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Adds Fishkill Creek to the definition of inland waterways, the official text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    982
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ROLISON -- 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 adding Fishkill  Creek
   to the definition of inland waterways

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 911 of the execu-
 tive law, as separately amended by chapters 382  and  397  of  the  laws
 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   (c) the state's major creeks comprised of the 18 Mile Creek located in
 Erie  county,  Chittenango Creek, Bash Bish and Kinderhook Creek located
 in Columbia county, Kinderhook Creek located in Rensselaer county, Bash-
 er Kill, Bushkill, Cattaraugus, Cayadutta, North Chuctanunda,  Cincinna-
 ti,  East  Kill,  Esopus (including upper and lower branches), Ferguson,
 Fish (including east  and  west  branches),  Gooseberry,  Great  Valley,
 Kennyetto,  Little  Sandy,  Moyer,  Mud  Creek located in Oneida county,
 Ninemile Creek, Onondaga, Oriskany,  Peekskill  Hollow,  Reall,  Roeliff
 Jansen  Kill,  Rondout, Sandy, Sauquoit, Schoharie, Shawangunk Kill, Six
 Mile Creek,  South  Sandy,  Oatka,  Tonawanda,  West  Kill,  Scajaquada,
 Wappinger,  Webatuck, Wassaic, Willsey in the village of Wurtsboro, Wood
 Creek located in Herkimer county, Wood Creek located in  Oneida  county,
 Black Creek located in Monroe county, Black Creek located in Genesee and
 Wyoming  counties,  Ellicott  Creek located in Erie county, Wynantskill,
 Claverack, Taghkanic, Agawamuck, Wyomanock, and Ley Creek and  Butternut
 Creek located in Onondaga county, Nanticoke and Sawkill (in Ulster coun-
 ty),  FISHKILL CREEK, Saw Kill and Fall Kill located in Dutchess county,
 Otter Kill Creek located in Orange county, Black Meadow Creek located in
 Orange county, and the Silver Lake Outlet located in Wyoming county;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02837-01-5
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