N.Y. Soil and Water Conserv. Dist. Law § 3 Definitions

• Library: New York Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 2023 NY Law Chapter 774
• Year: 2023
• Citation: N.Y. Soil and Water Conserv. Dist. Law § 3

Wherever used or referred to in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

(1) "District" or "soil and water conservation district" means a county whose board of supervisors has by resolution declared said county to be a soil and water conservation district.

(2) "Director" means one member of the governing body of a district, appointed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(3) "Committee" or "state soil and water conservation committee" means the agency created in section four of this chapter.

(4) "State" means the state of New York.

(5) "Agency of this state" includes the government of this state and any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the government of this state.

(6) "United States" or "agencies of the United States" includes the United States of America, the soil conservation service of the United States department of agriculture, and any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.

(7) "Government" or "governmental" includes the government of this state, the government of the United States, and any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise of either of them.

(8) "County board" means the county board of supervisors of any county.

(9) "Land occupier" or "occupier of land" includes any person, firm, corporation, or governmental unit who shall hold title to, or shall be in possession of, any lands lying within a district organized under the provisions of this chapter, whether as owner, lessee, renter, tenant or otherwise.

(10) "Agriculture land" shall be defined as any landholding exceeding twenty-five acres which is used by the owner or occupier of the land for the raising of any agricultural or forestry products, provided, however, that concentrated agricultural operations on landholdings of less than twenty-five acres shall be included in the term.

(11) "Concentrated agricultural operations" shall be as defined as any form of agricultural operation including feedlots and poultry operations, which produces, because of its confined nature, large amounts of animal and related wastes in a limited area as defined by the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee.

(12) "Soil and water conservation plan" shall be defined as a document containing proposals for the conservation of soil and water resources and which provides an orderly method for landowners and occupiers to follow in limiting soil erosion and reducing the amount of pollutants entering into the waters or on the lands of the state.