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    S. 2978                                                  A. 4521

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2011
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
  ment

IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, ENGLEBRIGHT, MONTESANO,
  MURRAY, RAIA, SALADINO, SCHIMEL -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
  CONTE,  FITZPATRICK,  McKEVITT,  SWEENEY,  WEISENBERG -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT designating state owned lands, located in the hamlet of Westhamp-
  ton, town of Southampton, county of Suffolk, under the jurisdiction of
  the state department of environmental conservation, as  the  Edwin  M.
  Schwenk Memorial Nature Preserve

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Legislative findings. The  legislature  hereby  finds  that
Edwin M. Schwenk has given many years of dedicated public service to the
people  of  Long  Island including major initiatives to protect environ-
mentally sensitive land and open spaces.
  In 1993, Edwin Schwenk was directly involved with the creation of  the
Long  Island  Pine  Barrens Protection Act. This legislation created the
third largest land preserve in the state of New York and ended years  of
expensive  litigation  for  the  building  industry while protecting, in
perpetuity, a sole source aquifer.
  Edwin Schwenk also helped to spearhead the passage of the Peconic  Bay
Regional  Community  Preservation  Act  which  established a two percent
transfer tax on real estate sales to preserve open space and  recreation
land on the East End of Long Island.
  Edwin  Schwenk  passed  away on Thursday, December 17, 2009. The dedi-
cation of this parcel of  land  located  within  the  Long  Island  Pine
Barrens  in  his  name  will memorialize his incredible advocacy for his

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07856-01-1

              

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community and his unyielding  commitment  to  protecting  Long  Island's
precious environmental resources.
  S 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the approx-
imately  154.3  acres of state land, under the jurisdiction of the state
department of environmental conservation, located at Westhampton, county
of Suffolk, formerly known as the W.J.F. Realty property,  also  identi-
fied  as  Suffolk  County  Tax Map parcels: 0900-217-1-4; 0900-216-1-25;
0900-217-2-16, 0900-217-1-1, shall be known  as  the  Edwin  M.  Schwenk
Memorial  Nature  Preserve.  Said preserve shall be suitably marked in a
manner to be prescribed by the commissioner of the department  of  envi-
ronmental conservation.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.