2010 New York Code
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 9 - LANDS AND FORESTS
Title 5 - (9-0501 - 9-0509) REFORESTATION AREAS
9-0507 - Leasing of oil and gas rights on reforestation areas.

§ 9-0507. Leasing of oil and gas rights on reforestation areas.
    Notwithstanding  any provisions of Article VII of the Public Lands Law
  to the  contrary,  the  department,  with  the  approval  of  the  state
  geologist,  may,  in  any lands acquired by the state in accordance with
  section  9-0501,  enter  into  leases  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  in
  discovering  and  removing  any oil or gas upon such lands or storage of
  gas or oil thereon, under  such  terms  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the
  department, and upon such conditions that the exercise of such leasehold
  rights  shall  not  interfere  with  the operation of such reforestation
  areas for the purposes for which they were acquired and  as  defined  in
  Section 3 of article XIV of the Constitution. Any lease made and entered
  into pursuant to this section shall be recorded in the Office of General
  Services.