Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 23, 2022 |
referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 11, 2022 |
advanced to third reading |
May 10, 2022 |
2nd report cal. |
May 09, 2022 |
1st report cal.1126 |
May 03, 2022 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S8977
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 42nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2021-S8977 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Governmental Operations
- Law Section:
- Public Lands Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §34, Pub Lds L
2021-S8977 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes the transfer of unappropriated state lands for mental health, developmental disability, park, recreation, playground, reforestation, public education, public safety, street or highway purposes to political subdivisions, fire companies, and voluntary ambulance services.
2021-S8977 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8977 SPONSOR: SKOUFIS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public lands law, in relation to the transfer of unappropriated state lands for mental health, developmental disability, park, recreation, playground, reforestation, public education, public safety, street or highway purposes 1. PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to amend Section 34 of the Public Lands Law to expand the types of local government bodies that may obtain surplus State lands for nominal consideration and to expand the purposes for which local governments may use such surplus State land. 2. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill amends Section 34 of the Public Lands Law by (i) adding poli- tical subdivisions, fire companies, and volunteer ambulance services, as those terms are defined in Section 100 of the General Municipal Law, to
2021-S8977 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8977 I N S E N A T E May 3, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- (at request of the Office of General Services) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations AN ACT to amend the public lands law, in relation to the transfer of unappropriated state lands for mental health, developmental disabili- ty, park, recreation, playground, reforestation, public education, public safety, street or highway purposes THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 34 of the public lands law, as amended by chapter 703 of the laws of 1994, are amended to read as follows: Transfer of unappropriated state lands for mental health, [mental retardation] DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY, park, recreation, playground, reforestation, PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, street, or highway purposes. 1. [Such] THE commissioner of general services may, from time to time, transfer and convey to a city, incorporated village, town, or county, OR, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, TO A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, FIRE COMPANY, OR VOLUNTARY AMBULANCE SERVICE, in consideration of one dollar to be paid to the state of New York, and on such terms and conditions as such commissioner may impose, a part or all of any parcel or parcels of unappropriated state lands upon certification that such parcel or parcels are useful for local mental health facilities, [mental retardation] DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY facilities, park, recreation, playground, reforestation, PUBLIC EDUCA- TION, PUBLIC SAFETY, street, or highway purposes, and that they will be properly improved and maintained for one or more of such purposes and provided that this disposition of such parcel or parcels is not other- wise prohibited. Certification shall be evidenced by a formal request from the [board of estimate,] common council, village board, town board or county board of supervisors, OR OTHER LOCAL GOVERNING BODY AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO ADOPT LOCAL LAWS OR ORDINANCES OR TO OTHERWISE INITIATE SUCH REQUEST AND CERTIFICATION, setting forth in detail the parcel or parcels to be released, transferred and conveyed and the availability and EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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