NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9780A
SPONSOR: Schmitt TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to adding Otter Kill
Creek to the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of water-
front revitalization
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To designate Otter kill Creek as an Inland Waterway
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 911 of the execu-
2 tive law, as amended by chapter 287 of the laws of 2021, is amended to
3 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,
Cincinnati, East Kill, Esopus 8 (including upper and lower branches),
Ferguson, Fish (including east and 9 west branches), Gooseberry, Great
Valley, Kennyetto, Little Sandy, 10 Moyer, Mud Creek located in Oneida
county, Ninemile Creek, Onondaga, 11 Oriskany, Peekskill Hollow, Reall,
Roeliff Jansen Kill, Rondout, Sandy, 12 Sauquoit, Schoharie, Shawangunk
Kill, Six Mile Creek, South Sandy, 13 Oatka, Tonawanda, West Kill,
Scajaquada, Wappinger, Webatuck, Wassaic, 14 Willsey in the village of
Wurtsboro, Wood Creek located in Herkimer 15 county, Wood Creek located
in Oneida county, Black Creek located in 16 Monroe county, Black Creek
located in Genesee and Wyoming counties, 17 Ellicott Creek located in
Erie county, Wynantskill, Claverack, Taghkan- 18 ic, Agawamuck, Wyoma-
nock, and Ley Creek and Butternut Creek located in 19 Onondaga county,
Nanticoke and Sawkill (in Ulster county), Saw Kill and 20 Fall Kill
located in Dutchess county,_Otterkill_Creeklocated_in Orange 21 county;
22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
Space added in Otterkill for proper spelling (Otter Kill).
JUSTIFICATION:
To further protect and preserve the Otter kill Creek
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
N/A
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9780--A
IN ASSEMBLY
April 8, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. SCHMITT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to adding Otter Kill
Creek to the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of water-
front revitalization
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 amended by chapter 287 of the laws of 2021, is amended to
3 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, Cincinnati, East Kill, Esopus
8 (including upper and lower branches), Ferguson, Fish (including east and
9 west branches), Gooseberry, Great Valley, Kennyetto, Little Sandy,
10 Moyer, Mud Creek located in Oneida county, Ninemile Creek, Onondaga,
11 Oriskany, Peekskill Hollow, Reall, Roeliff Jansen Kill, Rondout, Sandy,
12 Sauquoit, Schoharie, Shawangunk Kill, Six Mile Creek, South Sandy,
13 Oatka, Tonawanda, West Kill, Scajaquada, Wappinger, Webatuck, Wassaic,
14 Willsey in the village of Wurtsboro, Wood Creek located in Herkimer
15 county, Wood Creek located in Oneida county, Black Creek located in
16 Monroe county, Black Creek located in Genesee and Wyoming counties,
17 Ellicott Creek located in Erie county, Wynantskill, Claverack, Taghkan-
18 ic, Agawamuck, Wyomanock, and Ley Creek and Butternut Creek located in
19 Onondaga county, Nanticoke and Sawkill (in Ulster county), Saw Kill and
20 Fall Kill located in Dutchess county, Otter Kill Creek located in Orange
21 county;
22 § 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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