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A8195Assembly2019-2020 SessionSame asS6379

Protect Peconic Bay Fisheries

Official title

“Relates to the preservation of community character in the Peconic Bay”

Sponsor Fred ThieleAD-1Affects Local Government
Status
Signed by Governor
Impact
3/10
Low
Outcome
Signed into law

Bill progress

Signed into law

What's happening

This bill allows for the preservation of lands needed to protect fisheries and water-dependent uses to support maritime heritage.

Why it matters

  1. Expands eligible land preservation. By adding fisheries and water-dependent uses to the list, the bill allows towns to protect working waterfronts and areas vital to local fishing industries, not just parks or open space.

  2. Supports local economies and jobs. Protecting fisheries and maritime uses helps sustain traditional livelihoods and working waterfronts, which are often threatened by development or loss of access.

  3. Recognizes cultural and historical value. The bill explicitly ties land preservation to maintaining maritime heritage, underscoring the importance of these areas not just for the environment, but for the identity and history of coastal communities.

  4. May influence land use decisions and funding. Towns could prioritize or secure funding for projects that support fisheries and maritime activities, potentially shaping community development and conservation strategies for years to come.

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Who cares

  • Peconic Bay towns

    The bill would expand community-character preservation purposes to include lands needed to protect fisheries and water-dependent uses essential to maintaining and enhancing maritime heritage.

  • Fishing businesses and water-dependent businesses

    The bill would make preservation of lands necessary to protect fisheries and qualifying water-dependent uses an explicit community-character preservation purpose.

  • Farm owners marketing products grown on preserved agricultural land

    The bill would remove the requirement that at least fifty percent of gross annual income come from sales of products produced on those lands, while retaining permission for buildings used to market those products.

Headline styles

Protect Peconic Bay Fisheries

Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Fred Thiele

Assembly Member · Assembly District 1

No co-sponsors yet.

History

  1. Signed chap.255
  2. Delivered to governor
  3. Returned to assembly
  4. Passed senateVote 62–0
  5. 3rd reading cal.690
  6. Substituted for S6379
  7. Referred to local government
  8. Delivered to senate
  9. Passed assembly
  10. Ordered to third reading cal.317
  11. Returned to assembly
  12. Died in senate
Show 9 earlier actions
  1. Referred to rules
  2. Delivered to senate
  3. Passed assembly
  4. Ordered to third reading rules cal.562
  5. Rules report cal.562
  6. Reported
  7. Reported referred to rules
  8. Reported referred to ways and means
  9. Referred to local governments

Companion bill

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.

S6379Senate

Protect Peconic Bay Heritage

Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Kenneth P. LaValle

Impact 3 · Low0% to pass

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

S. 6379 A. 8195

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

SENATE - ASSEMBLY

June 7, 2019

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to the preservation of lands necessary to protect fisheries and water dependent uses essential to maintain and enhance maritime heritage

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

Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 64-e of the town law, as amended by chapter 301 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:

4. Preservation of community character shall involve one or more of the following: (a) establishment of parks, nature preserves, or recreation areas; (b) preservation of open space, including agricultural lands provided, however, that farm buildings and structures used for the marketing of farm products produced on such agricultural lands [where at least fifty percent of the gross annual income results from sales of products produced on such lands and, in addition the sale of any other locally sourced and/or produced food and plant products] shall be permitted; (c) preservation of lands of exceptional scenic value; (d) preservation of fresh and saltwater marshes or other wetlands; (e) preservation of aquifer recharge areas; (f) preservation of undeveloped beachlands or shoreline including those at significant risk of coastal flooding due to projected sea level rise and future storms; (g) establishment of wildlife refuges for the purpose of maintaining native animal species diversity, including the protection of habitat essential to the recovery of rare, threatened or endangered species; (h) preservation of pine barrens consisting of such biota as pitch pine, and scrub oak; (i) preservation of unique or threatened ecological areas; (j) preservation of rivers and river areas in a natural, free-flowing condi-

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD11834-02-9

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tion; (k) preservation of forested land; (l) preservation of public access to lands for public use including stream rights and waterways; (m) preservation of historic places and properties listed on the New York state register of historic places and/or protected under a municipal historic preservation ordinance or law; (n) preservation of lands necessary to protect fisheries and water dependent uses essential to maintain and enhance maritime heritage; and [(n)] (o) undertaking any of the aforementioned in furtherance of the establishment of a greenbelt. Preservation of community character shall also include the protection and improvement of the quality of all water resources.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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