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Assembly Bill A1203

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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2009-A1203 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3563
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: A2305, A9112, S7817
2013-2014: A5172, S4266

2009-A1203 (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-A1203 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1203

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. DESTITO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Governmental 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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