The terms and conditions of this chapter are
to be liberally construed so as best to achieve and effectuate the
public policy goals and purposes hereof.
The dedication of property to the Nature Preserve
shall not have the effect of removing such land from park status where
such status already exists and shall not weaken any protection afforded
by such status, including but not limited to the common law rule which
requires an act of the state legislature to sell or divest park land
to other uses.
Subject to approval by a majority of the qualified
electors of the Town of East Hampton voting in the general election
of November 1991, this chapter shall supersede, in its application
to the Town's Nature Preserve, § 64, Subdivision 2, of the
New York State Town Law by requiring a majority-plus-one vote of the
Town Board and a mandatory referendum prior to any conveyance, lease,
exchange or other disposal of property dedicated to the Nature Preserve.
The provisions of this chapter are severable.
Should any section or provision of this chapter be decided by the
courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the chapter as a whole or any part thereof
other than that part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon
its filing in the office of the Secretary of State as provided for
by law.
