* § 49-0207. State land acquisition plan.

1. The department and the office shall prepare a state land
acquisition plan to guide selection of projects for state acquisition
taking into account regional advisory committee priorities and the
department's and office's assessment of need for land acquisition
projects. Such plan shall also take into account the goal of the state
to facilitate the conservation of at least thirty percent of land in New
York state by the year two thousand thirty pursuant to section 49-0113
of this article. Such plan shall include an identification of:

a. lands, by region and category, for which acquisition is of a high
priority in order to carry out the purposes of this title;

b. lands, by region, having statewide or regional environmental,
historic, cultural or recreational significance that are threatened with
diminishment of resource value;

c. the department's and office's priorities of categories of land, by
region, for future acquisition; and

d. lands, by region, having statewide or regional environmental,
historic, cultural or recreational significance which should be
considered for state acquisition, but which do not qualify for
acquisition under present law.

2. Such plan shall include consideration of the inventory prepared
pursuant to section 49-0205 of this title and shall identify those areas
within the state which are not adequately protected in such categories.

3. In preparing such plan, the department and office shall:

a. conduct one or more public hearings in each of the department's
administrative regions.

b. consult with:

(i) the regional advisory committees;

(ii) officials of departments and agencies of the state having duties
and responsibilities concerning the protection of open space and
natural, environmental, historic, cultural or recreational resources;

(iii) officials and representatives of local governments in the state;
and

(iv) persons, organizations and groups interested in the protection of
open space and natural, environmental, historic, cultural or
recreational resources of the state.

c. request and receive from any department, division, board, bureau,
commission or any other agency of the state or any political subdivision
thereof or any public authority such assistance and data as may be
necessary to enable the department and office to carry out its
responsibilities under this section.

4. The department and office shall prepare a draft plan and shall
propose, no later than January thirty-first, nineteen hundred
ninety-one, a schedule of public hearings thereon.

5. On or before January thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-two and
every three years thereafter, the department and office shall submit the
plan to the governor, the majority leader of the senate and the speaker
of the assembly. Upon approval by the governor such plan shall become a
guide for the implementation of the acquisition programs of the
department and office.

* NB Effective until January 1, 2031
* § 49-0207. State land acquisition plan.

1. The department and the office shall prepare a state land
acquisition plan to guide selection of projects for state acquisition
taking into account regional advisory committee priorities and the
department's and office's assessment of need for land acquisition
projects. Such plan shall include an identification of:

a. lands, by region and category, for which acquisition is of a high
priority in order to carry out the purposes of this title;

b. lands, by region, having statewide or regional environmental,
historic, cultural or recreational significance that are threatened with
diminishment of resource value;

c. the department's and office's priorities of categories of land, by
region, for future acquisition; and

d. lands, by region, having statewide or regional environmental,
historic, cultural or recreational significance which should be
considered for state acquisition, but which do not qualify for
acquisition under present law.

2. Such plan shall include consideration of the inventory prepared
pursuant to section 49-0205 of this title and shall identify those areas
within the state which are not adequately protected in such categories.

3. In preparing such plan, the department and office shall:

a. conduct one or more public hearings in each of the department's
administrative regions.

b. consult with:

(i) the regional advisory committees;

(ii) officials of departments and agencies of the state having duties
and responsibilities concerning the protection of open space and
natural, environmental, historic, cultural or recreational resources;

(iii) officials and representatives of local governments in the state;
and

(iv) persons, organizations and groups interested in the protection of
open space and natural, environmental, historic, cultural or
recreational resources of the state.

c. request and receive from any department, division, board, bureau,
commission or any other agency of the state or any political subdivision
thereof or any public authority such assistance and data as may be
necessary to enable the department and office to carry out its
responsibilities under this section.

4. The department and office shall prepare a draft plan and shall
propose, no later than January thirty-first, nineteen hundred
ninety-one, a schedule of public hearings thereon.

5. On or before January thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-two and
every three years thereafter, the department and office shall submit the
plan to the governor, the majority leader of the senate and the speaker
of the assembly. Upon approval by the governor such plan shall become a
guide for the implementation of the acquisition programs of the
department and office.

* NB Effective January 1, 2031