagamore, Saranac, Seven
 Hills, Tibet, Tonetta, Teakettle Spout, Truesdale, Waccabuc, West Caroga
 and Wixon, Simon (in the county of Franklin) and  the  Fulton  chain  of
 lakes; (b) the state's major rivers comprised of the Allegheny, Ausable,
 Battenkill, Black, Boquet, Bronx, Canisteo, Chaumont (including Chaumont
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 bay),  Chemung,  Chenango,  Cohocton,  Delaware,  Deer, Genesee, Grasse,
 Great Chazy, Hoosic, Hudson north of the federal dam  at  Troy,  Indian,
 Little  (in the Adirondack park), Little Ausable, Little Salmon (includ-
 ing north and south branches), Mad, Mettowee, Mohawk, Oswegatchie, Oswe-
 go, Pocantico, Racquette, Sacandaga, Salmon, Saranac, Saw Mill, Schroon,
 Susquehanna,  Tenmile,  Tioga, Tioughnioga, Wallkill and Buffalo rivers,
 and the north and middle branches of the Moose river;  (c)  the  state's
 major  creeks  comprised  of  the  18 Mile Creek located in Erie county,
 Chittenango Creek, Bash Bish and Kinderhook Creek  located  in  Columbia
 county,  Kinderhook  Creek  located  in  Rensselaer county, Basher Kill,
 Bushkill, Cattaraugus, Cayadutta, Cincinnati, East Kill, Esopus (includ-
 ing upper and lower branches), Fish (including east and west  branches),
 Gooseberry,  Great  Valley, Kennyetto, Little Sandy, Onondaga, Peekskill
 Hollow, Roeliff Jansen Kill, Rondout, Sandy, Schoharie, Shawangunk Kill,
 South Sandy, Oatka, Tonawanda, West Kill, Scajaquada,  Wappinger,  Weba-
 tuck, Wassaic, Black Creek located in Monroe county, Black Creek located
 in  Genesee and Wyoming counties, Ellicott Creek located in Erie county,
 Wynantskill, Claverack, Taghkanic, Agawamuck, Wyomanock, [and] Ley Creek
 and Butternut Creek located in Onondaga county, [and] Nanticoke, ORISKA-
 NY, AND WEST CANADA; (d) the Barge Canal System as  defined  in  section
 two of the canal law; and (e) the adjacent shorelands to the extent that
 such  inland  waters  and adjacent lands are strongly influenced by each
 other including, but not limited to, islands, wetlands, beaches,  dunes,
 barrier islands, cliffs, bluffs and erosion prone areas.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.