§ 49-0207 — State land acquisition plan

* § 49-0207. State land acquisition plan.\n 1. The department and the office shall prepare a state land\nacquisition plan to guide selection of projects for state acquisition\ntaking into account regional advisory committee priorities and the\ndepartment's and office's assessment of need for land acquisition\nprojects. Such plan shall also take into account the goal of the state\nto facilitate the conservation of at least thirty percent of land in New\nYork state by the year two thousand thirty pursuant to section 49-0113\nof this article. Such plan shall include an identification of:\n a. lands, by region and category, for which acquisition is of a high\npriority in order to carry out the purposes of this title;\n b. lands, by region, having statewide or regional environmental,\nhistoric, cultural or recreational significance that are threatened with\ndiminishment of resource value;\n c. the department's and office's priorities of categories of land, by\nregion, for future acquisition; and\n d. lands, by region, having statewide or regional environmental,\nhistoric, cultural or recreational significance which should be\nconsidered for state acquisition, but which do not qualify for\nacquisition under present law.\n 2. Such plan shall include consideration of the inventory prepared\npursuant to section 49-0205 of this title and shall identify those areas\nwithin the state which are not adequately protected in such categories.\n 3. In preparing such plan, the department and office shall:\n a. conduct one or more public hearings in each of the department's\nadministrative regions.\n b. consult with:\n (i) the regional advisory committees;\n (ii) officials of departments and agencies of the state having duties\nand responsibilities concerning the protection of open space and\nnatural, environmental, historic, cultural or recreational resources;\n (iii) officials and representatives of local governments in the state;\nand\n (iv) persons, organizations and groups interested in the protection of\nopen space and natural, environmental, historic, cultural or\nrecreational resources of the state.\n c. request and receive from any department, division, board, bureau,\ncommission or any other agency of the state or any political subdivision\nthereof or any public authority such assistance and data as may be\nnecessary to enable the department and office to carry out its\nresponsibilities under this section.\n 4. The department and office shall prepare a draft plan and shall\npropose, no later than January thirty-first, nineteen hundred\nninety-one, a schedule of public hearings thereon.\n 5. On or before January thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-two and\nevery three years thereafter, the department and office shall submit the\nplan to the governor, the majority leader of the senate and the speaker\nof the assembly. Upon approval by the governor such plan shall become a\nguide for the implementation of the acquisition programs of the\ndepartment and office.\n * NB Effective until January 1, 2031\n* § 49-0207. State land acquisition plan.\n 1. The department and the office shall prepare a state land\nacquisition plan to guide selection of projects for state acquisition\ntaking into account regional advisory committee priorities and the\ndepartment's and office's assessment of need for land acquisition\nprojects. Such plan shall include an identification of:\n a. lands, by region and category, for which acquisition is of a high\npriority in order to carry out the purposes of this title;\n b. lands, by region, having statewide or regional environmental,\nhistoric, cultural or recreational significance that are threatened with\ndiminishment of resource value;\n c. the department's and office's priorities of categories of land, by\nregion, for future acquisition; and\n d. lands, by region, having statewide or regional environmental,\nhistoric, cultural or recreational significance which should be\nconsidered for state acquisition, but which do not qualify for\nacquisition under present law.\n 2. Such plan shall include consideration of the inventory prepared\npursuant to section 49-0205 of this title and shall identify those areas\nwithin the state which are not adequately protected in such categories.\n 3. In preparing such plan, the department and office shall:\n a. conduct one or more public hearings in each of the department's\nadministrative regions.\n b. consult with:\n (i) the regional advisory committees;\n (ii) officials of departments and agencies of the state having duties\nand responsibilities concerning the protection of open space and\nnatural, environmental, historic, cultural or recreational resources;\n (iii) officials and representatives of local governments in the state;\nand\n (iv) persons, organizations and groups interested in the protection of\nopen space and natural, environmental, historic, cultural or\nrecreational resources of the state.\n c. request and receive from any department, division, board, bureau,\ncommission or any other agency of the state or any political subdivision\nthereof or any public authority such assistance and data as may be\nnecessary to enable the department and office to carry out its\nresponsibilities under this section.\n 4. The department and office shall prepare a draft plan and shall\npropose, no later than January thirty-first, nineteen hundred\nninety-one, a schedule of public hearings thereon.\n 5. On or before January thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-two and\nevery three years thereafter, the department and office shall submit the\nplan to the governor, the majority leader of the senate and the speaker\nof the assembly. Upon approval by the governor such plan shall become a\nguide for the implementation of the acquisition programs of the\ndepartment and office.\n * NB Effective January 1, 2031\n