S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5403
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 10, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
relation to consents to public utilities; licenses and easements
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 13.06 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
vation law, as renumbered by chapter 349 of the laws of 1983, is amended
to read as follows:
§ 13.06 Consents to public utilities; licenses and easements.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no railroad, bus line, tele-
phone or telegraph company, gas, power or light company, pipe line
company or other public utility shall have the right to pass over,
through or under any property acquired by the office or other state
agency for park, recreational or historic preservation purposes, except
by written consent, in the form of a license or easement, granted by the
commissioner, or such state agency, and then only under such regulations
and restrictions as the commissioner or such state agency shall deem
proper. The commissioner or other state agency shall have the right to
grant to any person, COUNTY or the federal government a license or an
easement for any public purpose or to construct or maintain sewers,
water, petroleum products, gas lines and electric transmission facili-
ties within, under or across such property, upon such terms and condi-
tions and under such regulations and restrictions as the commissioner or
such state agency shall deem just and proper.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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