S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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890
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 9, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
Parks and Recreation
AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
relation to establishing the Zoar Valley state park
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 13.33 to read as follows:
§ 13.33 ZOAR VALLEY STATE PARK. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DESIGNATE,
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13.03 OF THIS ARTICLE, THOSE PARCELS OF LAND SPECI-
FIED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION TO BE PART OF THE STATE PARK
SYSTEM TO BE KNOWN AS THE "ZOAR VALLEY STATE PARK".
2. THE ZOAR VALLEY STATE PARK SHALL CONSTITUTE THOSE LANDS DESIGNATED
BY THE COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AS THE ZOAR VALLEY
MULTIPLE USE AREA PURSUANT TO SECTION 190.25 OF TITLE SIX OF THE NEW
YORK STATE CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS BEING:
ALL THOSE STATE LANDS, EXCLUDING THE EAST OTTO STATE FOREST, LYING AND
SITUATED IN THE TOWNS OF OTTO AND PERSIA, IN THE COUNTY OF CATTARAUGUS,
AND THE TOWN OF COLLINS, IN THE COUNTY OF ERIE, INCLUDING A FIVE-MILE
SEGMENT OF CATTARAUGUS CREEK AND A TWO-MILE SEGMENT OF THE SOUTH BRANCH
OF CATTARAUGUS CREEK, AND BEING THE SAME LANDS AS MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED IN SEVERAL DEEDS CONVEYING SAID LANDS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE, ON FILE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AT
ALBANY, AND DULY RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF THE COUN-
TY OF CATTARAUGUS AND THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF
ERIE, RESPECTIVELY. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO,
AND THE REFERENCES TO THE ZOAR VALLEY STATE PARK SHALL NOT INCLUDE, THE
DETACHED PARCEL OF THE FORMER ZOAR VALLEY MULTIPLE USE AREA, GENERALLY
LOCATED BETWEEN WICKHAM ROAD AND FORTY ROAD.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.