Title PAR, Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

§ 1.01 Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "parks,\nrecreation and historic preservation law" and may be cited as "PRHPL".\n

§ 1.03 Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter, unless a different\nmeaning clearly appears from the context:\n 1. "Office" shall mean the state office of parks, recreation and\nhistoric preservation.\n 2. "Commissioner" shall mean the state commissioner of parks,\nrecreation…

§ 11.01 Declaration of policy; purpose. The existence of\nirreplaceable historic resources which give character and distinction to\nour communities and to the state are threatened by the forces of change.\nAccordingly, it is necessary and desirable to coordinate historic\npreser…

§ 11.03 State board for historic preservation. There is hereby\nestablished within the office a state board for historic preservation to\nconsist of the commissioner of education, the commissioner of\nenvironmental conservation, the secretary of state, the chairman of the\nstate…

§ 11.05 Organization. 1. The governor shall designate a chairman from\namong the members of the board appointed by him, to hold such office at\nhis pleasure. The board may provide for its organization and appoint\nsuch other officers from among its members as it deems appropriat…

§ 11.07. Meetings. The board shall hold regular meetings at least\nfour times a year at such times and places as it may direct, and special\nmeetings when authorized and called as prescribed by its by-laws or by\nthe commissioner. At meetings of the board, the commissioner of\ne…

§ 11.09 Powers, functions and duties. The board shall:\n 1. Advise the commissioner and the council on policy matters affecting\nhistoric preservation and the historic sites system and on priorities\namong historic preservation opportunities.\n 2. Provide expert consultation to …

§ 13.01 Transfer of parks, parkways and other property.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the custody and control\nof all property heretofore acquired by or under the jurisdiction of any\nregional park commission, as defined in section 7.03, or the Saratoga\nSpri…

§ 13.03 Listing of state parks, parkways, recreation facilities and\nhistoric sites. 1. The commissioner shall, by regulation, maintain a\ncurrent listing and description of all state parks, parkways, recreation\nfacilities and historic sites under the custody and control of the…

§ 13.04 Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell, Jr. state park. Notwithstanding\nany other law to the contrary, the state park known as Riverbank state\npark located on the upper west side of Manhattan on the banks of the\nHudson river shall after the effective date of this section be kn…

§ 13.05 Caleb Smith State Park. Notwithstanding any inconsistent\nprovision of law to the contrary, on and after the effective date of\nthis section the state park on the Nissequogue river known as the\nNissequogue State Park shall be known as the Caleb Smith State Park and\nsha…

§ 13.06 Consents to public utilities; licenses and easements.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, no railroad, bus line,\ntelephone or telegraph company, gas, power or light company, pipe line\ncompany or other public utility shall have the right to pass over,\nthrough …

§ 13.07 Signs and advertising structures restricted. 1. In order to\nconserve the natural beauty of and the investment of the state in state\nparks and parkways by preserving and regulating them for public uses,\nfor the resort of the public for recreation, transportation, pleas…

§ 13.09 Solicitation restricted. No person engaged in the business of\ntransporting passengers for hire to or through any state park or\noffering guide or other services for a fee to visitors to any state park\nshall engage in any of the following practices:\n 1. The giving of f…

§ 13.10. Littering and dumping on park lands prohibited. 1. No person\nshall throw, deposit, dump, litter or otherwise leave on lands under the\njurisdiction of the office any rubbish, trash or other waste material,\nor enter upon any lands under the jurisdiction of the office w…

§ 13.11 Real property abutting parks or parkways. 1. If the\nacquisition of real property for park, parkway, historic preservation or\nrecreational purposes by the office or a state agency results in\nabutting premises being cut off from access to a public road, or if\nbecause o…

§ 13.13 Regulation of boating and water sports. Except when prohibited\nby the laws of the United States, the commissioner or other state agency\nmay, by rule or regulation, regulate water sports and the operation,\nspeed and mooring of boats in or upon any waters or waterways i…

§ 13.14 Closure of lands owned, held or administered by the office. 1.\nExcept as provided in subdivision five of this section, not less than\nsix months before the proposed permanent closure of a park or historic\nsite owned, held or administered by the office, the commissioner…

§ 13.15 Fees and deposits; refunds. 1. The office or other state\nagency having jurisdiction of any state park, parkway, recreational\nfacility or historic site may establish fees or other charges for the\nuse thereof, or for the furnishing of special services with respect\nther…

§ 13.16 Annual vehicular access fee. 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law to the contrary, the office or other state agency\nhaving jurisdiction of a state park or recreational facility shall\nestablish an annual vehicular access fee which shall run from April\nfirst o…

§ 13.17 Regional state park police. 1. All members of any police\nforce of a regional state park commission, as heretofore constituted,\nshall, unless transferred by or pursuant to any other provision of law,\ncontinue to be members of the park police force of their respective\n…

§ 13.18 Three-year vehicular access fee. 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law to the contrary, the office or other state agency\nhaving jurisdiction of a state park or recreational facility shall\nestablish a three-year vehicular access fee which shall run from April\n…

§ 13.19 Free use of campsites. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of\nany other law, any person who is blind, non-ambulatory, or an amputee or\nany veteran or member of a Gold Star family shall be permitted to use\nany of the public campsites, parks and other public places of rec…

§ 13.20 Five-year vehicular access fee. 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law to the contrary, the office or other state agency\nhaving jurisdiction of a state park or recreational facility shall\nestablish a five-year access fee which shall run from April first of the\…

§ 13.21 Limitation on park and parkways in city of New York. The\ndepartment shall not establish or operate any park or parkway heretofore\nestablished or operated by the city of New York, and the office shall\nnot acquire for its purposes any land, or establish or operate a par…

§ 13.23 Land and water conservation fund; state agent. 1. Office\ndesignated as state agent. The office is hereby designated to represent\nand act for the state in dealing with the federal secretary of the\ninterior and other appropriate federal officers, agencies and\nauthoriti…

§ 13.25 State reservation at Saratoga Springs. In addition to the\npowers, functions and duties conferred upon him by other provisions of\nthis act, the commissioner shall, with respect to the state reservation\nat Saratoga Springs:\n 1. Have the care, custody and control of sai…

§ 13.27 Hudson-Mohawk urban cultural park. The area at the confluence\nof the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers encompassed in the cities of Troy,\nCohoes and Watervliet, the villages of Waterford and Green Island and\nthe towns of Waterford and Colonie shall be known as the Hudson-Mohaw…

§ 13.28 Lyme and tick-borne disease warning signs. Within one hundred\ntwenty days of the effective date of this section, the office shall\nperform an assessment of state parks, including trails, to determine\nwhere it is appropriate to install signage to warn park users of\npos…

§ 13.29 Sojourner Truth commemorative marker. The office shall erect\nand maintain a bronze and bluestone commemorative marker on the grounds\nof the Ulster county court house in Kingston, New York honoring the\nachievements and highlighting the events in the life of Sojourner T…

§ 13.30 Reimbursement for expenditures necessitated by negligent,\nwillful or reckless conduct. In addition to any other remedy which may\nexist, a person whose negligent, willful or reckless conduct results in\nan expenditure by the office for the purpose of effectuating a resc…

* § 13.31 Permits for activities near certain funeral events. 1. For\nthe purposes of this section:\n (a) "Demonstration" shall mean a pre-planned gathering of twelve or\nmore persons who are invited or organized by an organizer to convene for\nthe purpose of a public exhibition…

* § 13.31 Oil and gas drilling in Allegany state park. 1. Legislative\nfindings and declaration. The legislature finds and declares that\nAllegany state park harbors unique and irreplaceable natural and scenic\nresources and provides an extensive variety of recreational and\nedu…

§ 14.01 Declaration of policy. The legislature determines that the\nhistorical, archeological, architectural and cultural heritage of the\nstate is among the most important environmental assets of the state and\nthat it should be preserved. It offers residents of the state a sen…

§ 14.03 Definitions. When used in this article, unless a different\nmeaning clearly appears from the context, the terms listed below shall\nhave the following meanings:\n 1. "Agency preservation officer" means the commissioner, director or\nchairperson of any state department, a…

§ 14.05 Statewide historic preservation program. 1. The commissioner\nshall continue and advance a statewide historic preservation program\nwhich shall include:\n (a) Surveying and inventorying historic places and properties for\nnomination to the national register and state reg…

§ 14.07 State register of historic places; inventory of historic\nproperty; statewide comprehensive historic preservation plan. 1. State\nregister of historic places.\n (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the board, shall establish\na listing of sites, districts, structur…

§ 14.09 State agency activities affecting historic or cultural\nproperty; notice and comment. 1. As early in the planning process as\nmay be practicable and prior to the preparation or approval of the final\ndesign or plan of any project undertaken by a state agency, or prior to…

§ 14.11 Historic business preservation registry. 1. Purpose. A\nregistry of historic businesses in the state shall be established for\nthe purpose of recognizing that historic community-serving businesses\nare valuable cultural assets that serve as examples of the rich and\ndive…

* § 14.12 New York state two hundred fiftieth commemoration\ncommission. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean\nand include:\n (a) "Commission" means the New York state two hundred fiftieth\ncommemoration commission created by subdivision two of this section…

§ 15.01 Allocation of monies. 1. The moneys received by the state from\nthe sale of bonds sold pursuant to the park and recreation land\nacquisition bond acts of nineteen hundred sixty and nineteen hundred\nsixty-two shall be expended for the following purposes in the following\…

§ 15.03 Manner of acquisition. 1. Lands acquired by the state pursuant\nto this article shall be acquired by the office pursuant to sections\n3.17 and 3.19 or, in the sixth park region, by the department of\nenvironmental conservation, as provided by law. The moneys appropriated…

§ 15.05 Standards for acquisition. 1. Lands acquired for state park\npurposes pursuant to this article shall be for additions to existing\nstate parks or for the establishment of new state parks of substantial\nacreage.\n 2. Lands acquired for state or municipal parks pursuant t…

§ 15.07 Municipal regulations; limitations. A municipality which\nacquires lands with funds made available pursuant to this article may\nestablish reasonable rules and regulations to insure proper\nadministration and development of such lands, provided that no rule or\nregulatio…

§ 15.09 Restriction on alienation. Lands acquired by a municipality\nwith the aid of funds made available pursuant to this article shall be\nretained by the municipality and shall not be disposed of or, except as\nprovided in Section 15.11, used for other than public park and re…

§ 15.11 Temporary use by former owners. 1. The commissioner, or the\ngoverning body of a municipality with the approval of the commissioner,\nmay make agreements with respect to any lands acquired pursuant to this\narticle by the state or by such municipality, respectively, wher…

§ 15.13 Acquisitions in sixth region. As used in this article, the\nterm commissioner shall mean the commissioner of parks, recreation and\nhistoric preservation or, for real property in the sixth region, the\ncommissioner of environmental conservation.\n

§ 17.01 Definitions. As used in this article, unless a different\nmeaning clearly applies from the context:\n 1. "Marine project" shall mean a project undertaken pursuant to the\nprovisions of the navigation law.\n 2. "Historic site project" shall mean a project undertaken by a\…

§ 17.03 Allocation of monies. The monies received by the state from\nthe sale of bonds sold pursuant to the outdoor recreation development\nbond act shall be expended pursuant to appropriations for (1) marine,\n(2) park, (3) historic site and (4) forest recreation projects, and …

§ 17.05 Approval and execution of projects. 1. Marine projects. Marine\nprojects shall not be undertaken pursuant to this article until approved\nby the commissioner. The monies appropriated for marine projects shall\nbe paid on the audit and warrant of the state comptroller on …