Adds Falls Brook, Jones Brook, Kelso Brook, Minerva Stream, and Trout Brook to the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A9496
SPONSOR: Simpson
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to adding Falls Brook,
Jones Brook, Kelso Brook, Minerva Stream, and Trout Brook to the defi-
nition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Adding Falls Brook, Jones Brook, Kelso Brook, Minerva Stream, and Trout
Brook to the list of New York State's major creeks.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 911 of the execu-
tive law, as separately amended by chapters 382 and 397 of the laws of 3
2023 to add Falls Brook, Jones Brook, Kelso Brook, Minerva Stream, and
Trout Brook.
Section 2. Enacting Date
 
JUSTIFICATION:
The Town of Minerva is currently preparing a Local Waterfront Revitali-
zation Program and is seeking Falls Brook, Jones Brook, Kelso Brook,
Minerva Stream, and Trout Brook to be designated as "Inland Waterways."
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9496
IN ASSEMBLY
March 14, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMPSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to adding Falls Brook,
Jones Brook, Kelso Brook, Minerva Stream, and Trout Brook to the defi-
nition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitaliza-
tion
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 of
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), Falls Brook
9 in Essex county, Ferguson, Fish (including east and west branches),
10 Gooseberry, Great Valley, Jones Brook in Essex county, Kelso Brook in
11 Essex county, Kennyetto, Little Sandy, Minerva Stream in Essex county,
12 Moyer, Mud Creek located in Oneida county, Ninemile Creek, Onondaga,
13 Oriskany, Peekskill Hollow, Reall, Roeliff Jansen Kill, Rondout, Sandy,
14 Sauquoit, Schoharie, Shawangunk Kill, Six Mile Creek, South Sandy,
15 Oatka, Tonawanda, Trout Brook in Essex county, West Kill, Scajaquada,
16 Wappinger, Webatuck, Wassaic, Willsey in the village of Wurtsboro, Wood
17 Creek located in Herkimer county, Wood Creek located in Oneida county,
18 Black Creek located in Monroe county, Black Creek located in Genesee and
19 Wyoming counties, Ellicott Creek located in Erie county, Wynantskill,
20 Claverack, Taghkanic, Agawamuck, Wyomanock, and Ley Creek and Butternut
21 Creek located in Onondaga county, Nanticoke and Sawkill (in Ulster coun-
22 ty), Saw Kill and Fall Kill located in Dutchess county, Otter Kill Creek
23 located in Orange county, Black Meadow Creek located in Orange county,
24 and the Silver Lake Outlet located in Wyoming county;
25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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