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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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807
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the general
municipal law relating to including lakes in adopt-a-municipal park,
shoreline or roadway programs, as proposed in legislative bills
numbers S. 4636 and A. 4563, in relation to fees for activities under-
taken pursuant to a lake program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the
general municipal law relating to including lakes in adopt-a-municipal
park, shoreline or roadway programs, as proposed in legislative bills
numbers S. 4636 and A. 4563 is renumbered section 4 and a new section 3
is added to read as follows:
§ 3. SUBDIVISION 7 OF SECTION 70-0117 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVA-
TION LAW, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 329 OF THE LAWS OF 1995, IS AMENDED TO
READ AS FOLLOWS:
7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall
not charge any application fee or any other fee for any activity under-
taken pursuant to an adopt-a-park, shoreline [or], roadway OR LAKE
program pursuant to section two hundred seventy-seven of the general
municipal law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the general municipal
law relating to including lakes in adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or
roadway programs, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4636 and
A. 4563, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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