New York A 5269: Decreases the distance from the high water mark certain lands under water of Gardiner's and Peconic bays have to be to be ceded to a county

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A05269 Summary:

BILL NOA05269 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBrown K

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COSPNSRGiglio

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Amd §13-0302, En Con L

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Decreases the distance from the high water mark certain lands under water of Gardiner's and Peconic bays have to be ceded to a county from one thousand feet to five hundred feet.

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BILL NOA05269 

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02/12/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5269

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 decreasing the distance from the high water mark certain lands under
 water of Gardiner's and Peconic bays have to be to be ceded to a coun-
 ty

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1, paragraph a of subdivision 4, and paragraph
 2 a of subdivision 8 of section 13-0302 of the environmental conservation
 3 law, subdivision 1 and paragraph a of subdivision 8 as amended by chap-
 4 ter 34 of the laws of 2022 and paragraph a of subdivision 4 as amended
 5 by chapter 656 of the laws of 2021, are amended to read as follows:
 6 1. Underwater lands ceded to county of Suffolk. All the right, title
 7 and interest in which the people of the state of New York have in and to
 8 the lands under water of Gardiner's and Peconic bays in the county of
 9 Suffolk, except underwater lands within [one thousand] five hundred feet
 10 of the high water mark is hereby ceded to such county, for the purposes
 11 of shellfish or seaweed cultivation, to be managed and controlled by
 12 such county, provided that such lands shall revert to the state when
 13 they shall cease to be used for shellfish or seaweed cultivation. For
 14 the purposes of this section, the term "Gardiner's and Peconic bays"
 15 shall mean the waters of Gardiner's and Peconic bays and the tributaries
 16 thereof between the westerly shore of Great Peconic bay and an easterly
 17 line running from the most easterly point of Plum island to Goff point
 18 at the entrance of Napeague harbor.
 19 a. Underwater lands within [one thousand] five hundred feet of the
 20 high water mark shall not be included in a shellfish cultivation zone.
 21 a. Underwater lands within [one thousand] five hundred feet of the
 22 high water mark shall not be included in a seaweed cultivation zone.
 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08505-01-5

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