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Title 1 - General Provisions
9-0101 - Definitions. - The following words and phrases, when used in this article,...
9-0105 - General Powers and Duties. - For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this...
9-0107 - Acceptance by Department of Lands for Parks and for Silvicultural Research. - silvicultural research. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the...
9-0109 - Acquisition of Lands Within the Adirondack or Catskill Parks. - 1. Unless deemed necessary for the conservation of critical and...
9-0111 - Delegation of Authority to License Guides. - The commissioner may delegate the authority to administer the licensing...
9-0113 - Adopt-a-Natural Resource Stewardship Program. - 1. The commissioner may enter into stewardship agreements with any...
Title 3 - Use of Lands and Forests
9-0301 - Use and Diminution of Adirondack and Catskill Parks. - 1. All lands in the Catskill park and in the...
9-0303 - Restrictions on Use of State Lands. - In order to protect the state lands described in this...
9-0305 - Signs and Advertising in Adirondack and Catskill Parks. - 1. In order to conserve the natural beauty of the...
9-0307 - Forest Preserve Lands; Detached Parcels Outside Adirondack and Catskill Parks. - Catskill parks. Any lands of the state, now owned or...
Title 5 - Reforestation Areas
9-0501 - Power to Acquire Reforestation Areas; Prohibition Against Compensation or Gratuity. - compensation or gratuity. 1. In order to provide for the...
9-0503 - Certificate of Purchase; Exemption From Taxation. - Immediately upon acquiring by gift, purchase or appropriation lands for...
9-0505 - Sale of Products From Reforestation Areas. - 1. The commissioner, upon such terms as may be deemed...
9-0507 - Leasing of Oil and Gas Rights on Reforestation Areas. - Notwithstanding any provisions of Article VII of the Public Lands...
9-0509 - Lease of Land to Federal Government for Use by the Federal Aviation Agency. - aviation agency. 1. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this article,...
Title 7 - Cooperative Forest Management Program
9-0701 - Purpose of Program. - In order that the practice of forestry may be encouraged,...
9-0703 - Forest Regions. - The commissioner shall establish not to exceed nine forest regions...
9-0713 - State Assistance. - The commissioner shall adopt forest practice standards. The department shall...
9-0715 - Cooperating Owner. - A cooperating forest or farm woodland owner shall be an...
9-0717 - Community Forests. - 1. Power and authority. A county, city, town, village, school...
Title 8 - Forest Resources Planning
9-0801 - Legislative Purpose and Findings. - It is the purpose of this act to provide for...
9-0803 - Forest Resources Assessment. - The department is authorized to carry out a comprehensive statewide...
9-0805 - Forest Resources Plan. - The department shall prepare a comprehensive statewide forest resources plan....
9-0807 - Committees. - The commissioner shall appoint an advisory committee and a technical...
9-0809 - Public Participation. - To assure that all segments of the public have an...
9-0811 - Cooperation With Federal Agencies. - To assure the availability and compatibility of planning data and...
9-0813 - Assistance From State Agencies. - The department is authorized to seek assistance from the professional...
9-0815 - Request for Comment on Local Laws or Ordinances Pertaining to the Practice of Forestry. - the practice of forestry. The commissioner upon his or her...
Title 9 - Recreation
9-0901 - Jurisdiction of Certain Parks and Reservations. - The department shall have care, custody, control and management of...
9-0903 - Recreation Facilities. - 1. The department shall have care, custody, control and management...
Title 11 - Forest Fire Control
9-1101 - Proclamation by Governor. - Whenever the forests of the state are in danger of...
9-1103 - Additional Powers of the Department. - In addition to the powers provided in section 9-0105 and...
9-1105 - General Prohibitions. - (a) setting of fires on or near forest land and...
9-1107 - Fire Towns. - The following towns, including the area within the boundaries of...
9-1109 - Fire Protection Areas. - Facilities for protection against forest fire shall be available as...
9-1111 - Forest Fire Protection. - 1. Towns adjacent to fire towns and fire districts. The...
9-1113 - Top Lopping Evergreen Trees. - Every person who shall, within any of the fire towns...
9-1115 - Railroad Patrol. - All railroads shall, on such parts of their rights of...
9-1117 - Condition of Rights of Way. - 1. The railroad right of way of all railroads which...
9-1119 - Use of Protective Devices. - 1. Employees of a railroad which operates through forest lands...
9-1121 - Fire Moneys and Accounts. - In order to carry into effect the provisions of this...
9-1123 - Northeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact. - The Northeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact as first enacted...
Title 13 - Forest Insect and Disease Control
9-1301 - White Pine Blister Rust and Currant Rust. - For the purpose of suppressing and controlling white pine blister...
9-1303 - Forest Insects and Other Forest Tree Diseases. - For the purpose of control and preventing the spread of...
Title 15 - Removal of Trees and Protected Plants
9-1501 - Removal of Trees. - No person shall cut, pull or dig up for the...
9-1503 - Removal of Protected Plants. - 1. For the purposes of this section, "plants" shall mean...
Title 17 - New York Invasive Species Council
9-1701 - Legislative Findings. - The legislature finds that invasive plant and animal species pose...
9-1703 - Definitions. - (a) nonnative to the ecosystem under consideration; and (b) whose...
9-1705 - New York Invasive Species Council. - (a) from time to time assessing the nature, scope and...
9-1707 - New York Invasive Species Advisory Committee. - 1. There shall be established a New York invasive species...
9-1709 - General Powers and Duties of the Department. - (a) a permit for prohibited species disposal, control, research and...
9-1710 - Aquatic Invasive Species; Spread Prevention. - (a) "Watercraft" shall mean every motorized or non-motorized boat or...
9-1711 - Aquatic Invasive Species Inspection Stations in the Adirondack Park. - park. 1. The department may establish aquatic invasive species inspection...
Title 19 - Township Forty Settlement Act
9-1901 - Legislative Purpose and Intent. - 1. During the last one hundred years, both the state...
9-1903 - Definitions. - For purposes of this title, the following terms shall have...
9-1905 - List of Disputed Parcels. - The following parcels of land, identified by the county's two...
9-1907 - Process for Clearing Title. - 1. Within thirty days of the effective date of this...
9-1909 - Attorney General to File Suit. - The attorney general, within twenty-four months of either a person's...
9-1911 - Conveyances to the State. - Nothing in this title shall be interpreted as at any...
9-1913 - Adirondack Park Agency Jurisdiction. - Nothing in this title shall be interpreted as altering or...
9-1915 - Notarized Statement. - The format for the notarized statement described in subdivision two...
Title 21 - Forest Preserve Health and Safety Land Account and Public Utility Improvements
9-2101 - Health and Safety Land Account Creation and Use. - (i) address bridge hazards to improve public safety on county...
9-2103 - Highway Right of Way Public Utility Improvements. - (i) bicycle paths, the department of transportation, (ii) for water...
9-2105 - Department Reporting. - 1. The department shall issue an annual report to the...