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S 546: Relates to the classification of historical lands and buildings located within the forest preserve.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 10, 2026

What S 546 does, verified January 10, 2026

The bill aims to improve the classification of historical lands and buildings within the Forest Preserve in New York. It proposes to consider any land or building listed in the National Register of Historic Places or eligible for inclusion in the register for historical classification when developing unit management plans. This classification will be made in consultation with the Department of Environmental Conservation. The bill will take effect immediately upon its passage.

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1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Jan. 08, 2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 203 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 546 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STEC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the classification of historical lands and buildings located within the forest preserve The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 816 of the executive law is renum- 2 bered subdivision 4 and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows: 3 3. Any lands or buildings located within the forest preserve that are 4 listed in the national register of historic places or eligible for 5 inclusion in the national register of historic places shall be consid- 6 ered for an historical classification by the agency, in consultation 7 with the department of environmental conservation, in developing unit 8 management plans. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02349-01-5 
Text of S 546 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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