Terms Used In New York Laws > Environmental Conservation > Article 42 - Historic Hudson-hoosic Rivers Partnership

• Board: means the state board for historic preservation. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 14.03
• Commissioner: shall mean the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation or, for projects in the sixth region, the commissioner of environmental conservation. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 17.01
• 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
• Historic site project: shall mean a project undertaken by a municipality or the department of environmental conservation pursuant to any applicable provision of law or by the office pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, in order to develop or acquire lands, structures thereon and appurtenant objects associated therewith to protect the scientific, historic, cultural and architectural interest thereof and to make such lands available for public recreation. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 17.01
• 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.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.