Terms Used In New York Laws > Environmental Conservation > Article 44 - Hudson River Valley Greenway

• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• 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