2010 New York Code
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 45 - (45-0101 - 45-0117) STATE NATURE AND HISTORICAL PRESERVE TRUST
45-0111 - Functions, powers and duties.

§ 45-0111. Functions, powers and duties.
    The  trustee  shall have the duty of assisting the legislature and the
  governor in implementing the policy of the state as set forth in section
  4 of article XIV of the State Constitution, and in order  to  carry  out
  such purposes he shall have the following functions, powers and duties:
    1.  To  recommend  to the Governor and legislature real property to be
  included in the preserve. In making such  recommendations,  the  trustee
  shall  first find that such real property qualifies for inclusion in the
  preserve  because  of  its  natural  beauty,  wilderness  character,  it
  contains  old-growth  forest,  or  is of other geological, ecological or
  historical  significance.  Such  recommendation  shall  include,   where
  appropriate,   the  estimated  value  or  cost  of  the  real  property,
  justification for its inclusion  in  the  preserve,  and  provision  for
  management,  care,  custody  and  control of the real property. When the
  trustee identifies a parcel of state land which  may  be  an  old-growth
  forest,  the  trustee  shall  evaluate  the  parcel, and if it meets the
  criteria of an old-growth forest, recommend the parcel  be  included  in
  the  preserve.  When  the  trustee  recommends property be placed in the
  preserve to protect old-growth forest, such recommendation shall include
  provisions  that  the  old-growth  forest  be  protected  with   minimum
  management  or  disturbance  that  only  considers  passive recreational
  opportunities  with  no  construction  of  public  amenities.  In  those
  provisions,  the  protection  of  the  old-growth  forest  from invasive
  species and diseases may be considered. Such real property may  include,
  but  not  be limited to real property presently owned in the name of the
  state, unconditional or conditional grants, gifts and  bequests  to  the
  state of real property, and real property recommended by the trustee for
  acquisition.
    2.  To  prepare  and  submit  an annual report to the Governor and the
  legislature on or before February first on the activities of the trust.
    3. To undertake research and studies  related  to  activities  of  the
  trust.
    4. To maintain a current inventory of all real property which has been
  dedicated to the preserve.
    5.  To  request  any state agency to render assistance in carrying out
  the purposes of this article. Any state agency is authorized  to  render
  such assistance to the trustee.
    6.  To  make  such  rules and regulations as the trustee may determine
  necessary for the purposes  of  properly  carrying  out  his  functions,
  powers  and  duties,  and  to  do all things necessary or convenient for
  carrying out the foregoing functions.