Includes lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs.

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S5073-2011 Actions

• Jun 21, 2012: COMMITTED TO RULES
• Mar 5, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Mar 1, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Feb 29, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.218
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• May 3, 2011: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

S5073-2011 Meetings

Local Government: Feb 29, 2012

S5073-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: Mar 1, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 5, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 6, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 7, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 12, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 13, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 14, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 15, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 19, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 20, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 21, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 22, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 26, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 27, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 28, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 29, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 30, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 17, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 18, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 19, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 25, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 26, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 30, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 1, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 2, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 7, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 8, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 9, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 14, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 15, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 16, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 21, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 22, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 23, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 30, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 31, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 4, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 5, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 6, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 11, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 12, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 13, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 14, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 18, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 19, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 20, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 21, 2012

S5073-2011 Votes

S5073-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S5073               REVISED 05/05/11

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the general municipal law, in relation to including lakes in
adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs

PURPOSE:
Add lakes to those areas which are eligible to participate in the
Municipal Adoption Program.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 277 of the General Municipal Law which provides for agreements
with volunteer groups for adopt-a-park. shoreline or roadway shall be
amended to include lakes.

JUSTIFICATION:
Many communities have lakes which can become littered and unsightly.
This bill would expand the present statute to allow these areas to be
the subject of agreements under which volunteers could maintain a
beautiful resource.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S5073-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

      S. 5073                                                  A. 7363

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                        SENATE - ASSEMBLY

                                 May 3, 2011
                                 ___________

  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. MURRAY -- read once and referred
    to the Committee on Local Governments

  AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  including
    lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs

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


    Section 1.  Section 277 of the general  municipal  law,  as  added  by
  chapter 626 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:

    S  277.  Adopt-a-municipal  park,  shoreline  [or],  roadway  OR  LAKE
  programs. 1. The governing body of any county, city, town or village  is
  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  authorize and direct such of its
  officers or agencies as it shall designate to enter  into  adopt-a-park,
  shoreline  [or],  roadway  OR LAKE program agreements with volunteers or
  groups in an effort to reduce and remove litter from parks,  shorelines,
  roadways,  LAKES  and  other public lands. Such agreements shall include
  but not be limited to:

    a. providing and coordinating services  by  volunteers  or  groups  to
  reduce the amount of litter including providing trash bags and trash bag
  pick up and in designated areas where volunteers may be in close proxim-
  ity  to moving vehicles providing safety briefings and reflective safety
  gear; and
    b. providing and installing  signs  identifying  those  volunteers  or
  groups  adopting  particular parks, shorelines, roadways, LAKES or other
  sections of public land.
    2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent  provision  of  law,  the  county,
  city,  town or village and its employees shall not be liable for damages
  suffered by any persons resulting from the actions or activities of such
  volunteers or groups.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD11141-01-1