Senate Bill S9186

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to certain acquisition of interests or rights in real property for the preservation of open spaces and areas

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S9186 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9108
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§247, 119-dd, 505, 506 & 555, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A1490

2021-S9186 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the acquisition of interests or rights in real property for the preservation of open spaces and areas shall constitute a public purpose for which public funds may be expended or advanced.

2021-S9186 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9186 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9186
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 12, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to certain notice
   requirements for the acquisition of  real  property  for  open  space,
   historic preservations, or urban renewal purposes

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 247 of the general municipal  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  892 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. The acquisition of interests or rights in  real  property  for  the
 preservation  of open spaces and areas shall constitute a public purpose
 for which public funds may be expended  or  advanced,  and  any  county,
 city,  town  or village after [due notice and] a public hearing UPON TEN
 DAYS' NOTICE may acquire, by purchase,  gift,  grant,  bequest,  devise,
 lease  or  otherwise, the fee or any lesser interest, development right,
 easement, covenant, or other contractual right necessary to achieve  the
 purposes  of this chapter, to land within such municipality. In the case
 of a village the cost of such acquisition of interests or rights may  be
 incurred  wholly  at  the  expense of the village, at the expense of the
 owners of the lands benefited thereby, or partly at the expense of  such
 owners  and  partly  at  the  expense of the village at large as a local
 improvement in the manner provided by article twenty-two in the  village
 law entitled local improvements.
   §  2. Subdivision 3 of section 119-dd of the general municipal law, as
 added by chapter 354 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
   3. After [due notice and] A public hearing UPON TEN DAYS'  NOTICE,  by
 purchase,  gift, grant, bequest, devise, lease or otherwise, acquire the
 fee or any lesser interest, development  right,  easement,  covenant  or
 other  contractual right necessary to achieve the purposes of this arti-
 cle, to historical or cultural property within its  jurisdiction.  After
 acquisition  of  any  such  interest  pursuant  to this subdivision, the
 effect of the acquisition on  the  valuation  placed  on  any  remaining
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13534-02-2
              

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