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Senate Bill S7943

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes commissioner of general services to convey unused state lands to school district or board of cooperative educational services for public education purpose

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2009-S7943 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Lands Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง34, Pub Lds L

2009-S7943 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to convey unappropriated state lands to a school district or board of cooperative educational services for public education purposes; such conveyance shall be for consideration of one dollar.

2009-S7943 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S7943 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7943

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 25, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  O. 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 authorizing the
  commissioner of general services to convey unappropriated  state  land
  to  a school district or board of cooperative educational services for
  public education purposes

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

  Section  1. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 34 of the
public lands law, as amended by chapter 703 of the  laws  of  1994,  are
amended to read as follows:
  Transfer  of  unappropriated  state  lands  for  mental health, mental
retardation, park, recreation, playground, reforestation, PUBLIC  EDUCA-
TION,  street  or  highway  purposes.  1.  Such  commissioner of general
services may, from time to time, transfer and convey to a city, incorpo-
rated village, town [or], county, SCHOOL DISTRICT OR  BOARD  OF  COOPER-
ATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, in consideration of one dollar to be paid to
the  state of New York, and on such terms and conditions as such commis-
sioner may impose, a part or all of any parcel or parcels of unappropri-
ated state lands upon certification that  such  parcel  or  parcels  are
useful  for  local  mental health facilities, mental retardation facili-
ties, park, recreation,  playground,  reforestation,  PUBLIC  EDUCATION,
street  or highway purposes, and that they will be properly improved and
maintained for one or more of  such  purposes  and  provided  that  this
disposition  of  such  parcel  or  parcels  is not otherwise prohibited.
Certification shall be evidenced by a formal request from the  board  of
estimate,  common  council,  village board OF TRUSTEES, town board [or],
county board of supervisors, BOARD OF EDUCATION, SCHOOL  DISTRICT  BOARD
OF  TRUSTEES OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, setting forth
in detail the parcel or parcels to be released, transferred and conveyed
and the availability and usefulness of such parcel or parcels for one or
more of such purposes. In the city of New  York  however,  certification
shall be evidenced by a formal request from the mayor. In the event that

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

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