Senate Bill S7221

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex in Essex County

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee


  • 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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2021-S7221 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9453
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 9 Title 23 §§9-2301 - 9-2304, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S5333, A2450

2021-S7221 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex in Essex County.

2021-S7221 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7221 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7221
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
   Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 9 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
 by adding a new title 23 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 23
              THE MOUNT VAN HOEVENBERG OLYMPIC SPORTS COMPLEX
 SECTION 9-2301. LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE AND INTENT.
         9-2302. DEFINITIONS.
         9-2303. CONSTRUCTION,  OPERATION,  AND  MAINTENANCE OF THE MOUNT
                   VAN HOEVENBERG OLYMPIC SPORTS COMPLEX.
         9-2304. LAND TO BE ACQUIRED FOR INCLUSION IN THE FOREST PRESERVE
                   IN THE ADIRONDACK PARK.
 § 9-2301. LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE AND INTENT.
   1. IT IS THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE TO HEREBY IMPLEMENT THE  AMEND-
 MENT TO SECTION ONE OF ARTICLE FOURTEEN, OF THE NEW YORK STATE CONSTITU-
 TION  PERTAINING  TO  THE  MOUNT  VAN  HOEVENBERG OLYMPIC SPORTS COMPLEX
 LOCATED ON FOREST PRESERVE LANDS IN THE TOWN  OF  NORTH  ELBA  IN  ESSEX
 COUNTY.
   2.  THE LEGISLATURE FURTHER INTENDS THAT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONSTI-
 TUTIONAL AMENDMENT SHOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED IN A MANNER THAT  ENSURES  THE
 INTEGRITY  OF  THE  FOREST  PRESERVE LAND ON WHICH THE SPORTS COMPLEX IS
 SITUATED AND RESULTS IN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF FOREST PRESERVE  ACRE-
 AGE IN THE ADIRONDACK PARK.
   3.  THE  LEGISLATURE  INTENDS  THAT,  AS  OFFSET FOR THE USE OF FOREST
 PRESERVE LANDS FOR THE SPORTS COMPLEX, THE STATE  SHALL  ACQUIRE  AS  AN
 ADDITION TO THE FOREST PRESERVE AT LEAST TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ACRES
 OF  TRUE FOREST LAND LOCATED IN THE ADIRONDACK PARK. TO ENSURE THAT SUCH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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