Terms Used In New York Laws > Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation > Title C > Article 19-A - Property Held By the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Claimant: means a person who asserts ownership or some other legal right to undocumented property held by the office. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 19.13
• Commercial purposes: means use of lands, including structures thereon for any purpose from which a profit may be derived, other than a lease or rental of residential property for single, private family residential purposes. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 43-0103
• Commission: means the Lake George park commission. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 43-0103
• Conservation measures: means any actions taken to preserve or stabilize a property including, but not limited to, proper storage support, cleaning, proper lighting, and restoration. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 19.13
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Council: shall mean the Hudson river valley greenway communities council reenacted pursuant to section 44-0105 of this article. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 44-0103
• Countryside: shall mean the cities, towns and villages within the greenway which do not border the Hudson river. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 44-0103
• criteria: shall mean natural and cultural resource protection, regional planning, economic development, public access and heritage environmental education identified as the basis for attaining the goal of a Hudson river valley greenway. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 44-0103
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• districts: shall mean areas made of neighboring communities within the greenway and designated by the council for the purpose of regional planning. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 44-0103
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Fund: shall mean the Hudson river valley greenway fund established in § 97-n of the state finance law. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 44-0103
• Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Greenway: shall mean the area designated as the Hudson river valley greenway pursuant to section 44-0109 of this article. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 44-0103
• greenway compact: shall mean the overall greenway plan adopted by the council pursuant to section 44-0119 of this article. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 44-0103
• greenway heritage conservancy: shall mean the greenway heritage conservancy for the Hudson river valley, a public benefit corporation, reestablished pursuant to section 44-0111 of this article. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 44-0103
• Hudson river valley: shall mean the areas of Bronx and New York counties designated pursuant to section 44-0109 of this article, the counties of Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, Ulster, Columbia, Greene, Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Washington, excluding any area of Greene county within the Catskill park, as defined in subdivision two of section 9-0101 of this chapter. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 44-0103
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lake George park: means the bed, waters, islands, and shore of Lake George and all land in the counties of Essex, Warren and Washington surrounding said lake and situate within the following described boundaries:
  
  Beginning at the southwesterly corner of lot 18 of the Crane Brush Patent in the northerly bounds of the Ogilvie Patent, running from thence northerly along the westerly bounds of the said lot 18 and the easterly bounds of lot 11 of the said Crane Brush Patent, to the northwesterly corner of the said lot 18 and the northeasterly corner of the said lot 11; thence westerly along the northerly bounds of the said lot 11 to the southeasterly corner of lot 12, Crane Brush Patent; thence northerly along the easterly bounds of the said lot 12 to the northeasterly corner thereof in the southerly bounds of lot 13, Crane Brush Patent; thence easterly along the southerly bounds of a portion of the southerly bounds of the said lot 13 to the southeasterly corner thereof and the southwesterly corner of lot 16, Crane Brush Patent; thence northerly along the westerly bounds of the said lot 16 to the northwesterly corner thereof in the southerly bounds of lot 3, Garland Patent; thence easterly along the southerly bounds of lot 3, Garland Patent to the southeasterly corner thereof; thence northerly along the easterly bounds of the said lot 3 to the northeasterly corner thereof in the southerly bounds of the Norman Patent; thence northerly, crossing the said Norman Patent in a straight line, to the southeasterly corner of lot 10, McDonald Patent; thence northerly along the easterly bounds of the said lot 10 to the northeasterly corner thereof in the southerly bounds of Porter's Patent; thence westerly along the southerly bounds of lots 7 and 6, Porter's Patent to the southwesterly corner of the said lot 6; thence northerly along the westerly bounds of the said lot 6, Porter's Patent, to the northwesterly corner thereof; thence running in a straight line northerly, crossing the remaining portion of Porter's Patent and also crossing Robert's Patent, to the southwesterly corner of lot 86, Northwest Bay Tract; thence northwesterly along the westerly bounds of lots 86, 91 and 99, Northwest Bay Tract, to the northwesterly corner of the said lot 99; thence easterly along the northerly bounds of the said lot 99 to the southwesterly corner of lot 116, Brant Lake Tract; thence northerly along the westerly bounds of lots 116, 117, and 118, Brant Lake Tract, to the northwesterly corner of the said lot 118; thence easterly along the northerly bounds of lots 118, and 113, Brant Lake Tract to the northeasterly corner of the said lot 113; thence northerly along the westerly bounds of lots 87 and 88, Brant Lake Tract, to the northwesterly corner of the said lot 88; thence easterly along the northerly bounds of lots 88, 79, 56, 47, 24 and 15, Brant Lake Tract, to the northeasterly corner of the said lot 15 and to a point in the westerly bounds of the Hague Tract; thence northerly along the westerly bounds of the Hague Tract to the northwesterly corner of lot 38, Hague Tract; thence easterly along the northerly bounds of the said lot 38 to the northeasterly corner thereof; thence northerly along the westerly bounds of a portion of the westerly bounds of lot 37 and the westerly bounds of lot 36, Hague Tract, to the northwesterly corner of the said lot 36; thence easterly along a portion of the northerly bounds of the said lot 36 to the southwesterly corner of lot 33, Hague Tract; thence northerly along the westerly bounds of lots 33, 30 and a portion of lot 29, Hague Tract, to the Warren-Essex County line; thence running northeasterly along the said county line to the center of Trout Brook; thence northerly, downstream, along Trout Brook as it winds and turns, to the intersection of Trout Brook with State Highway Route 9N; thence southwesterly along said State Highway to the intersection of the said State Highway with Alexandria Avenue south of Ticonderoga Village; thence easterly along Alexandria Avenue, crossing the outlet of Lake George, and continuing along said Alexandria Avenue and said line extended, to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company's telephone cable line; thence southerly along said telephone cable line to the north bounds of lot 77 of the Alexander Turner Patent; thence westerly along the north bounds of lot 77 and lot 79 of said Patent to the northwest corner of lot 79; thence southerly along the west bounds of lots 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, and 84 to the southwest corner of said lot 84; thence westerly along the division line between lots 85 and 67 of said Turner Patent to the northwest corner of lot 67; thence southerly along the west bounds of lots 67, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 of said Turner Patent to the division line between the Town of Putnam and the Town of Dresden; thence westerly along said town line to the northwest corner of lot 52 of the aforesaid Turner Patent; thence southerly along the west bounds of lots 52, 51, and 50 of said Turner Patent, to the division line between the Turner Patent and the South Bay Tract; thence southwesterly along said division line to the northwest corner of lot 148, South Bay Tract; thence southerly along the west bounds of lots 148 and 149 of the South Bay Tract to the north line of lot 162 of said tract; thence westerly along the north line of said lot 162 to the northwest corner thereof; thence southerly along the west bounds of lots 162, 161, 160, 159, 158 and 44 to the southwest corner of said lot 44; thence westerly along the southerly bounds of lots 39 and 22, South Bay Tract, to the southwesterly corner of the said lot 22; thence southerly along the westerly bounds of lot 23, South Bay Tract to the southwesterly corner thereof; thence westerly along the southerly bounds of lot 12, South Bay Tract, to the southwesterly corner thereof; thence southerly along the westerly bounds of lot 11 of South Bay Tract to the southwest corner of lot 11; thence westerly along the south bounds of lot 77 to the southwest corner thereof; thence southerly along the west bounds of lots 76, 75, and 74 of the South Bay Tract to the southwest corner of lot 74; thence westerly along the south bounds of lots 89, 99, 105, and 118 of the South Bay Tract to the southwest corner of lot 118; thence southerly along the west bounds of lots 117, 116, and 115 to the division line between the South Bay Tract and the Westfield Tract; thence westerly along said division line to the northwest corner of lot 56 of the Westfield Tract; thence southerly along the westerly bounds of lots 56 and 49 of the Westfield Tract to the southwesterly corner of the said lot 49; thence westerly along the southerly bounds of lot 50, Westfield Tract to the southwesterly corner of the said lot 50; thence southerly along the westerly bounds of lots 43 and 42, of the Westfield Tract to the southwesterly corner of the said lot 42; thence running in a straight line crossing lots 37 and 31 of the Westfield Tract to the northwesterly corner of lot 25 of the Westfield Tract; thence westerly along the southerly bounds of an unnumbered lot, and the southerly bounds of lot 28, Westfield Tract and the southerly bounds of lot 47, Lake George Tract, to the southwesterly corner of the said lot 47, and the northwesterly corner of lot 46, and the northeasterly corner of lot 45, Lake George Tract; thence southerly along the easterly bounds of lots 45, 39, 37 and 27, Lake George Tract; to the southeasterly corner of the said lot 27; thence westerly along the southerly bounds of the said lot 27 to the easterly bounds of lot 28, Lake George Tract; thence southerly along a portion of the easterly bounds of the said lot 28 and the easterly bounds of lot 29, Lake George Tract to the southeasterly corner of the said lot 29; thence westerly along the southerly bounds of the said lot 29 and a portion of the southerly bounds of lot 30, being also along a portion of the northerly bounds of lot 23, and the northerly bounds of lot 24, all in Lake George Tract, to the northwesterly corner of the said lot 24; thence southerly along the westerly bounds of the said lot 24 to the southwesterly corner thereof; thence westerly along a portion of the northerly bounds of lot 18, Lake George Tract, to the northwesterly corner thereof; thence southerly along the easterly bounds of lots 17, 15, 16, 14, 12, 9 and a portion of lot 5, Lake George Tract and continuing the same course southerly to the center of the Farm to Market Road; thence westerly in the center of the said road to the Warren-Washington County Line; thence southerly along the said county line to the northeasterly corner of the Queensbury Patent; thence westerly along the northerly bounds of the Queensbury Patent to the southeasterly corner of the Hasborne Patent; thence northerly along the easterly bounds of the Hasborne Patent to the northeasterly corner thereof; thence westerly along the northerly bounds of the Hasborne Patent and the northerly bounds of the Fairlie Patent to the northwesterly corner of the said Fairlie Patent; thence southerly along a portion of the westerly bounds of the Fairlie Patent to the northeasterly corner of lot 18, French Mountain Tract; thence westerly along the northerly bounds of lots 18, 20, 21, and 25 of the French Mountain Tract to the northwesterly corner of the said lot 25; thence running in a straight line westerly crossing the southerly portion of the Houghton Patent to the northwesterly corner of lot 60, Luzerne Tract; thence southerly along the westerly bounds of the said lot 60 to the southwesterly corner thereof; thence westerly along the southerly bounds of lots 59, 58 and 57, Luzerne Tract to the southwesterly corner of the said lot 57; thence northerly along a portion of the westerly bounds of the said lot 57 to the southeasterly corner of lot 66, Luzerne Tract; thence westerly along the southerly bounds of the said lot 66 to the southwesterly corner thereof; thence northerly along a portion of the westerly bounds of the said lot 66 to the northeasterly corner of lot 67, Luzerne Tract and being in the southerly bounds of the Randall Location; thence westerly along the southerly bounds of the said Randall Location to the southwesterly corner thereof; thence northerly along the westerly bounds of the said Randall Location and the westerly bounds of lots 75, 78, 83, 93, 98 and 107, Luzerne Tract, to a point in the southerly bounds of lot 113, Luzerne Tract; thence westerly along a portion of the southerly bounds of the said lot 113 to the southwesterly corner thereof; thence northerly along the westerly bounds of the said lot 113 to the northwesterly corner thereof in the southerly bounds of the J. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 43-0103
• Lender: means a person whose name appears on the records of the office as the person legally entitled to, or claiming to be legally entitled to, property held by the office or, if deceased, the legal heirs of such person. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 19.13
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Loan: means a deposit of property with the office not accompanied by a transfer to the office of title to the property. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 19.13
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• Office: means the state office of parks, recreation and historic preservation and those facilities including historic sites as defined in section 1. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 19.13
• Participating community: shall mean a county, city, town or village which has adopted the regional plan for its district pursuant to section 44-0119 of this article. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 44-0103
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Permanent loan: means a loan of property to the office for an unspecified period. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 19.13
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Property: means any inanimate object, document or tangible object under the office's care which has intrinsic historic, artistic, scientific, or cultural value. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 19.13
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Riverside: shall mean the cities, towns and villages within the greenway which border the Hudson river and shall include the city of New York, with respect to areas of Bronx and New York counties designated pursuant to section 44-0109 of this article. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 44-0103
• Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
• trail: means the trail established pursuant to section 44-0121 of this article. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 44-0103
• Undocumented property: means property in the possession of the office for which the office cannot determine the owner by reference to its records. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 19.13
• User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
• Zone: means any area of land within the Lake George park in which the use of land for commercial purposes is prohibited, restricted, or controlled pursuant to the provisions of this article, local law or ordinance, agreement, restrictive covenant, or otherwise. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 43-0103