Assembly Bill A1531

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the trustees of the Freeholders and the Commonalty of the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A1531 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2156
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Suffolk County
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A4838, S4117
2019-2020: A5523, S3730
2021-2022: A8476, S7529

2023-A1531 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the trustees of the Freeholders and the Commonalty of the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk; provides that the trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the town of Southampton have and shall continue to have the authority to enforce the public's easement and access upon the ocean beaches within the town of Southampton, including all rights of the public with respect to the said ocean beaches which were conferred upon them by the Dongan Patent of 1686; defines "ocean beaches".

2023-A1531 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1531
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT in relation to the trustees of the Freeholders and the Commonalty
   of the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature enacted  chapter  255
 of  the laws of 1818 and chapter 283 of the laws of 1831, addressing the
 respective powers of the trustees of the Freeholders and  Commonalty  of
 the  town of Southampton, a body politic created by the Dongan Patent of
 1686, and the trustees for the proprietors of the town of Southampton, a
 body created by chapter 255 of the laws of 1818,  with  respect  to  the
 title  to and use of the ocean beaches in the town, and further, to make
 clear the continuing ownership of the trustees of  the  Freeholders  and
 Commonalty  of  the  town  of Southampton of the underwater lands in the
 town and the taking of the products thereof, and their right to  protect
 the  public's right to use and enjoy the easement upon the ocean beaches
 that was granted to them by the Dongan  Patent.  The  trustees  for  the
 proprietors  of the town of Southampton sold the last of the ocean beach
 lands owned by them and disbanded the board  of  trustees  in  1882  and
 thereafter  ceased  to exist. The legislature enacted chapter 257 of the
 laws of 1892 and chapter 872 of the laws of 1896 authorizing  the  Trus-
 tees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the town of Southampton, "from
 time  to  time, whenever in their judgment it shall become necessary" to
 determine the necessity and location of one or more inlets in  the  town
 of  Southampton from the Atlantic Ocean to Shinnecock Bay, or into Mecox
 Bay, or into Sag Pond, and to exercise the power of eminent domain  over
 ocean  beaches  in order to locate such inlet or inlets. For more than a
 century the courts of this state have  rendered  inconsistent  decisions
 with  respect to the powers of the said trustees over the ocean beaches.
 The legislature wishes to confirm  that  the  Proprietors'  Trustees  no
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02012-01-3
              

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