A 943: Requires legislative approval for any change in the state agency or agency subdivision which has management and control, including but not limited to management and control over its maintenance and oversight, of any portion of the barge canal.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 943 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD, JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 15 of the constitution, in relation to the disposition of barge canal lands, barge canal terminals or barge canal terminal lands 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 1 of article 2 15 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: 3 Section 1. The legislature shall not sell, abandon or otherwise 4 dispose of the now existing or future improved barge canal, the divi- 5 sions of which are the Erie canal, the Oswego canal, the Champlain 6 canal, and the Cayuga and Seneca canals, or of the terminals constructed 7 as part of the barge canal system; nor shall it sell, abandon or other- 8 wise dispose of any portion of the canal system existing prior to the 9 barge canal improvement which portion forms a part of, or functions as a 10 part of, the present barge canal system; but such canals and terminals 11 shall remain the property of the state and under its management and 12 control forever. Legislative approval shall be obtained for any change 13 in the state agency or agency subdivision which has management and 14 control, including but not limited to management and control over its 15 maintenance and oversight, of any portion of the barge canal. This 16 prohibition shall not prevent the legislature, by appropriate laws, from 17 authorizing the granting of revocable permits or leases for periods of 18 time as authorized by the legislature for the occupancy or use of such 19 lands or structures. 20 § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be 21 referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the 22 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in 23 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be 24 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD89014-01-5