§ 138-b. Functions, powers and duties. The commission shall:\n 1. Develop, maintain and periodically revise a statewide canal\nrecreationway plan (hereinafter referred to as the "plan") for the canal\nsystem. Such plan shall be developed in accordance with the provisions\nof section one hundred thirty-eight-c of this article and shall be\nsubmitted to the authority for its consideration no later than the first\nday of June, nineteen hundred ninety-four.\n 2. Solicit input from counties intersecting or bordering the canal\nsystem and incorporate it to the greatest degree practicable in the\ndevelopment of the plan. In order to facilitate such incorporation\ncommission members representing each of the regional planning boards\nshall request from and provide assistance to each county it represents\nin the preparation of a county canal plan. Multi-county canal plans may\nbe requested by the regional planning board representative, as deemed\nappropriate, in lieu of individual county canal plans. In a region where\na regional planning board does not exist, the commission shall solicit\ncounty canal plans from each of the chief executive officers of those\ncounties outside the jurisdiction of a regional planning board. The\ncommission shall prescribe uniform guidelines concerning the format of\nplans to be used by the regional planning board representatives to\nassist counties in the preparation of county canal plans. The regional\nplanning board representative shall encourage the development of county\ncanal plans that reflect participation by diverse local interests by\nseeking advice, to the extent possible, from individuals and\norganizations from such counties with an interest in recreation, hunting\nand fishing, the environment, canal related tourism businesses, historic\npreservation and commercial development along the canal. In order to be\nconsidered in the formulation of the plan, county canal plans must be\nsubmitted to the commission not later than the first day of June,\nnineteen hundred ninety-three.\n 3. Ensure public comment on the plan, including at least three public\nhearings on the plan prior to submission of the plan to the authority.\nThe commission may also hold hearings on other matters it deems\nappropriate.\n 4. If deemed appropriate, request that studies, surveys or analyses be\nperformed by the corporation, the departments of transportation,\neconomic development and environmental conservation and/or the office of\nparks, recreation and historic preservation to assist in the\ndevelopment, promotion, marketing and/or preservation of the canal\nsystem or the preparation of the plan. At the request of the commission,\nstate agencies and public authorities shall cooperate fully and shall\nprovide requested information in a timely manner.\n 5. Advise and assist the corporation in carrying out its duties and\nobligations related to the canal in the following manner:\n a. evaluate and make recommendations for new operational, maintenance\nand capital initiatives or projects to enhance the canal;\n b. establish criteria and procedures for the review by the commission\nfor consistency with the canal recreationway plan of abandonments of\ncanal lands, canal terminals and canal terminal lands, and leases of\ncanal lands, canal terminals, and canal terminal lands proposed by the\ncorporation pursuant to article six-A of this chapter; provided,\nhowever, that where local zoning laws and zoning ordinances are in\neffect on lands proposed to be leased or on lands adjacent to those\nlands proposed to be leased such review shall include, to the extent\npracticable, the consideration of the compatibility of such leases with\nthe requirements of such local zoning laws and zoning ordinances; and\nprovided further that the commission may determine that certain\ncategories of leases do not require review;\n c. submit to the corporation, the director of the budget and the\nchairpersons of the senate finance committee an
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