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Senate Bill S1874

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes the sale, lease and transfer of certain public lands owned by school districts

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2015-S1874 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2021
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง72-h, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
S6721, A8940

2015-S1874 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the sale, lease and transfer to certain public lands owned by a school district.

2015-S1874 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1874 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

    S. 1874                                                  A. 2021

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2015
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
  ment

IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law,  in  relation  to  the  sale,
  lease and transfer to certain municipal corporations of certain public
  lands

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

  Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 72-h of  the  general  municipal
law,  as  amended by chapter 562 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read
as follows:
  (a) Notwithstanding any provision of any general, special or local law
or of any charter, the supervisors of a county,  the  town  board  of  a
town,  the board of trustees of a village, the board of fire commission-
ers of a fire district, the board of estimate of a city, or if there  be
none  the  local  legislative body of such city, and, in a city having a
population of one million or more, the mayor, subject to disapproval  by
the  council  within  thirty  days  following  receipt  of notice of the
approval of the mayor, may sell, transfer or lease to or  exchange  with
any  municipal  corporation  or municipal corporations, school district,
board of cooperative educational services, fire district, the  state  of
New  York,  or  the  government  of  the United States and any agency or
department thereof, either without consideration or for  such  consider-
ation  and  upon  such terms and conditions as shall be approved by such
officer or body, any real property owned by such county, town,  village,
fire  district  or  city;  and  any  municipal  corporation [or], SCHOOL
DISTRICT, OR fire district may acquire or lease such  real  property  as
provided in this section. The term of any lease entered into pursuant to
the  provisions  of  this section shall not exceed ten years but nothing
herein contained shall prevent the renewal of any such lease.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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