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S. 1758 A. 4701
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
February 5, 2009
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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, McENENY, GORDON,
REILLY, CANESTRARI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. THIELE -- 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,
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 HUDSON FALLS, VALLEY FALLS, SCHAGHTICOKE, CORINTH AND HOOSICK FALLS; and
2 the city of Mechanicville.
3 4. "Historic [Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson] HUDSON-HOOSIC RIVERS
4 fund" or "fund" shall be the fund established pursuant to section
5 42-0115 of this article.
6 S 3. The section heading and subdivisions 1, 5, 7 and 9 of section
7 42-0103 of the environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 737
8 of the laws of 2006, are amended to read as follows:
9 The Historic [Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson] HUDSON-HOOSIC RIVERS
10 Partnership.
11 1. The Historic [Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson] HUDSON-HOOSIC
12 RIVERS Partnership is hereby established in the department to be a body
13 corporate and public, and to consist of up to [twenty-two] THIRTY-SEVEN
14 voting members. The following individuals shall be invited to become
15 members: the supervisor of the town of Saratoga, the supervisor of the
16 town of Fort Edward, the supervisor of the town of Greenwich, the super-
17 visor of the town of Easton, the supervisor of the town of Stillwater,
18 the supervisor of the town of Waterford, the supervisor of the town of
19 Northumberland, the supervisor of the town of Halfmoon, the supervisor
20 of the town of Mechanicville, THE SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF WHITE CREEK,
21 THE SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE, THE SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF
22 MOREAU, THE SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF SCHAGHTICOKE, THE SUPERVISOR OF
23 THE TOWN OF PITTSTOWN, THE SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF HOOSICK, THE SUPER-
24 VISOR OF THE TOWN OF KINGSBURY, THE SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF CORINTH,
25 the mayor of the city of Mechanicville, the mayor of the village of
26 Schuylerville, the mayor of the village of Victory, the mayor of the
27 village of Stillwater, the mayor of the village of Fort Edward, the
28 mayor of the village of Greenwich, THE MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF SOUTH
29 GLENS FALLS, THE MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF CAMBRIDGE, THE MAYOR OF THE
30 VILLAGE OF HUDSON FALLS, THE MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF VALLEY FALLS, THE
31 MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF SCHAGHTICOKE, THE MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF
32 CORINTH, THE MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF HOOSICK FALLS and the mayor of the
33 village of Waterford. In addition, six members shall be appointed as
34 follows: two shall be appointed by the governor, two shall be appointed
35 by the temporary president of the senate[,] and two shall be appointed
36 by the speaker of the assembly. The commissioner and the commissioners
37 of agriculture and markets, and parks, recreation and historic preserva-
38 tion shall be nonvoting ex-officio members of the partnership. The six
39 appointed members of the partnership, [three] TWO of which shall be
40 residents of Saratoga county, TWO OF WHICH SHALL BE RESIDENTS OF RENSSE-
41 LAER COUNTY and [three] TWO of which shall be residents of Washington
42 county, shall by training, education and experience or attainment be
43 qualified to analyze, interpret and/or support matters relevant to
44 historical, environmental, economic or scenic preservation work of the
45 partnership. Each ex-officio member of the partnership may designate a
46 representative to attend, in his or her place, meetings of the partner-
47 ship and to act in his or her behalf at meetings and with respect to the
48 business of the partnership.
49 5. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, general,
50 special[,] or local, no officer or employee of the state or any civil
51 division thereof, shall be deemed to have forfeited or shall forfeit his
52 or her office or employment by reason of his or her acceptance of
53 membership on the partnership.
54 [7. The partnership shall come into being, upon the receipt by the
55 commissioner, of notice from eight municipal voting members the inten-
56 tion to join the partnership.]
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1 9. Every state agency and public corporation having jurisdiction of
2 land within municipalities located within the Historic [Saratoga-Wash-
3 ington on the Hudson River] HUDSON-HOOSIC RIVERS PARTNERSHIP Reserve
4 shall, to the fullest extent practicable, cooperate and assist the part-
5 nership in carrying out the provisions of this article.
6 S 4. Section 42-0105 of the environmental conservation law, as added
7 by chapter 737 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
8 S 42-0105. The Historic [Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson] HUDSON-HOO-
9 SIC RIVERS PARTNERSHIP Reserve.
10 The area encompassed within the municipal boundaries in the towns of
11 Saratoga, Stillwater, Northumberland, Easton, Fort Edward, Waterford,
12 Halfmoon, MOREAU, SCHAGHTICOKE, CAMBRIDGE, WHITE CREEK, PITTSTOWN,
13 HOOSICK, KINGSBURY, CORINTH and Greenwich; THE VILLAGES OF SOUTH GLENS
14 FALLS, CAMBRIDGE, HUDSON FALLS, VALLEY FALLS, SCHAGHTICOKE, CORINTH AND
15 HOOSICK FALLS; and the city of Mechanicville is hereby designated to be
16 the Historic [Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson] HUDSON-HOOSIC RIVERS
17 PARTNERSHIP Reserve.
18 S 5. Section 42-0111 of the environmental conservation law, as added
19 by chapter 737 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
20 S 42-0111. Appropriations by municipalities.
21 To effectuate the purposes of this article, the local legislative
22 bodies of the towns, villages and city within the reserve and the coun-
23 ties of Saratoga [and], Washington AND RENSSELAER may appropriate and
24 pay over to the partnership moneys to be expended by the partnership to
25 carry out its functions [thereunder] PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
26 S 6. Section 42-0113 of the environmental conservation law, as added
27 by chapter 737 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
28 S 42-0113. Cooperation of state agencies.
29 To effectuate the purposes of this article, the partnership may
30 request from any department, board, bureau, commission or other agency
31 of the state, and the same are authorized to provide, such cooperation
32 and assistance, services and data as will enable the partnership proper-
33 ly to carry out its functions [thereunder] PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
34 S 7. Subdivision 1 of section 42-0115 of the environmental conserva-
35 tion law, as added by chapter 737 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
36 read as follows:
37 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the state comp-
38 troller and the commissioner of taxation and finance a special fund to
39 be known as the "Historic [Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson]
40 HUDSON-HOOSIC RIVERS fund".
41 S 8. Section 42-0117 of the environmental conservation law, as added
42 by chapter 737 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
43 S 42-0117. Siena College revolutionary war institute.
44 The partnership may enter into an agreement with the Siena College
45 revolutionary war institute to provide diverse, academically based
46 education opportunities based on the historic resources of the Historic
47 [Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson] HUDSON-HOOSIC RIVERS PARTNERSHIP
48 Reserve for local schools, residents in the reserve and visitors to the
49 reserve to learn about our nation's birth and democratic foundations.
50 S 9. This act shall take effect upon the receipt by the commissioner
51 of environmental conservation of notice from at least eight of the
52 following municipal voting members of their intention to join the
53 Hudson-Hoosic Rivers Partnership: the town of White Creek, the town of
54 Cambridge, the town of Moreau, the town of Schaghticoke, the town of
55 Pittstown, the town of Hoosick, the town of Kingsbury, the town of
56 Corinth, the village of South Glens Falls, the village of Cambridge, the
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1 village of Hudson Falls, the village of Valley Falls, the village of
2 Schaghticoke, the village of Corinth or the village of Hoosick Falls;
3 provided that the commissioner of environmental conservation shall noti-
4 fy the legislative bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of
5 notice from eight of the preceding municipalities in order that the
6 commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective database of the
7 official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of
8 effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and
9 section 70-b of the public officers law.
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