§ 9-2301 — Legislative purpose and intent

New York § 9-2301

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law ENV: Environmental Conservation
• Title 23: The Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex
• Art. 9: Lands and Forests

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* § 9-2301. Legislative purpose and intent.\n 1. It is the intent of the legislature to hereby implement the\namendment to section one of article fourteen, of the New York state\nconstitution pertaining to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports\nComplex located on forest preserve lands in the town of North Elba in\nEssex County.\n 2. The legislature further intends that implementation of the\nconstitutional amendment should be accomplished in a manner that ensures\nthe integrity of the forest preserve land on which the sports complex is\nsituated and results in a significant increase of forest preserve\nacreage in the Adirondack park.\n 3. The legislature intends that, as offset for the use of forest\npreserve lands for the sports complex, the state shall acquire as an\naddition to the forest preserve at least two thousand five hundred acres\nof true forest land located in the Adirondack park. To ensure that such\nlands will be acquired and have characteristics suitable for inclusion\nin to the forest preserve, the legislature intends to review and approve\nthe acquisition of such lands.\n 4. For these reasons and as authorized by the provisions of section\none of article fourteen of the state constitution, the legislature finds\nthat it is in the public interest to hereby implement the constitutional\namendment pertaining to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex.\n * NB Effective on the same date as a certain CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF\nTHE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY (see chapter 488 of 2025 § 2)\n