Legislation

* § 9-2301. Legislative purpose and intent.

1. It is the intent of the legislature to hereby implement the
amendment to section one of article fourteen, of the New York state
constitution 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
constitutional 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
acreage 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
lands will be acquired and have characteristics suitable for inclusion
in to the forest preserve, the legislature intends to review and approve
the acquisition of such lands.

4. For these reasons and as authorized by the provisions of section
one of article fourteen of the state constitution, the legislature finds
that it is in the public interest to hereby implement the constitutional
amendment pertaining to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex.

* NB Effective on the same date as a certain CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF
THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY (see chapter 488 of 2025 § 2)