New York S 9628: Authorizes the use of funds from Peconic Bay region community preservation funds for the acquisition of waterfront conservation easements for maritime industries and heritage

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S09628 Summary:

BILL NOS09628 

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Authorizes the use of funds from Peconic Bay region community preservation funds for the acquisition of waterfront conservation easements to maintain and enhance maritime industries and heritage, including for working waterfront, aquaculture, commercial fisheries, recreational fishing and boating businesses.

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BILL NOS09628 

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03/30/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9628

 IN SENATE

 March 30, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

 AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to the use of funds from
 Peconic Bay region community preservation funds for the acquisition of
 waterfront conservation easements for maritime industries and heritage

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 64-e of the town law is amended
 2 by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
 3 (g) "Waterfront conservation easement" shall mean projects pursuant to
 4 Suffolk county law No 32-2025.
 5 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 64-e of the town law, as amended by
 6 chapter 666 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 7 3. The purposes of the fund shall be exclusively, (a) to implement a
 8 plan for the preservation of community character as required by this
 9 section, (b) to acquire interests or rights in real property for the
 10 preservation of community character within the town including villages
 11 therein in accordance with such plan and in cooperation with willing
 12 sellers, (c) to establish a bank pursuant to a transfer of development
 13 rights program consistent with section two hundred sixty-one-a of this
 14 chapter, (d) to provide a management and stewardship program for such
 15 interests and rights consistent with subdivisions nine and nine-a of
 16 this section and in accordance with such plan designed to preserve
 17 community character; provided that not more than ten (10) percent of the
 18 fund shall be utilized for the management and stewardship program, [and]
 19 (e) to implement water quality improvement projects in accordance with a
 20 plan to preserve community character, and (f) to acquire waterfront
 21 conservation easements to maintain and enhance maritime industries and
 22 heritage which shall include but not be limited to working waterfront
 23 projects, aquaculture businesses, commercial fisheries, recreational
 24 fishing, boating businesses, processing facilities, packout facilities,
 25 icehouses, storage and all other activities appurtenant to commercial
 26 fishing, commercial aquaculture and maritime industries. A maximum of
 27 twenty (20) percent of the fund may be utilized for the implementation

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14571-02-6

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 1 of water quality improvement projects; provided that where such water
 2 quality improvement funds are utilized for the operation of the Peconic
 3 Bay National Estuary Program, the use of such funds shall only be
 4 utilized to match federal, state, county, or other public or private
 5 funds on a dollar for dollar basis, not to exceed ten (10) percent of
 6 the annual amount appropriated for water quality improvement projects.
 7 Unused funds allocated for water quality improvement projects pursuant
 8 to this subdivision may be carried forward from year to year for utili-
 9 zation in future budgets. In towns with one or more disadvantaged commu-
 10 nities, not less than ten (10) percent of the annual proceeds of the
 11 fund shall be utilized to benefit such disadvantaged communities. A
 12 maximum of ten (10) percent of the funds may be utilized to purchase
 13 waterfront conservation easements. If the implementation of the communi-
 14 ty preservation projec