Bill Text: NY A02594 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the Historic Hudson-Hoosic Rivers Partnership to replace and expand the territory of the former Historic Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson Partnership.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-25 - substituted by s2351 [A02594 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A02594-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S. 2351 A. 2594
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
January 19, 2011
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. McDONALD -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ-
mental Conservation
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
establishing the Historic Hudson-Hoosic Rivers Partnership
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The article heading of article 42 of the environmental
2 conservation law, as added by chapter 737 of the laws of 2006, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 HISTORIC [SARATOGA-WASHINGTON ON THE HUDSON]
5 HUDSON-HOOSIC RIVERS
6 PARTNERSHIP
7 S 2. Subdivisions 1, 3 and 4 of section 42-0101 of the environmental
8 conservation law, as added by chapter 737 of the laws of 2006, are
9 amended to read as follows:
10 1. "Partnership" shall mean the organization established as [The] THE
11 Historic [Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson] HUDSON-HOOSIC RIVERS Part-
12 nership pursuant to section 42-0103 of this article.
13 3. "Historic [Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson] HUDSON-HOOSIC RIVERS
14 area" or "area" shall mean the contiguous area in Saratoga [and], Wash-
15 ington AND RENSSELAER counties within the towns of Saratoga, Stillwater,
16 Northumberland, Easton, Fort Edward, Waterford, Halfmoon [and], Green-
17 wich, SCHAGHTICOKE, HOOSICK, MOREAU, WHITE CREEK, CAMBRIDGE, KINGSBURY,
18 CORINTH AND PITTSTOWN; THE VILLAGES OF SOUTH GLENS FALLS, CAMBRIDGE,
19 HUDSON FALLS, VALLEY FALLS, SCHAGHTICOKE, CORINTH AND HOOSICK FALLS; and
20 the city of Mechanicville.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 4. "Historic [Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson] HUDSON-HOOSIC RIVERS
2 fund" or "fund" shall be the fund established pursuant to section
3 42-0115 of this article.
4 S 3. The section heading and subdivisions 1, 5, 7 and 9 of section
5 42-0103 of the environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 737
6 of the laws of 2006, are amended to read as follows:
7 The Historic [Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson] HUDSON-HOOSIC RIVERS
8 Partnership.
9 1. The Historic [Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson] HUDSON-HOOSIC
10 RIVERS Partnership is hereby established in the department to be a body
11 corporate and public, and to consist of up to [twenty-two] THIRTY-SEVEN
12 voting members. The following individuals shall be invited to become
13 members: the supervisor of the town of Saratoga, the supervisor of the
14 town of Fort Edward, the supervisor of the town of Greenwich, the super-
15 visor of the town of Easton, the supervisor of the town of Stillwater,
16 the supervisor of the town of Waterford, the supervisor of the town of
17 Northumberland, the supervisor of the town of Halfmoon, the supervisor
18 of the town of Mechanicville, THE SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF WHITE CREEK,
19 THE SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE, THE SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF
20 MOREAU, THE SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF SCHAGHTICOKE, THE SUPERVISOR OF
21 THE TOWN OF PITTSTOWN, THE SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF HOOSICK, THE SUPER-
22 VISOR OF THE TOWN OF KINGSBURY, THE SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF CORINTH,
23 the mayor of the city of Mechanicville, the mayor of the village of
24 Schuylerville, the mayor of the village of Victory, the mayor of the
25 village of Stillwater, the mayor of the village of Fort Edward, the
26 mayor of the village of Greenwich, THE MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF SOUTH
27 GLENS FALLS, THE MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF CAMBRIDGE, THE MAYOR OF THE
28 VILLAGE OF HUDSON FALLS, THE MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF VALLEY FALLS, THE
29 MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF SCHAGHTICOKE, THE MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF
30 CORINTH, THE MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF HOOSICK FALLS and the mayor of the
31 village of Waterford. In addition, six members shall be appointed as
32 follows: two shall be appointed by the governor, two shall be appointed
33 by the temporary president of the senate[,] and two shall be appointed
34 by the speaker of the assembly. The commissioner and the commissioners
35 of agriculture and markets, and parks, recreation and historic preserva-
36 tion shall be nonvoting ex-officio members of the partnership. The six
37 appointed members of the partnership, [three] TWO of which shall be
38 residents of Saratoga county, TWO OF WHICH SHALL BE RESIDENTS OF RENSSE-
39 LAER COUNTY and [three] TWO of which shall be residents of Washington
40 county, shall by training, education and experience or attainment be
41 qualified to analyze, interpret and/or support matters relevant to
42 historical, environmental, economic or scenic preservation work of the
43 partnership. Each ex-officio member of the partnership may designate a
44 representative to attend, in his or her place, meetings of the partner-
45 ship and to act in his or her behalf at meetings and with respect to the
46 business of the partnership.
47 5. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, general,
48 special[,] or local, no officer or employee of the state or any civil
49 division thereof, shall be deemed to have forfeited or shall forfeit his
50 or her office or employment by reason of his or her acceptance of
51 membership on the partnership.
52 [7. The partnership shall come into being, upon the receipt by the
53 commissioner, of notice from eight municipal voting members the inten-
54 tion to join the partnership.]
55 9. Every state agency and public corporation having jurisdiction of
56 land within municipalities located within the Historic [Saratoga-Wash-
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1 ington on the Hudson River] HUDSON-HOOSIC RIVERS PARTNERSHIP Reserve
2 shall, to the fullest extent practicable, cooperate and assist the part-
3 nership in carrying out the provisions of this article.
4 S 4. Section 42-0105 of the environmental conservation law, as added
5 by chapter 737 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
6 S 42-0105. The Historic [Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson] HUDSON-HOO-
7 SIC RIVERS PARTNERSHIP Reserve.
8 The area encompassed within the municipal boundaries in the towns of
9 Saratoga, Stillwater, Northumberland, Easton, Fort Edward, Waterford,
10 Halfmoon, MOREAU, SCHAGHTICOKE, CAMBRIDGE, WHITE CREEK, PITTSTOWN,
11 HOOSICK, KINGSBURY, CORINTH and Greenwich; THE VILLAGES OF SOUTH GLENS
12 FALLS, CAMBRIDGE, HUDSON FALLS, VALLEY FALLS, SCHAGHTICOKE, CORINTH AND
13 HOOSICK FALLS; and the city of Mechanicville is hereby designated to be
14 the Historic [Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson] HUDSON-HOOSIC RIVERS
15 PARTNERSHIP Reserve.
16 S 5. Section 42-0111 of the environmental conservation law, as added
17 by chapter 737 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
18 S 42-0111. Appropriations by municipalities.
19 To effectuate the purposes of this article, the local legislative
20 bodies of the towns, villages and city within the reserve and the coun-
21 ties of Saratoga [and], Washington AND RENSSELAER may appropriate and
22 pay over to the partnership moneys to be expended by the partnership to
23 carry out its functions [thereunder] PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
24 S 6. Section 42-0113 of the environmental conservation law, as added
25 by chapter 737 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
26 S 42-0113. Cooperation of state agencies.
27 To effectuate the purposes of this article, the partnership may
28 request from any department, board, bureau, commission or other agency
29 of the state, and the same are authorized to provide, such cooperation
30 and assistance, services and data as will enable the partnership proper-
31 ly to carry out its functions [thereunder] PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
32 S 7. Subdivision 1 of section 42-0115 of the environmental conserva-
33 tion law, as added by chapter 737 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
34 read as follows:
35 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the state comp-
36 troller and the commissioner of taxation and finance a special fund to
37 be known as the "Historic [Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson]
38 HUDSON-HOOSIC RIVERS fund".
39 S 8. Section 42-0117 of the environmental conservation law, as added
40 by chapter 737 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
41 S 42-0117. Siena College revolutionary war institute.
42 The partnership may enter into an agreement with the Siena College
43 revolutionary war institute to provide diverse, academically based
44 education opportunities based on the historic resources of the Historic
45 [Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson] HUDSON-HOOSIC RIVERS PARTNERSHIP
46 Reserve for local schools, residents in the reserve and visitors to the
47 reserve to learn about our nation's birth and democratic foundations.
48 S 9. This act shall take effect upon the receipt by the commissioner
49 of environmental conservation of notice from at least eight of the
50 following municipal voting members of their intention to join the
51 Hudson-Hoosic Rivers Partnership: the town of White Creek, the town of
52 Cambridge, the town of Moreau, the town of Schaghticoke, the town of
53 Pittstown, the town of Hoosick, the town of Kingsbury, the town of
54 Corinth, the village of South Glens Falls, the village of Cambridge, the
55 village of Hudson Falls, the village of Valley Falls, the village of
56 Schaghticoke, the village of Corinth or the village of Hoosick Falls;
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1 provided that the commissioner of environmental conservation shall noti-
2 fy the legislative bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of
3 notice from eight of the preceding municipalities in order that the
4 commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective database of the
5 official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of
6 effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and
7 section 70-b of the public officers law.
