Section 7.01. Park regions  


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  • 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.