Bill Text: NY A00943 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires legislative approval for any change in the state agency or agency subdivision which has management and control, including but not limited to management and control over its maintenance and oversight, of any portion of the barge canal.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-29 - opinion referred to judiciary [A00943 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A00943-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           943

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 8, 2025
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        Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD, JENSEN -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

        proposing  an  amendment to section 1 of article 15 of the constitution,
          in relation to the disposition  of  barge  canal  lands,  barge  canal
          terminals or barge canal terminal lands

     1    Section  1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 1 of article
     2  15 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    Section 1. The  legislature  shall  not  sell,  abandon  or  otherwise
     4  dispose  of  the  now existing or future improved barge canal, the divi-
     5  sions of which are the Erie  canal,  the  Oswego  canal,  the  Champlain
     6  canal, and the Cayuga and Seneca canals, or of the terminals constructed
     7  as  part of the barge canal system; nor shall it sell, abandon or other-
     8  wise dispose of any portion of the canal system existing  prior  to  the
     9  barge canal improvement which portion forms a part of, or functions as a
    10  part  of,  the present barge canal system; but such canals and terminals
    11  shall remain the property of the state  and  under  its  management  and
    12  control  forever.  Legislative approval shall be obtained for any change
    13  in the state agency or  agency  subdivision  which  has  management  and
    14  control,  including  but  not limited to management and control over its
    15  maintenance and oversight, of any  portion  of  the  barge  canal.  This
    16  prohibition shall not prevent the legislature, by appropriate laws, from
    17  authorizing  the  granting of revocable permits or leases for periods of
    18  time as authorized by the legislature for the occupancy or use  of  such
    19  lands or structures.
    20    §  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
    21  referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
    22  next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
    23  conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
    24  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89014-01-5