New York Environmental Conservation Law Section 49-0309 - Scope of this title.

49-0309. Scope of this title.

This title shall not affect any interests or rights in real property which are not conservation easements, and shall not affect the rights of owners to convey any interests in real property which they could now create under existing law without reference to the terms of this title. Nothing in this title shall diminish the powers granted by any other law to acquire interests or rights in real property by purchase, gift, eminent domain or otherwise and to use the same for public purposes. Nothing in this title shall be construed to alter the authority otherwise available to any public body to acquire conservation easements for the purposes of section 49-0301 of this title by eminent domain.


Last modified: February 3, 2019