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NY S02156
Bill
Status
1/18/2023
Primary Sponsor
Anthony Palumbo
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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 extinct as a body politic.
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Grants the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of Southampton authority to enforce public easement and access rights on ocean beaches within the town, including all rights conferred by the Dongan Patent of 1686.
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Defines "ocean beaches" as the Atlantic Ocean beach area within Southampton between the primary dune crest and the Atlantic Ocean high water mark.
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Preserves the Trustees' ownership rights over Southampton waters and their products as granted by the Dongan Patent, the 1818 law, and the 1831 law.
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Clarifies that the act does not affect powers of incorporated villages within Southampton under village law, municipal law, or other 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
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
1/3/2024