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NY A08476
Bill
Status
11/17/2021
Primary Sponsor
Fred Thiele
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AI Summary
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Confirms that the Trustees for the Proprietors of the town of Southampton, created in 1818, are extinguished as a body politic and no longer exist.
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Grants the trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the town of Southampton authority to enforce public easement and access rights upon ocean beaches, including all rights conferred by the Dongan Patent of 1686.
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Defines "ocean beaches" as the area between the crest of the primary dune and the high water mark of the Atlantic Ocean within the town of Southampton.
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Confirms the trustees' continued ownership and rights over town waters and their products under the Dongan Patent and laws of 1818 and 1831.
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Preserves all powers of incorporated villages within Southampton over lands, beaches, and waters within their jurisdictions under state law.
Legislative Description
Relates to the trustees of the Freeholders and the Commonalty of the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk; provides that the trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the town of Southampton have and shall continue to have the authority to enforce the public's easement and access upon the ocean beaches within the town of Southampton, including all rights of the public with respect to the said ocean beaches which were conferred upon them by the Dongan Patent of 1686; defines "ocean beaches".
Last Action
print number 8476a
4/18/2022