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Assembly Bill A8805

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the disposition of barge canal lands, barge canal terminals or barge canal terminal lands

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2021-A8805 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 15 §1, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A684
2025-2026: A943

2021-A8805 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires legislative approval for any change in the state agency or agency subdivision which has management and control, including but not limited to management and control over its maintenance and oversight, of any portion of the barge canal.

2021-A8805 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8805
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing  an  amendment to section 1 of article 15 of the constitution,
   in relation to the disposition  of  barge  canal  lands,  barge  canal
   terminals or barge canal terminal lands

   Section  1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 1 of article
 15 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   Section 1. The  legislature  shall  not  sell,  abandon  or  otherwise
 dispose  of  the  now existing or future improved barge canal, the divi-
 sions of which are the Erie  canal,  the  Oswego  canal,  the  Champlain
 canal, and the Cayuga and Seneca canals, or of the terminals constructed
 as  part of the barge canal system; nor shall it sell, abandon or other-
 wise dispose of any portion of the canal system existing  prior  to  the
 barge canal improvement which portion forms a part of, or functions as a
 part  of,  the present barge canal system; but such canals and terminals
 shall remain the property of the state  and  under  its  management  and
 control  forever.  LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL SHALL BE OBTAINED FOR ANY CHANGE
 IN THE STATE AGENCY OR  AGENCY  SUBDIVISION  WHICH  HAS  MANAGEMENT  AND
 CONTROL,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OVER ITS
 MAINTENANCE AND OVERSIGHT, OF ANY  PORTION  OF  THE  BARGE  CANAL.  This
 prohibition shall not prevent the legislature, by appropriate laws, from
 authorizing  the  granting of revocable permits or leases for periods of
 time as authorized by the legislature for the occupancy or use  of  such
 lands or structures.
   §  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
 referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
 next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
 conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD89161-02-1

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