N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 57-0117: Dedications to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve; legislative protection

§ 57-0117. Dedications to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve;

legislative protection.

1. The commissioner shall maintain a record of the boundaries of the

lands which have been dedicated to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve

in text and depicted on a map.

2. Land owned by the state within the Long Island Pine Barrens

maritime reserve may be dedicated to be part of the Long Island Pine

Barrens preserve by the action of the commissioner or the commissioner

of parks, recreation and historic preservation, or by action of the

legislature.

3. Land owned by a local government within the Long Island Pine

Barrens maritime reserve may be dedicated to the Long Island Pine

Barrens preserve by the action of its local legislative body.

4. Land owned by private individuals within the Long Island Pine

Barrens maritime reserve may be dedicated to be part of the Long Island

Pine Barrens preserve by the execution of a conservation easement.

5. Land in the core preservation area which come in the public domain

shall be deemed to be dedicated to the Long Island Pine Barrens

Preserve.

6. Except for the core preservation area which shall be deemed to be

dedicated to the preserve, the council shall review and must approve

each dedication of land to the preserve.

7. No publicly owned real property, dedicated to the Long Island Pine

Barrens preserve, shall be alienated except by law enacted by two

successive regular sessions of the legislature, but easements for public

water supply purposes may be maintained consistent with local

ordinances.

8. The council shall have no authority to manage any private land

unless such land has been voluntarily dedicated pursuant to this title

or the owner has executed a voluntary written agreement with the council

authorizing the specific management actions taken.

9. Nothing contained in this title shall affect any previous

dedication of state land to the State Nature and Historic preserve. Any

state land dedicated to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve may also

be dedicated to the State Nature and Historic preserve.