NY State Senate Bill 2025-S546

Senate Bill S546

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the classification of historical lands and buildings located within the forest preserve

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

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Jan 08, 2025	referred to environmental conservation

2025-S546 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §816, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S8341
2019-2020: S2934
2021-2022: S5344
2023-2024: S495

2025-S546 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the classification of historical lands and buildings located within the forest preserve.

2025-S546 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S546

SPONSOR: STEC
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the classification of
historical lands and buildings located within the forest preserve

 
PURPOSE:

This bill relates to the classification of historical lands and build-
ings located within the forest preserve.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new subdivision 3 of section 816 of the executive law
to include any lands or buildings located within the forest preserve
that are listed or eligible to be listed on the national register of
historic places shall be considered for historical classification by the
Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and consult with the department of environ-
mental conservation in developing unit management plans (UMPs)

Section 2: This section establishes an effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Forest Preserve holds over 2.6 million acres of state land within
the Adirondack Park full of lands rich in recreational opportunity and
ecological significance. Unit Management Plans (UMPs) assess the
natural, physical, social and recreational resources of the landscape
and provide a solid foundation for the development of long-term land
management goals, objectives and actions. It is vital to the economy and
tourism of upstate New York to include historical lands or buildings
within this preserve to develop UMPs. Several structures on this land
have been saved by the state with a historical land classification such
as St. Regis Mountain fire tower and Great Camp Santanoni. Without a
historical land classification, many of these lands and buildings will
be deemed as non-conforming structures and subject to zoning require-
ments, therefore altering these historic buildings.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2023-2024: S495 advanced to third reading; A2411 passed Assembly

2022/2021: S5344 referred to Environmental Conservation; A519 referred
to Environmental Conservation

2020/2019: S2934 referred to Finance; A1638 referred to Environmental
Conservation

2018: S8341 committed to Rules; A10689 referred to Environmental Conser-
vation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S546 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    546
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEC  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the classification  of
   historical lands and buildings located within the forest preserve

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 816 of the executive law is renum-
 bered subdivision 4 and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
   3. ANY LANDS OR BUILDINGS LOCATED WITHIN THE FOREST PRESERVE THAT  ARE
 LISTED  IN  THE  NATIONAL  REGISTER  OF  HISTORIC PLACES OR ELIGIBLE FOR
 INCLUSION IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES SHALL  BE  CONSID-
 ERED  FOR  AN  HISTORICAL  CLASSIFICATION BY THE AGENCY, IN CONSULTATION
 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION,  IN  DEVELOPING  UNIT
 MANAGEMENT PLANS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02349-01-5

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