Assembly Bill A2052

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes municipal legislative bodies to enact local laws and ordinances providing for mediation of land use decisions

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  • 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

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2019-A2052 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S448
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General City Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§20, 81-a & 27, Gen City L; amd §§64, 267-a & 271, Town L; amd §§4-412, 7-712-a & 7-718, Vil L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8259, S5484
2011-2012: A5829, S4358
2013-2014: A1265, S4338
2015-2016: A1013, S1394, S6606
2017-2018: A871, S4537
2021-2022: A46, S1264
2023-2024: A1694, S6568

2019-A2052 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes certain municipal legislative bodies, including towns and villages, to enact local laws and ordinances providing for non-binding mediation of land use decisions.

2019-A2052 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2052
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GUNTHER, PALMESANO, MONTESANO, FITZPATRICK --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HAWLEY, McDONOUGH, RIVERA -- read  once
   and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general city law, the town law, and the village law,
   in relation to authorizing the use of mediation in land use decisions

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 20 of the general city law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 39 to read as follows:
   39.  TO  PROVIDE  BY LOCAL LAW FOR THE USE OF VOLUNTARY AND NONBINDING
 MEDIATION PURSUANT TO GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM
 OR SUCH OTHER PROCEDURE AS DETERMINED  BY  ITS  LEGISLATIVE  BODY.  WHEN
 UTILIZING  SUCH  MEDIATION,  THE  APPLICANT AND THE LEGISLATIVE BODY MAY
 MUTUALLY AGREE, IN WRITING, TO STAY OR EXTEND THE STATUTORY TIME PERIODS
 FOR REVIEW OF SUCH APPLICATION, AND SAID  AGREEMENT  SHALL  SPECIFY  THE
 DATE ON WHICH THE STAY OR EXTENSION WILL END. THE LEGISLATIVE BODY SHALL
 MAKE  SUCH  WRITTEN  AGREEMENT  AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BY FILING A COPY
 THEREOF IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 81-a of the general city law,  as  added
 by chapter 208 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Assistance to the board of appeals.  (A) Such board shall have the
 authority to call upon any department, agency or employee  of  the  city
 for such assistance as shall be deemed necessary and as shall be author-
 ized by the legislative body. Such department, agency or employee may be
 reimbursed for any expenses incurred as a result of such assistance.
   (B)  THE  ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MAY BE AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGISLATIVE
 BODY TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF VOLUNTARY AND NONBINDING MEDIATION AS  AN
 AID  IN  FOSTERING LAND USE DECISIONS, PURSUANT TO THE GUIDELINES ESTAB-
 LISHED BY THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM OR SUCH OTHER PROCEDURE AS DETERMINED
 BY THE LEGISLATIVE BODY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01780-01-9
              

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