Terms Used In New York Laws > Environmental Conservation > Article 46 - Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• 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.
• commission: shall mean the Albany Pine Bush preserve commission created pursuant to section 46-0105 of this article. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 46-0103
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Dealer: shall mean a person engaged in the business of selling snowmobiles at wholesale or retail. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 21.05
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• 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.
• Owner: shall mean any person having title to a snowmobile. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 21.05
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• preserve: shall mean lands in the city of Albany and towns of Guilderland and Colonie in the county of Albany characterized by the growth of pitch pine and scrub oak, pine barrens, vernal ponds and/or the presence of sand dunes which are dedicated for protection and beneficial public use pursuant to section 46-0107 of this article. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 46-0103
• 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.
• Snowmobile: shall mean a self-propelled vehicle equipped with a motor, originally manufactured and designed for travel on snow or ice, steered by skis or runners and supported in whole or in part by one or more skis, belts or tracked cleats. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 21.05