Assembly Bill A2225A

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  2225--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Environmental  Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to including the  Sawkill
   Creek in Ulster county within the definition of "inland waterways" for
   the purposes of waterfront revitalization
 
   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,  Campfire,
 Canadarago,  Canandaigua, Carmel, Cazenovia, Cayuga, Champlain, Charles,
 Chateaugay, Chautauqua, Chazy, Conesus, Cranberry, East Caroga,  Dickie-
 busch,  Echo  (in  the  county  of Westchester), George, Glencoma, Great
 Sacandaga, 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,  Skaneateles, Silver (in the county of Wyom-
 ing), 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,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD06117-03-9

 A. 2225--A                          2
 
 Canisteo, Chaumont (including Chaumont bay), Chemung,  Chenango,  Cohoc-
 ton,  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 (including north and south branches), Mad,
 Mettowee,  Mohawk, Oswegatchie, Oswego, Pocantico, Racquette, Sacandaga,
 Salmon, Saranac, Saw Mill, Schroon, Susquehanna, Tenmile, Tioga, Tiough-
 nioga, 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 Kinder-
 hook Creek located in Columbia county, Kinderhook Creek located in Rens-
 selaer county, Basher Kill, Bushkill, Cattaraugus, Cayadutta,  Cincinna-
 ti,  East  Kill,  Esopus  (including  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, Webatuck, Wassaic, Black Creek  located  in
 Monroe  county,  Black  Creek  located  in Genesee and Wyoming counties,
 Ellicott Creek located in Erie county, Wynantskill, Claverack,  Taghkan-
 ic,  Agawamuck,  Wyomanock, and Ley Creek and Butternut Creek located in
 Onondaga county, [and] Nanticoke AND SAWKILL (IN ULSTER COUNTY); (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 adja-
 cent 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.