New York S 6888: Relates to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex in Essex County

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S06888 Summary:

BILL NOS06888 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03628

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRSTEC

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 9 Title 23 §§9-2301 - 9-2304, En Con L

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Relates to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex in Essex County.

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BILL NOS06888 

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03/26/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

05/15/2025RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6888

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 26, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, STEC -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
 Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
 Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex

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

 1 Section 1. Article 9 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 2 by adding a new title 23 to read as follows:
 3 TITLE 23
 4 THE MOUNT VAN HOEVENBERG OLYMPIC SPORTS COMPLEX
 5 Section 9-2301. Legislative purpose and intent.
 6 9-2302. Definitions.
 7 9-2303. Construction, operation, and maintenance of the Mount
 8 Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex.
 9 9-2304. Land to be acquired for inclusion in the forest preserve
 10 in the Adirondack park.
 11 § 9-2301. Legislative purpose and intent.
 12 1. It is the intent of the legislature to hereby implement the amend-
 13 ment to section one of article fourteen, of the New York state constitu-
 14 tion pertaining to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex
 15 located on forest preserve lands in the town of North Elba in Essex
 16 County.
 17 2. The legislature further intends that implementation of the consti-
 18 tutional amendment should be accomplished in a manner that ensures the
 19 integrity of the forest preserve land on which the sports complex is
 20 situated and results in a significant increase of forest preserve acre-
 21 age in the Adirondack park.
 22 3. The legislature intends that, as offset for the use of forest
 23 preserve lands for the sports complex, the state shall acquire as an
 24 addition to the forest preserve at least two thousand five hundred acres

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05554-01-5

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 1 of true forest land located in the Adirondack park. To ensure that such
 2 lands will be acquired and have characteristics suitable for inclusion
 3 in to the forest preserve, the legislature intends to review and approve
 4 the acquisition of such lands.
 5 4. For these reasons and as authorized by the provisions of section
 6 one of article fourteen of the state constitution, the legislature finds
 7 that it is in the public interest to hereby implement the constitutional
 8 amendment pertaining to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex.
 9 § 9-2302. Definitions.
 10 For purposes of this title, the following terms shall have the follow-
 11 ing meanings:
 12 1. "Appurtenances" shall mean those facilities that are directly
 13 related to and necessary for the construction, operation, maintenance,
 14 and public use of modern Nordic skiing and biathlon trails, such as
 15 access roads, parking lots, sanitary facilities, offices, day lodges and
 16 amenities, snowmaking, five kilometer of paved training trails, and an
 17 open-air Nordic skiing and biathlon stadium. This term shall not
 18 include:
 19 (a) facilities such as zip lines, hotels, condominiums, swimming
 20 pools, all-terrain vehicles or off-road vehicles for public use, tennis
 21 courts and other structures and improvements which are not directly
 22 related to and necessary for operation, maintenance, and public use of
 23 the sports complex; or
 24 (b) any structure located at or above an elevation of two thousand two
 25 hundred feet above sea level used for the sale of any goods, services,
 26 merchandise, food, or beverage.
 27 2. "Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Comp