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                                   7950
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 2, 2021
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 Introduced  by M. of A. GRIFFIN, LAVINE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 269 of the laws of 1979 relating to  authorizing
   the  county  of Nassau to lease certain lands acquired pursuant to the
   provisions of article fifteen of the  parks  and  recreation  law,  in
   relation to extending the authorization to lease or permit such lands
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Sections 1, 1-a, and 1-b of chapter 269 of the laws of 1979
 relating to authorizing the county of  Nassau  to  lease  certain  lands
 acquired  pursuant to the provisions of article fifteen of the parks and
 recreation law, section 1 as amended and sections 1-a and 1-b  as  added
 by chapter 459 of the laws of 1998, are amended to read as follows:
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 the  governing  body  of the county of Nassau, may lease for fair market
 value and upon such terms and conditions as such governing body, in  its
 discretion, shall deem fair and reasonable, for an initial period not to
 exceed  twenty  years  and may thereafter lease for an additional period
 not to exceed ten years Lots 1, 2, 7 and 8  set  forth  in  Section  58,
 Block  A on the Land and Tax Map of the county of Nassau, and located at
 Silver Point, Atlantic Beach in the town of Hempstead, such lands having
 been acquired by the county pursuant to article fifteen  of  the  former
 parks  and  recreation  law, AND THE AUTHORIZATION PROVIDED HEREBY SHALL
 FURTHER INCLUDE ANY PERIOD WHERE THERE WAS OR IS A LEASE OR  PERMIT  FOR
 THE  SUBJECT PREMISES IN EFFECT UP TO AND INCLUDING JANUARY 1, 2021, AND
 THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE COUNTY OF NASSAU  MAY  THEREAFTER  LEASE  SUCH
 PREMISES FOR FAIR MARKET VALUE AND UPON SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE
 GOVERNING  BODY,  IN ITS DISCRETION, SHALL DEEM FAIR AND REASONABLE, FOR
 AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY YEARS.  During the  period  of
 such  lease OR PERMIT, such land shall remain on the assessment rolls of
 the municipality, school districts and other districts in which they are
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 located and shall be subject to real estate taxes and assessments in the
 same manner as privately owned lands. The tenant's OR PERMITEE'S  rights
 under  such lease OR PERMIT to occupy and use such lands shall be condi-
 tioned  on  the  prompt  payment  of  the  full amount of such taxes and
 assessments with interest and penalties, if any. A copy of such lease OR
 PERMIT shall be filed with the Nassau county clerk within ten days after
 such lease OR PERMIT is executed.
   § 1-a. Any amounts received by the county of Nassau pursuant to  [the]
 ANY lease OR PERMIT authorized pursuant to section one of this act shall
 be  used  by  such county for the acquisition of additional parklands or
 capital improvements to existing parks or financing of additional  park-
 lands  or  additional improvements to existing parks; provided, however,
 that such amounts shall be placed into an account which is utilized only
 for park and recreational purposes.
   § 1-b. If the lessee OR PERMITTEE of the lands authorized to be leased
 pursuant to section one of this act shall fail  or  cease  to  use  such
 lands  and  improvements  thereon  for public recreational purposes, the
 leasehold OR PERMIT on such lands and improvements shall  terminate  and
 possession thereof shall immediately revert to the county of Nassau.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.