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                                  7959

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 31, 2016
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Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to authorize the village of Montgomery, in the county of  Orange,
  to discontinue use of certain parkland

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

  Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, the village of Mont-
gomery, in the county of Orange, is hereby  authorized,  acting  by  and
through  its  board  of  trustees, to discontinue use as parkland of the
parcel described in section two of this act, and to use such parcel  for
the  installation and operation of solar panels to generate energy to be
used for village purposes.
  S 2. The  lands  to  be  discontinued  as  parklands  are  more  fully
described as follows:
  ALL  that  parcel  of land, lying, situate and being in the Village of
Montgomery, Town of Montgomery, County of Orange, State of New York, and
being more accurately described as follows:
  BEGINNING at a point in common with  lands  now  or  formerly  of  the
Village  of  Montgomery,  Tax  Map  Section 201, Block 3, Lot 18.1, said
point also being a point in common with lands now  or  formerly  of  the
Village  of  Montgomery,  Tax  Map  Section  201, Block 3, Lot 19.2; and
running thence along said Lot 18.1 N70°28'00"W 160.00 feet; thence leav-
ing said Lot 18.1 and running through Lot 19.2 N00°00'00"E 220.95  feet;
thence  N27°59'05"E  261.84  feet to a point in common with lands now or
formerly of Riverside Cemetery, Tax Map Section 201,  Block  3,  Lot  3;
thence  along  said  Lot  3  S58°50'00"E 298.62 feet; thence S31°10'00"W
24.00 feet; thence S58°50'00"E  45.00  feet;  thence  N31°10'00"E  24.00
feet;  thence  S60°18'00"E  186.00  feet;  thence leaving said Lot 3 and
running through Lot 19.2 S30°39'00"W  372.09  feet;  thence  N70°28'00"W
252.50 feet to the point or place of beginning.
  Containing 4.74± acres of land.
  Subject to any easements or agreements, if any.
  S  3.  The authorization, granted pursuant to section one of this act,
shall be subject to a requirement that the village of  Montgomery  dedi-

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

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cate  an  amount  equal  to or greater than the fair market value of the
parcel, described in section two of this act, for  capital  improvements
of  existing  park and recreational facilities and/or for acquisition of
additional park and recreational facilities.
  S  4. In the event that the village of Montgomery received any funding
support or assistance from the  federal  government  for  the  purchase,
maintenance or improvement of the  parklands set forth in section two of
this  act,  discontinuance of such parkland authorized by the provisions
of section one of this act shall not occur until the village of Montgom-
ery has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the conver-
sion of such parklands, including satisfying the secretary of the  inte-
rior  that  the  conversion  complies  with  all  conditions  which  the
secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure the substitution  of
other  lands  shall be equivalent in fair market value and usefulness to
the lands  being converted.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.