2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 49 - Protection of Natural and Man-Made Beauty › Title 2 - State Land Acquisition › 49-0207 - State Land Acquisition Plan.

* § 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