Bill Text: NY S09191 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Adds Fishkill Creek in Dutchess County to the definition of inland waterways.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-28 - referred to environmental conservation [S09191 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09191-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9191

                    IN SENATE

                                       May 3, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. ROLISON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to adding Fishkill  Creek
          to the definition of inland waterways

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 911 of the execu-
     2  tive law, as separately amended by chapters 382  and  397  of  the  laws
     3  2023, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (c) the state's major creeks comprised of the 18 Mile Creek located in
     5  Erie  county,  Chittenango Creek, Bash Bish and Kinderhook Creek located
     6  in Columbia county, Kinderhook Creek located in Rensselaer county, Bash-
     7  er Kill, Bushkill, Cattaraugus, Cayadutta, North Chuctanunda,  Cincinna-
     8  ti,  East  Kill,  Esopus (including upper and lower branches), Ferguson,
     9  Fish (including east  and  west  branches),  Gooseberry,  Great  Valley,
    10  Kennyetto,  Little  Sandy,  Moyer,  Mud  Creek located in Oneida county,
    11  Ninemile Creek, Onondaga, Oriskany,  Peekskill  Hollow,  Reall,  Roeliff
    12  Jansen  Kill,  Rondout, Sandy, Sauquoit, Schoharie, Shawangunk Kill, Six
    13  Mile Creek,  South  Sandy,  Oatka,  Tonawanda,  West  Kill,  Scajaquada,
    14  Wappinger,  Webatuck, Wassaic, Willsey in the village of Wurtsboro, Wood
    15  Creek located in Herkimer county, Wood Creek located in  Oneida  county,
    16  Black Creek located in Monroe county, Black Creek located in Genesee and
    17  Wyoming  counties,  Ellicott  Creek located in Erie county, Wynantskill,
    18  Claverack, Taghkanic, Agawamuck, Wyomanock, and Ley Creek and  Butternut
    19  Creek located in Onondaga county, Nanticoke and Sawkill (in Ulster coun-
    20  ty),  Fishkill Creek, Saw Kill and Fall Kill located in Dutchess county,
    21  Otter Kill Creek located in Orange county, Black Meadow Creek located in
    22  Orange county, and the Silver Lake Outlet located in Wyoming county;
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15318-01-4