BILL NUMBER: S6235

SPONSOR: METZGER
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the general municipal law and the tax
law, in relation to community preservation funds

 
PURPOSE:

To allow municipalities in Ulster County to raise funds for community
preservation

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Adds Ulster County to the list of counties in the Hudson
Valley eligible to raise funding for community preservation

Section 2: Effective Date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

              

Currently, Putnam and Westchester Counties have this authorization. This
bill would allow funds raised to be used for establishment of (a) parks,
nature preserves,or recreation 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; establishment of wildlife refuges for the purpose of main-
taining native animal species diversity, including the protection of
habitat essential to the recovery of rare, threatened or end angered
species; (h) preservation of unique or threatened ecological areas; (i)
preservation of rivers and river areas in a natural, free-flowing condi-
tion; (j) preservation of forested land; (k) preservation of public
access to lands for public use including stream rights and waterways;
(1) preservation of historic places and properties listed on the New
York state register of historic places and/or protected under a munici-
pal historic preservation ordinance or law; (m) undertaking any of the
paragraphs of this subdivision in furtherance of the establishment of a
greenbelt; and (n) preservation of land which is predominantly viable
agricultural land, or unique and irreplaceable agricultural land.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Legislation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Potential increased revenue for municipalities

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.