Terms Used In New York Laws > Environmental Conservation > Article 41 - Powers and Duties of the Department Applicable Only to the Sixth Park Region

• Agency preservation officer: means the commissioner, director or chairperson of any state department, agency, board, commission, public benefit corporation or public authority, or his representative identified in accordance with the provisions of subdivision two of section 14. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 14.03
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Board: means the state board for historic preservation. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 14.03
• Chairman: means the chairman of the state board for historic preservation. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 14.03
• Historic preservation: means for the purposes of this article and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the study, designation, protection, restoration, rehabilitation and use of buildings, structures, historic districts, areas, and sites significant in the history, architecture, archeology or culture of this state, its communities or the nation. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 14.03
• Municipal official: means the chief executive officer of any municipality or his or her designated representative. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 14.03
• National register: means the national register of historic places authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 14.03
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Registered property: means any historic place or property within the boundaries of the state nominated by the commissioner for listing on the national register of historic places or listed on the New York state register of historic places established pursuant to section 14. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 14.03
• State agency: means any state department, agency, board or commission of the state, or a public benefit corporation or public authority at least one of whose members is appointed by the governor. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 14.03
• State register: means the state register of historic places established pursuant to section 14. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 14.03