Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|
---|---|
Jun 01, 2011 |
signed chap.38 |
May 20, 2011 |
delivered to governor |
May 16, 2011 |
returned to senate passed assembly home rule request ordered to third reading cal.288 substituted for a129 |
Apr 04, 2011 |
referred to local governments delivered to assembly passed senate home rule request |
Feb 15, 2011 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 14, 2011 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 08, 2011 |
1st report cal.76 |
Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S559
Signed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
Actions
Votes
2011-S559 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S559 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S559 TITLE OF BILL: An act authorizing the county of Nassau to transfer ownership of certain parklands to Conservation Partners, LLC PURPOSE: This bill authorizes Nassau County to convey a vacant parcel of open space property in the Village of Oyster Bay, which parcel is adjacent to Nassau County's Tiffany Creek Park and may constitute passive parkland, to Conservation Partners LLC. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Nassau County is authorized by this bill to convey certain park property to Conservation Partners LLC. Under the authorized transaction, the property must be kept undeveloped. JUSTIFICATION: The subject property is being alienated as part of a transaction to leverage the County's open space preservation efforts and increase the acreage of open space in Nassau County. Under the proposed "swap transaction," the County will alienate fee simple title to 33.51 acres of open space property acquired under the County's 2004 Environmental Bond Act (such property, the "Northwood Estate") and, in return, will (i) retain a conservation easement on
2011-S559 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 559 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARCELLINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT authorizing the county of Nassau to transfer ownership of certain parklands to Conservation Partners, LLC THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Nassau county legislature is hereby authorized and empowered to convey the parkland property described in section two of this act, upon terms to be fixed and determined by such county legisla- ture, to Conservation Partners LLC, which terms and conditions shall include the placement of a conservation easement on the property to be conveyed prohibiting any future development on the property. This authorization is based upon the unique facts and circumstances of this particular parkland property which include: the property was acquired for open space protection purposes and does not have any developed recreational facilities; after conveyance, the open space features of the property will be permanently protected through a conservation ease- ment; and the conveyance is part of a larger conservation land trans- action that will result in a net increase of more than thirty acres of permanently protected open space in a densely developed area of Nassau County. S 2. The parkland referred to in section one of this act is located, bounded and described as follows: ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the village of Oyster Bay Cove, town of Oyster Bay, county of Nassau, state of New York, being bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING on the westerly side of Sandy Hill Road distant 1384.16 feet northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly side of Berry Hill Road with the westerly side of Sandy Hill Road; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
Comments
Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.
Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.
Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.