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                                   10188
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 24, 2020
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 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the tax law,  in  relation
   to  expanding  the  authorization  for  the establishment of community
   preservation funds to include any town or city  within  a  county  but
   excluding cities with a population of one million or more

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 4 of section
 6-s of the general municipal law, paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision  1  as
 amended by chapter 608 of the laws of 2019 and subdivision 4 as added by
 chapter 596 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows:
   (d)  "Designated  community" means any town or city within [the Hudson
 Valley counties of Putnam, Ulster, or Westchester] A COUNTY,  BUT  SHALL
 NOT INCLUDE ANY CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
   4.  Preservation  of  community character shall involve one or more of
 the following: (a) establishment of parks, nature preserves,  or  recre-
 ation  areas;  (b) preservation of open space; (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; (g)  establish-
 ment  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
 unique or threatened ecological areas; (i) preservation  of  rivers  and
 river  areas  in  a natural, free-flowing condition; (j) preservation of
 forested land; (k) preservation of public access to lands for public use
 including stream rights and  waterways;  (l)  preservation  of  historic
 places  and properties listed on the New York state register of historic
 places and/or protected under a municipal  historic  preservation  ordi-
 nance  or law; (m) undertaking any of the paragraphs of this subdivision
 in furtherance of the establishment of a greenbelt; [and] (n)  preserva-
 tion of land which is predominantly viable agricultural land, as defined
 in subdivision seven of section three hundred one of the agriculture and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 markets  law,  or unique and irreplaceable agricultural land, as defined
 in subdivision six of section three hundred one of the  agriculture  and
 markets law; (O) PRESERVATION OF WATER INFRASTRUCTURE; AND (P) PRESERVA-
 TION  AND PROMOTION OF SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING USING THE STATE SMART
 GROWTH PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE CRITERIA AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION TWO  OF
 SECTION 6-0107 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
   §  2.  Subdivision  11  of  section 1560 of the tax law, as amended by
 chapter 608 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   11. "Designated community" means any town or city within  [the  Hudson
 Valley  counties  of Putnam, Ulster, or Westchester] A COUNTY, BUT SHALL
 NOT INCLUDE ANY CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.