What's happening
This bill adds Willsey in the Village of Wurtsboro to the definition of inland waterways in New York law.
Why it matters
Expanding the definition of “inland waterways” to include Willsey in the Village of Wurtsboro could make the area newly eligible for state and federal environmental funding and planning programs, which are often tied to this legal definition.
Local governments and community organizations in Wurtsboro may now gain access to resources for waterway revitalization, flood mitigation, habitat restoration, and economic development that were previously unavailable.
This change could encourage increased environmental oversight, conservation initiatives, and recreational projects in and around Willsey, potentially leading to improved water quality, public access, and local quality of life.
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Add Willsey to Waterways List
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1 Co-sponsor
History
- Substituted by S4208A
- Advanced to third reading cal.425
- Reported
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Print number 6563a
- Amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Add Willsey to Waterways List
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Jen Metzger
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6563--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 12, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to adding Willsey in the Village of Wurtsboro to the definition of inland waterways
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 911 of the executive law, as separately amended by chapters 131, 140, 232 and 502 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
(c) the state's major creeks comprised of the 18 Mile Creek located in Erie county, Chittenango Creek, Bash Bish and Kinderhook Creek located in Columbia county, Kinderhook Creek located in Rensselaer county, Basher Kill, Bushkill, Cattaraugus, Cayadutta, Cincinnati, East Kill, Esopus (including upper and lower branches), Fish (including east and west branches), Gooseberry, Great Valley, Kennyetto, Little Sandy, Onondaga, Peekskill Hollow, Roeliff Jansen Kill, Rondout, Sandy, Schoharie, Shawangunk Kill, South Sandy, Oatka, Tonawanda, West Kill, Scajaquada, Wappinger, Webatuck, Wassaic, Willsey in the Village of Wurtsboro, Black Creek located in Monroe county, Black Creek located in Genesee and Wyoming counties, Ellicott Creek located in Erie county, Wynantskill, Claverack, Taghkanic, Agawamuck, Wyomanock, and Ley Creek and Butternut Creek located in Onondaga county, and Nanticoke;
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10437-04-9
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