Adds the Allegheny river and Cattaraugus creek to the definition of " inland waterways" for purposes of waterfront revitalization.

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S6203A-2011 Actions

• Jun 12, 2012: SUBSTITUTED BY A9286A
• Jun 11, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Jun 6, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Jun 5, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.1061
• May 17, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 6203A
• May 17, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
• Jan 12, 2012: REFERRED TO FINANCE

S6203A-2011 Meetings

Finance: Jun 6, 2012

S6203A-2011 Calendars

Active List: Jun 12, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 6, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 11, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 12, 2012

S6203A-2011 Votes

S6203A-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S6203A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the executive law, in relation to adding certain bodies of
water to the definition of "inland waterways" for purposes of
water-front revitalization

PURPOSE:
This bill adds the Allegheny river and Cattaraugus creek to the
definition of "inland waterways" for purposes of waterfront
revitalization.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill would amend subdivision 4 of section 911 of the executive
law to add the Allegheny river and Cattaraugus creek to the
definition of "inland waterways."

JUSTIFICATION:
This bill originated as a local request to add the Allegheny river and
Cattaraugus creek to the definition of "inland waterways." Adding
these bodies of water to the definition will permit communities in
the area to apply for grants under the Local Waterfront
Revitalization Program and would allow for further competitiveness.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S6203A-2011 Text

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

                                   6203--A

                              I N  SENATE

                              January 12, 2012
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee
    discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
    to said committee

  AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to adding certain bodies
    of water to the definition  of  "inland  waterways"  for  purposes  of
    water-front revitalization

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


    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section  911  of  the  executive  law,  as
  amended  by chapter 166 of the laws of 2011, paragraph (b) as separately
  amended by chapter 348 of the laws  of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
  follows:

    4.  "Inland  waterways"  shall mean (a) the state's major inland lakes
  consisting of lakes Big Tupper, Black, Canandaigua,  Cayuga,  Champlain,
  Chautauqua,  Conesus, Cranberry, George, Great Sacandaga, Honoeye, Indi-
  an, Keuka, Long, Mirror, Oneida, Onondaga, Otisco, Otsego, Owasco, Plac-
  id, Raquette, Ronkonkoma, Sacandaga, Saratoga, Schroon, Seneca,  Skanea-
  teles,  Silver  (in  the  county of Wyoming) and Saranac, and the Fulton
  chain of lakes; (b) the state's major rivers comprised of the ALLEGHENY,
  Ausable, Black, Boquet, Canisteo,  Chaumont  (including  Chaumont  bay),
  Chemung,  Cohocton, Delaware, Deer, Genesee, Grasse, Hudson north of the
  federal dam at Troy, Indian, Little (in  the  Adirondack  park),  Little
  Salmon  (including  north  and  south  branches), Mad, Mettowee, Mohawk,
  Oswegatchie, Racquette, Sacandaga, Salmon, Saranac, Susquehanna,  Tioga,
  Tioughnioga  and  Wallkill  rivers, and the north and middle branches of
  the Moose river; (c) the state's major creeks comprised of the Bushkill,
  CATTARAUGUS, Cincinnati, East Kill, Esopus (including  upper  and  lower
  branches),  Fish  (including east and west branches), Gooseberry, Little
  Sandy, Onondaga, Sandy, Schoharie, South Sandy, Oatka and Tonawanda  and
  West  Kill;  (d) the Barge Canal System as defined in section two of the
  canal law; and (e) the adjacent  shorelands  to  the  extent  that  such
  inland  waters  and adjacent lands are strongly influenced by each other
  including, but not limited to, islands, wetlands, beaches, dunes, barri-
  er islands, cliffs, bluffs and erosion prone areas.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD13939-05-2