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                                   7615
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 1, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
 
 AN  ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
   relation to designating the Scajaquada heritage area and  establishing
   the  Scajaquada heritage area commission; and providing for the repeal
   of certain provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 35.03 of the parks, recreation and
 historic  preservation  law  is amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to
 read as follows:
   (W) THE SCAJAQUADA HERITAGE AREA, ENCOMPASSING THE COHESIVE GEOGRAPHIC
 AREA OF THE CITY OF BUFFALO SURROUNDING AND ASSOCIATED WITH  THE  SCAJA-
 QUADA CREEK.
   § 2. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is amended by
 adding a new article 41 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 41
                    SCAJAQUADA HERITAGE AREA COMMISSION
 SECTION 41.01 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.
         41.03 DEFINITIONS.
         41.05 SCAJAQUADA HERITAGE AREA COMMISSION.
         41.07 COMMISSION PURPOSE.
         41.09 MANAGEMENT PLAN.
         41.11 POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.
         41.13 COOPERATION  WITH  THE CITY OF BUFFALO, STATE AGENCIES AND
                 PUBLIC CORPORATIONS.
         41.15 APPROPRIATIONS BY THE CITY OF BUFFALO.
         41.17 STATE ACTIONS.
         41.19 STATE PURPOSE.
   § 41.01 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT. THE HERITAGE AREA BOUNDED  BY
 THE NIAGARA RIVER, NIAGARA STREET, FOREST AVENUE, DELAWARE AVENUE, DELE-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 VAN  AVENUE,  MAIN  STREET,  JEWETT PARKWAY, PARKSIDE AVENUE, NOTTINGHAM
 TERRACE, AND AMHERST STREET IS OF UNIQUE AND  HISTORIC  SIGNIFICANCE  TO
 THE  STATE.  IT IS THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE TO ESTABLISH THE SCAJA-
 QUADA  HERITAGE  AREA IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (W)
 OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 35.03 OF THIS TITLE, TO WORK WITH  PARTIC-
 IPATING  STATE  AND  MUNICIPAL  AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS IN
 ORDER TO IMPLEMENT OR CAUSE  TO  BE  IMPLEMENTED  THE  PRESERVATION  AND
 ENHANCEMENT  OF  THE  HISTORIC,  CULTURAL,  ECONOMIC  AND  ARCHITECTURAL
 RESOURCES OF THE HERITAGE AREA. THE COMMISSION ESTABLISHED BY THIS ARTI-
 CLE IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE AND PROMOTE THE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE RESOURCES
 IN THE HERITAGE AREA TO A BROAD RANGE OF ACADEMIC AND TOURISM INTERESTS.
 IT IS THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE THAT THE HERITAGE AREA  BE  MARKETED
 TO  NICHE  MARKET  TRAVELERS  AND SCHOLARS AND THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT, AND THE
 MISSION OF THE HERITAGE AREA.
   § 41.03 DEFINITIONS. IN  ADDITION  TO  THE  DEFINITIONS  CONTAINED  IN
 SECTION  31.01  OF  THIS  TITLE, WHENEVER USED IN THIS ARTICLE, UNLESS A
 DIFFERENT MEANING IS CLEARLY APPARENT FROM THE CONTEXT, THE TERMS LISTED
 BELOW SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "SCAJAQUADA HERITAGE AREA" OR "HERITAGE AREA" SHALL MEAN THE  PRES-
 ERVATION  CORRIDOR  LOCATED  BETWEEN  THE NIAGARA RIVER, NIAGARA STREET,
 FOREST AVENUE, DELAWARE AVENUE,  DELEVAN  AVENUE,  MAIN  STREET,  JEWETT
 PARKWAY, PARKSIDE AVENUE, NOTTINGHAM TERRACE, AND AMHERST STREET OR SUCH
 OTHER GEOGRAPHIC CORRIDORS ESTABLISHED BY AN APPROVED MANAGEMENT PLAN.
   2.  "SCAJAQUADA  HERITAGE  AREA COMMISSION" OR "COMMISSION" SHALL MEAN
 THE SCAJAQUADA HERITAGE AREA COMMISSION CREATED PURSUANT TO  THIS  ARTI-
 CLE.
   § 41.05 SCAJAQUADA  HERITAGE  AREA  COMMISSION.  1.  THE COMMISSION IS
 HEREBY ESTABLISHED AS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION. THE COMMISSION SHALL
 BE GOVERNED BY THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW EXCEPT WHERE SUCH  LAW
 CONFLICTS  WITH THIS ARTICLE, IN WHICH CASE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE SHALL GOVERN. THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIST OF UP  TO  ELEVEN  VOTING
 MEMBERS  AND SIX NON-VOTING EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS. ONE MEMBER EACH SHALL BE
 APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF  THE  SENATE,  AND
 THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE ASSEMBLY. OTHER MEMBERS SHALL INCLUDE THE MAYOR OF
 THE CITY OF BUFFALO OR THEIR DESIGNEE, A REPRESENTATIVE  OF  THE  SENECA
 NATION,  TWO  REPRESENTATIVES  OF COMMUNITY GROUPS SPECIFIED HEREIN, TWO
 REPRESENTATIVES FROM ENVIRONMENTAL, CULTURAL, OR RECREATIONAL  ORGANIZA-
 TIONS  IN THE HERITAGE AREA SPECIFIED HEREIN, AND TWO ACADEMIC REPRESEN-
 TATIVES FROM INSTITUTIONS  SPECIFIED  HEREIN.  EACH  TERM,  TWO  OF  THE
 FOLLOWING  COMMUNITY  GROUPS  SHALL EACH APPOINT A REPRESENTATIVE: BLACK
 ROCK RIVERSIDE ALLIANCE, VISION NIAGARA, AND PARKSIDE COMMUNITY  ASSOCI-
 ATION.  EACH  TERM,  TWO  OF  THE FOLLOWING CULTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND
 RECREATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SHALL EACH APPOINT A REPRESENTATIVE:  BUFFALO
 HISTORY  MUSEUM,  BLACK  ROCK  HISTORICAL SOCIETY, BUFFALO OLMSTED PARKS
 CONSERVANCY, FOREST LAWN CEMETERY,  DARWIN  MARTIN  HOUSE,  BUFFALO  AKG
 MUSEUM, BUFFALO NIAGARA WATERKEEPER, GO BIKE BUFFALO, RICHARDSON OLMSTED
 CAMPUS, BUFFALO ZOO, AND BURCHFIELD PENNEY ART CENTER. EACH TERM, TWO OF
 THE FOLLOWING ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS SHALL EACH APPOINT A REPRESENTATIVE:
 BUFFALO  STATE  UNIVERSITY,  UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, CANISIUS UNIVERSITY,
 BUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOL NUMBER 305, AND THE NICHOLS SCHOOL.  NO  COMMUNITY
 GROUP,   ENVIRONMENTAL,  CULTURAL,  AND  RECREATIONAL  ORGANIZATION,  OR
 ACADEMIC INSTITUTION MAY APPOINT A  REPRESENTATIVE  IN  TWO  CONSECUTIVE
 TERMS,  AND SUCH APPOINTMENTS SHALL OCCUR ON A ROTATING BASIS, AS DETER-
 MINED BY THE COMMISSION. ALL APPOINTEES SHALL BE RESIDENTS OF  THE  CITY
 OF  BUFFALO, BUT THE COMMISSION HAS THE AUTHORITY TO WAIVE THIS REQUIRE-
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 MENT AT ITS DISCRETION. IN ADDITION, SIX NON-VOTING MEMBERS SHALL  SERVE
 EX-OFFICIO:   THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE OFFICE OF
 PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF  ENVIRON-
 MENTAL  CONSERVATION,  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND THE PRESIDENT  OF  THE  CITY  OF  BUFFALO'S
 CONVENTION  AND VISITOR'S BUREAU OR THEIR DESIGNEES. APPOINTMENTS TO THE
 COMMISSION SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER WHO  SHALL  CONVENE  THE
 FIRST  MEETING  OF  THE COMMISSION FOLLOWING THE FILING OF A MAJORITY OF
 THE APPOINTMENTS. AT THE INITIAL MEETING, THE MEMBERS OF THE  COMMISSION
 SHALL SELECT OFFICERS.
   2.  THE TERM OF OFFICE FOR APPOINTEES SHALL BE FOUR YEARS. MEMBERS MAY
 SERVE ON THE COMMISSION UNTIL THEY RESIGN OR ARE REPLACED. IN THE  EVENT
 OF  A VACANCY OCCURRING OTHER THAN BY THE EXPIRATION OF A MEMBER'S TERM,
 SUCH VACANCY SHALL BE FILLED FOR THE BALANCE OF THE  UNEXPIRED  TERM  IN
 THE SAME MANNER AS THE ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT.
   3. A MAJORITY OF THE VOTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSTITUTE
 A QUORUM.
   4.  THE  MEMBERS  OF  THE COMMISSION SHALL RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION FOR
 THEIR SERVICES BUT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR THEIR EXPENSES
 ACTUALLY AND NECESSARILY INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES.
   5.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  INCONSISTENT  PROVISIONS  OF  LAW,  GENERAL,
 SPECIAL,  OR  LOCAL,  NO  OFFICER  OR EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE OR ANY CIVIL
 DIVISION THEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO  HAVE  FORFEITED  OR  SHALL  FORFEIT
 THEIR  OFFICE  OR EMPLOYMENT BY REASON OF THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF MEMBERSHIP
 ON THE COMMISSION.
   6. EVERY STATE AGENCY AND PUBLIC CORPORATION  HAVING  JURISDICTION  OF
 LAND  WITHIN THE HERITAGE AREA SHALL, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PRACTICABLE,
 COOPERATE WITH AND ASSIST THE COMMISSION IN CARRYING OUT THE  PROVISIONS
 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   7.  EVERY LOCAL AGENCY RELATING TO THE HERITAGE AREA MAY OFFER ASSIST-
 ANCE TO THE COMMISSION IN CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 41.07 COMMISSION PURPOSE. THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION IS TO UNDER-
 TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS TO FACILITATE THE CREATION OF THE  SCAJAQUADA
 HERITAGE AREA IN BUFFALO, COMPLETE A MANAGEMENT PLAN TO ENSURE THE LONG-
 TERM PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SUCH HERITAGE AREA, AND PROVIDE FOR
 THE  IMPLEMENTATION AND SUSTAINABILITY OF UNDERTAKING RECOMMENDATIONS OF
 THE COMPLETED MANAGEMENT PLAN.
   § 41.09 MANAGEMENT PLAN. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF  SECTION
 35.05 OF THIS TITLE, THE MANAGEMENT PLAN SHALL:
   (A)  DESIGNATE THE SPECIFIC BOUNDARIES OF THE SCAJAQUADA HERITAGE AREA
 AS DEPICTED ON A MAP ACCOMPANYING THE MANAGEMENT PLAN;
   (B) DEVELOP A VISION, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE HERITAGE AREA THAT
 FOCUS ON ENSURING EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS TO  THE  PUBLIC  AND  PROHIBITING
 INCOMPATIBLE USES WITHIN THE HERITAGE AREA;
   (C)  CREATE  AN  INVENTORY OF PRIVATELY OWNED EXISTING LAND AND BUILD-
 INGS;
   (D) IDENTIFY OTHER LAND AND  BUILDINGS  THAT  CAN  CONTRIBUTE  TO  THE
 PURPOSES OF THE HERITAGE AREA;
   (E)  RECOMMEND  MEANS  OF  LINKING THE HERITAGE AREA TO OTHER HISTORIC
 AMENITIES AND COMMERCIAL ASSETS AND DESCRIBE THE TECHNIQUES OR MEANS  OF
 PRESERVATION  AND  PROTECTION  OF HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES WITHIN
 THE HERITAGE AREA;
   (F) EVALUATE THE WAYS IN  WHICH  ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT  ACTIVITIES  IN
 PROXIMITY  TO THE HERITAGE AREA CAN SUPPORT, COMPLEMENT, AND SUSTAIN THE
 DEVELOPMENT OF THE HERITAGE AREA;
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   (G) DESCRIBE THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE  TO  BE  UTILIZED  FOR  LONG
 RANGE  PLANNING,  DEVELOPMENT, AND MANAGEMENT OF THE HERITAGE AREA FOR A
 MINIMUM OF TEN YEARS, INCLUDING THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND  INTERRELATION-
 SHIPS  OF LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND STATE AGENCIES IN THE MANAGEMENT PROCESS,
 AND  A  PROGRAM TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM FEASIBLE PRIVATE PARTICIPATION IN THE
 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MANAGEMENT PLAN;
   (H) INCLUDE A PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF  THE  HERITAGE  AREA  AS  AN
 ACADEMIC  DESTINATION  THAT  CAN  PROVIDE  OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATIONAL
 PROGRAMS, INCLUDING ADVANCED SCHOLARLY  RESEARCH  FOR  STUDENTS  OF  ALL
 EDUCATIONAL  BACKGROUNDS.  SUCH PLAN MAY INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO,
 ACADEMIC SYMPOSIA, LECTURES, ARCHIVE COLLECTIONS,  LIBRARY  COLLECTIONS,
 AND A MUSEUM;
   (I)  INCLUDE  AN ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF THE LONG- AND SHORT-TERM COSTS
 AND BENEFITS RELATED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF
 THE HERITAGE AREA, INCLUDING A COMPREHENSIVE ESTIMATE OF  THE  COSTS  OF
 IMPLEMENTING  THE  MANAGEMENT  PLAN  IDENTIFIED BY SOURCE OF FUNDING AND
 SPECIFICALLY DELINEATING EXPECTED STATE,  LOCAL,  FEDERAL,  AND  PRIVATE
 CONTRIBUTION;
   (J)  INCLUDE  A MARKETING PLAN, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE MEASURES TO TARGET
 NICHE MARKET TRAVELERS AND SCHOLARS. SUCH PLAN SHALL INCLUDE  SUPPORTING
 EVIDENCE  FOR  TARGETING  SUCH TRAVELERS AND SHALL CONSIDER OUT-OF-STATE
 MARKETING AS ALLOWABLE IN BUDGETING; AND
   (K) MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ONGOING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE  OF
 THE SCAJAQUADA HERITAGE AREA.
   2.  THE  DRAFT  MANAGEMENT PLAN SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSIONER
 FOR APPROVAL WITHIN FOUR YEARS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE.
 PRIOR TO SUBMITTING THE PLAN TO THE COMMISSIONER, THE LEGISLATIVE REPRE-
 SENTATIVE BODY OF THE CITY OF BUFFALO SHALL APPROVE THE PLAN. THE LEGIS-
 LATIVE  BODY OF THE CITY OF BUFFALO, AT ITS DISCRETION AND IN THE INTER-
 EST OF EXPEDITING THE LOCAL APPROVAL  PROCESS,  SHALL  HOLD  TWO  PUBLIC
 MEETINGS AT ANY TIME DURING THE LOCAL APPROVAL PROCESS. THE COMMISSIONER
 MAY  APPROVE THE PLAN, MAY RETURN THE PLAN TO THE COMMISSION WITH RECOM-
 MENDATIONS FOR APPROVAL, OR MAY REJECT THE PLAN. A COPY OF THE  APPROVED
 PLAN  SHALL  BE PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE
 SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
   3. SELECTED  INDIVIDUAL  REQUIREMENTS  OR  PORTIONS  THEREOF  FOR  THE
 MANAGEMENT  PLAN  SUBMISSIONS MAY BE WAIVED BY THE COMMISSIONER PROVIDED
 THAT PRIOR SUBMISSIONS TO THE OFFICE DURING A PREVIOUS PLANNING  PROCESS
 ARE JUDGED SUFFICIENT TO FULFILL THE PURPOSE OF THE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
   4. APPROVAL OF THE MANAGEMENT PLAN BY THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH
 ELIGIBILITY FOR THE RECEIPT OF ACQUISITION, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROGRAMMING
 ASSISTANCE  FROM  THE  STATE  HERITAGE  AREA  PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEFINED
 HERITAGE AREA BOUNDARIES. NOTHING IN THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  PROHIBIT  THE
 COMMISSION FROM APPLYING FOR OTHER GRANT PROGRAMS OR SOURCES OF FUNDING.
   § 41.11 POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION SHALL HAVE
 THE FOLLOWING POWERS AND DUTIES:
   1. TO HAVE A SEAL AND ALTER THE SAME AT ITS PLEASURE;
   2.  TO  ACQUIRE, HOLD, AND DISPOSE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR ITS CORPO-
 RATE PURPOSES;
   3. TO MAKE BY-LAWS FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND REGULATION OF ITS AFFAIRS;
   4. TO APPOINT AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER, OFFICERS, AGENTS,  AND  EMPLOYEES,
 TO  PRESCRIBE  THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND TO FIX THEIR COMPENSATION AND TO
 PAY THE SAME OUT OF FUNDS OF THE COMMISSION;
   5. TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS AND LEASES, AND TO EXECUTE ALL  INSTRUMENTS
 NECESSARY  AND  CONVENIENT  WITH ANY PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP OR CORPO-
 RATION, EITHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, OR THE STATE;
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   6. TO ACCEPT GIFTS, GRANTS, LOANS, OR CONTRIBUTIONS  FROM,  AND  ENTER
 INTO  CONTRACTS  OR  OTHER  TRANSACTIONS WITH, THE UNITED STATES AND THE
 STATE OR ANY COMMISSION OF EITHER OF THEM, ANY MUNICIPALITY, ANY  PUBLIC
 OR PRIVATE CORPORATION, INDIVIDUAL OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY, AND TO USE ANY
 SUCH  GIFT,  GRANTS,  LOANS,  OR  CONTRIBUTIONS  TO  ADVANCE  ANY OF ITS
 PURPOSES;
   7. TO DESIGNATE THE DEPOSITORIES OF ITS MONEY;
   8. TO ESTABLISH AND RE-ESTABLISH ITS FISCAL YEAR;
   9. TO PREPARE AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE CONDUCT OF ITS ACTIVITIES  WHICH
 SHALL  INCLUDE  A  FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THAT YEAR AND A WORK PLAN FOR
 THE NEXT YEAR, WHICH MAY INCLUDE AN ESTIMATE OF THE  RESOURCES  REQUIRED
 TO  COMPLETE THE COMMISSION'S ACTIVITIES TO BE SENT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE
 TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY;
   10. TO CONTRACT WITH THE STATE AS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION;
   11. TO ORGANIZE AND MEET WITH A  COMMITTEE  OF  PLANNERS  FOR  MUNICI-
 PALITIES IN OR ADJACENT TO THE HERITAGE AREA REGARDING REGIONAL PROJECTS
 AND THE PROVISION OF PLANNING SERVICES;
   12.  TO  CREATE  ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO ADVISE ON MATTERS OF INTEREST,
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THERE SHALL BE CREATED, AT  A  MINIMUM,  A  CITIZENS'
 ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL CIVIC, COMMER-
 CIAL, EDUCATIONAL, HISTORIC, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS; AND
   13. TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY OR CONVENIENT TO CARRY OUT ITS PURPOSES
 AND  EXERCISE  THE  POWERS  EXPRESSLY  GIVEN  IN THIS ARTICLE; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT NO POWER IS PROVIDED TO  THE  COMMISSION  TO  OPERATE  ANY
 PORTION  OF  THE  HERITAGE  AREA, TO IMPOSE OPERATING STANDARDS UPON ANY
 PORTION OF THE HERITAGE AREA, OR TO TAKE PROPERTY BY EMINENT DOMAIN.
   § 41.13 COOPERATION WITH THE  CITY  OF  BUFFALO,  STATE  AGENCIES  AND
 PUBLIC  CORPORATIONS.  1.  THE CITY OF BUFFALO, ANY STATE AGENCY, OR ANY
 PUBLIC CORPORATION MAY PROVIDE THE COMMISSION WITH THE SERVICES  OF  ITS
 AGENTS,  EMPLOYEES,  AND  FACILITIES  WITHOUT  CHARGE TO THE COMMISSION.
 PERSONS SERVING AS OFFICERS  OR  EMPLOYEES  OF  THE  COMMISSION  MAY  BE
 EMPLOYEES  OF THE CITY OF BUFFALO AND THE COMMISSION, AND THE COMMISSION
 MAY PAY THE CITY OF BUFFALO AN AGREED PORTION  OF  THE  COMPENSATION  OR
 COSTS OF SUCH OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES.
   2.  NOTHING  CONTAINED  IN  THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  BE DEEMED TO AFFECT,
 IMPAIR, OR SUPERSEDE THE PROVISIONS OF  ANY  CITY  CHARTER,  LOCAL  LAW,
 RULE,  OR  OTHER  LOCAL REQUIREMENT OR PROCEDURE HERETOFORE OR HEREAFTER
 ADOPTED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY SUCH PROVISIONS  RELATING  TO
 THE ZONING AND USE OF LAND.
   § 41.15 APPROPRIATIONS  BY  THE  CITY  OF  BUFFALO.  TO EFFECTUATE THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE CITY OF BUFFALO MAY APPROPRIATE AND TRANS-
 FER TO THE COMMISSION MONEYS TO BE EXPENDED BY THE COMMISSION  TO  CARRY
 OUT ITS FUNCTIONS PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
   § 41.17 STATE  ACTIONS.  EACH  STATE  AGENCY  SHALL REVIEW ITS ACTIONS
 WITHIN THE HERITAGE AREA IN RELATION TO THE CONSISTENCY OF SUCH  ACTIONS
 WITH THE APPROVED PLAN.
   § 41.19 STATE  PURPOSE. THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SCAJA-
 QUADA HERITAGE AREA PLAN IS CONSIDERED A STATE PURPOSE.  NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY  LAW  TO THE CONTRARY, ANY STATE AGENCY OR PUBLIC CORPORATION WITHIN
 AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED OR AVAILABLE THEREFORE MAY OFFER ASSISTANCE TO  THE
 COMMISSION  IN  SUPPORT  OF ITS CORPORATE PURPOSE THROUGH THE LENDING OF
 STAFF OR OTHER RESOURCES TO ACCOMPLISH THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 section  two  of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed five years
 after it shall have become law.