2006 New York Code - Lease or transfer of barge canal to federal government authorized.

 
    §  4.  Notwithstanding  the  prohibition of sale, abandonment or other
  disposition contained in section one of this  article,  the  legislature
  may  authorize by law the lease or transfer to the federal government of
  the barge canal, consisting of the Erie, Oswego, Champlain,  Cayuga  and
  Seneca  divisions  and  the  barge  canal  terminals  and facilities for
  purposes of operation, improvement and inclusion in the national  system
  of  inland  waterways.  Such lease or transfer to the federal government
  for the purposes specified herein  may  be  made  upon  such  terms  and
  conditions as the legislature may determine with or without compensation
  to  the  state.  Nothing  contained herein shall prevent the legislature
  from providing annual appropriations for the state's share, if  any,  of
  the  cost  of operation, maintenance and improvement of the barge canal,
  the divisions thereof, terminals and facilities  in  the  event  of  the
  transfer  of  the barge canal in whole to the federal government whether
  by lease or transfer.
    The legislature, in determining the state's share of the  annual  cost
  of  operation,  maintenance  and  improvement  of  the  barge canal, the
  several divisions, terminals and facilities,  shall  give  consideration
  and  evaluate  the benefits derived from the barge canal for purposes of
  flood control, conservation and utilization of water resources.