New York S 7677: Permits the town of Warwick to use preservation funds for water quality improvement

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S07677 Summary:

BILL NOS07677A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08252-A

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §64-g, Town L

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Permits the town of Warwick to utilize preservation funds for the implementation of water quality improvement projects.

Go to top S07677 Actions:

BILL NOS07677A

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04/29/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

06/09/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

06/09/2025PRINT NUMBER 7677A

06/11/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/11/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1837

06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

06/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/12/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

03/10/20261ST REPORT CAL.502

03/11/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/12/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/25/2026PASSED SENATE

03/25/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/25/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7677--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 29, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to permitting the town of
 Warwick to utilize preservation funds for the implementation of water
 quality improvement projects

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 64-g of the town law, as
 2 added by chapter 262 of the laws of 2005, are amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. As used in this section, the following words and terms shall have
 5 the following meanings:
 6 (a) "Town" means the town of Warwick.
 7 (b) "Community preservation" shall mean and include any of the
 8 purposes outlined in subdivision four of this section.
 9 (c) "Board" means the advisory board required pursuant to subdivision
 10 five of this section.
 11 (d) "Fund" means the community preservation fund created pursuant to
 12 subdivision two of this section.
 13 (e) "Water quality improvement project" means projects designed to
 14 improve the quality of drinking and surface waters.
 15 3. The purposes of the fund shall be exclusively, (a) to implement a
 16 plan for the preservation of community character as required by this
 17 section, (b) to acquire interests or rights in real property for the
 18 preservation of community character within the town including villages
 19 therein in accordance with such plan and in cooperation with willing
 20 sellers, (c) to establish a bank pursuant to a transfer of development
 21 rights program consistent with section two hundred sixty-one-a of this
 22 chapter, [and] (d) to provide a management and stewardship program for

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11803-06-5

 S. 7677--A 2

 1 such interests and rights consistent with subdivision nine of this
 2 section and in accordance with such plan designed to preserve community
 3 character, and (e) to implement water quality improvement projects in
 4 accordance with a plan to preserve community character and protect
 5 natural resources. [Not more than ten percent of the fund shall be
 6 utilized for the management and stewardship program.] A maximum of ten
 7 percent of the fund may be utilized for the implementation of water
 8 quality improvement projects. Unused funds allocated for water quality
 9 improvement projects pursuant to this subdivision may be carried forward
 10 from year to year for utilization in future budgets. Not more than thir-
 11 ty percent of the fund shall be utilized for the management and steward-
 12 ship program. If the implementation of the community preservation
 13 project plan, adopted by the town board, as provided in subdivision six
 14 of this section, has been completed, and funds are no longer needed for
 15 the purposes outlined in this subdivision,