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§ 7.01 Park regions. The state shall be divided into twelve park regions as follows:

1. The first region shall consist of the counties of Erie and Niagara and so much of the county of Cattaraugus as is contained between the present boundary line of Cattaraugus and Erie counties and a line running parallel with such boundary line and two miles south of such boundary line.

2. The second region shall consist of the counties of Chatauqua, Allegany, and Cattaraugus, except such part of Cattaraugus county as is included in the first park region.

3. The third region shall consist of the counties of Orleans, Genesee, Monroe, Wyoming and Livingston.

4. The fourth region shall consist of the counties of Wayne, Ontario, Steuben, Chemung, Schuyler, Yates, Tioga, Tompkins, Seneca and Cayuga, except the watershed of Skaneateles lake.

5. The fifth region shall consist of the counties of Oswego, Onondaga, Madison, Cortland, Chenango, Otsego, and Broome, the watershed of Skaneateles lake and those portions of the counties of Herkimer, Oneida and Delaware lying outside the Adirondack or Catskill parks.

6. The sixth region shall consist of the counties of Hamilton and Essex and those portions of the counties of Saint Lawrence, Lewis, Oneida, Clinton, Franklin, Herkimer, Fulton, Ulster, Saratoga, Warren, Washington, Greene, Delaware and Sullivan lying within the Adirondack or Catskill parks as defined in section 9-0101 of the environmental conservation law.

7. The seventh region shall consist of the counties of Columbia, Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester.

8. The eighth region shall consist of the counties of Orange and Rockland and those portions of the counties of Sullivan and Ulster lying outside the Catskill park.

9. The ninth region shall consist of the counties of Nassau and Suffolk.

10. The tenth region shall consist of the county of Jefferson and those portions of the counties of Lewis, Clinton, Franklin and Saint Lawrence lying outside the Adirondack park.

11. The eleventh region shall consist of the counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Schoharie, Montgomery and those portions of the counties of Warren, Washington, Fulton, Saratoga and Greene lying outside the Adirondack or Catskill parks.

12. The twelfth region shall consist of the counties of Kings, Queens, New York, Bronx and Richmond.



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