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Senate Bill S9506

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Adds Lake Oscawana and Roaring Brook Lake in Putnam county to the definition of inland waterways

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2025-S9506 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10689
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §911, Exec L

2025-S9506 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds Lake Oscawana and Roaring Brook Lake in Putnam county to the definition of inland waterways.

2025-S9506 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9506 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9506
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 18, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ROLISON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to adding  Lake  Oscawana
   and  Roaring  Brook  Lake in Putnam county to the definition of inland
   waterways
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 911 of the execu-
 tive law, as separately amended by chapters 253, 313 and 340 of the laws
 of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  the state's major inland lakes consisting of lakes Baldwin, Ball-
 ston, Big  Tupper,  Black,  Brant,  Campfire,  Canadarago,  Canandaigua,
 Carmel,  Casse, Cazenovia, Cayuga, Champlain, Charles, Chateaugay, Chau-
 tauqua, Chazy, Conesus, Cranberry, Dean Pond (in the county of  Putnam),
 Drew,  East  Caroga,  Dickiebusch,  Echo (in the county of Westchester),
 George, Gilead, Glencoma, Great  Sacandaga,  Honeoye,  Indian,  Journeys
 End,  Junior  (in  the  county  of Westchester), Furnace Brook, Katonah,
 Kentwood, Keuka, Kirk, Kitchawan, Little Wolf (in the county  of  Frank-
 lin),  Lincolndale,  Long,  Lost  (in  the  county  of Putnam), Meahagh,
 Mirror,  MacGregor,  Mahopac,  Minerva,  Mohegan,  Nimham,  Neatahwanta,
 Northville,  Oceola, Oneida, Onondaga, Oscaleta, OSCAWANA, Ossi, Otisco,
 Otsego, Owasco,  Palmer,  Paradox,  Peach,  Peekskill,  Placid,  Purdys,
 Putnam, Raquette, Rippowam, ROARING BROOK, Ronkonkoma, Round, Sacandaga,
 Saratoga, Schroon, Secor, Seneca, Shenorock, Skaneateles, Silver (in the
 county of Wyoming), Sagamore, Saranac, Seven Hills, Simon (in the county
 of  Franklin),  Sparkle,  Tibet,  Tonetta,  Teakettle  Spout, Truesdale,
 Waccabuc, West Caroga, White (in the county of Sullivan) and Wixon,  and
 the Fulton chain of lakes;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15205-01-6

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