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Senate Bill S3563

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of general services to maintain an inventory and audit of every state-owned real property or unappropriated state land that has been sold

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A1203 - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

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2009-S3563 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1203
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Lands Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2, Pub Lds L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7817, A2305, A9112
2013-2014: S4266, A5172

2009-S3563 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of general services to maintain an inventory and audit of every state-owned real property or unappropriated state land that has been sold, transferred, conveyed or exchanged and contain a reverter clause pursuant to the public lands law or the unconsolidated laws.

2009-S3563 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3563 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3563

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 24, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  C. JOHNSON  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Investigations  and
  Government Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend the public lands law, in relation to the inventory of
  unappropriated state land sales

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 2 of the
public lands law is designated paragraph a and  a  new  paragraph  b  is
added to read as follows:
  B.  THE COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND
HAVE THE CUSTODY OF AN INVENTORY OF ALL STATE-OWNED  REAL  PROPERTY  AND
UNAPPROPRIATED  STATE  LAND THAT HAS BEEN SOLD, TRANSFERRED, CONVEYED OR
EXCHANGED WHICH CONTAIN A REVERTER CLAUSE, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THREE  OF
THIS  CHAPTER  AND  PURSUANT  TO  ANY LAND SALE, TRANSFER, CONVEYANCE OR
EXCHANGE WHICH CONTAIN A REVERTER CLAUSE, PROVIDED FOR IN THE  UNCONSOL-
IDATED  LAWS  OF  NEW YORK STATE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL AUDIT EACH LAND
SALE, TRANSFER, CONVEYANCE OR EXCHANGE WHICH CONTAIN A REVERTER  CLAUSE,
TO  ENSURE EACH TRANSACTION HAS MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE THREE OF
THIS CHAPTER OR AS PROVIDED IN THE UNCONSOLIDATED LAW, WITHIN  ONE  YEAR
OF  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH. EACH TRANSACTION SHALL BE
AUDITED EVERY THREE YEARS  THEREAFTER.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  REPORT
WITHIN  ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND ANNUALLY
THEREAFTER TO THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE A COPY OF THE INVENTORY,  THE
AUDIT  STATUS  OF  EACH  PARCEL  OF STATE LAND IN THE INVENTORY, AND THE
AUDIT FINDING OF EACH PARCEL OF STATE LAND IN THE INVENTORY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03308-01-9

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