Assembly Bill A1490

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to certain acquisition of interests or rights in real property for the preservation of open spaces and areas

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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
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2023-A1490 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§247, 119-dd, 505, 506 & 555, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9108

2023-A1490 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the acquisition of interests or rights in real property for the preservation of open spaces and areas shall constitute a public purpose for which public funds may be expended or advanced.

2023-A1490 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1490
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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 certain notice
   requirements  for  the  acquisition  of  real property for open space,
   historic preservations, or urban renewal purposes

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 247 of the general municipal law,
 as amended by chapter 892 of the laws of 1972, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  The  acquisition  of  interests or rights in real property for the
 preservation of open spaces and areas shall constitute a public  purpose
 for  which  public  funds  may  be expended or advanced, and any county,
 city, town or village after [due notice and] a public hearing  UPON  TEN
 DAYS'  NOTICE  may  acquire,  by purchase, gift, grant, bequest, devise,
 lease or otherwise, the fee or any lesser interest,  development  right,
 easement,  covenant, or other contractual right necessary to achieve the
 purposes of this chapter, to land within such municipality. In the  case
 of  a village the cost of such acquisition of interests or rights may be
 incurred wholly at the expense of the village, at  the  expense  of  the
 owners  of the lands benefited thereby, or partly at the expense of such
 owners and partly at the expense of the village  at  large  as  a  local
 improvement  in the manner provided by article twenty-two in the village
 law entitled local improvements.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 119-dd of the general municipal law,  as
 added by chapter 354 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  After  [due notice and] A public hearing UPON TEN DAYS' NOTICE, by
 purchase, gift, grant, bequest, devise, lease or otherwise, acquire  the
 fee  or  any  lesser  interest, development right, easement, covenant or
 other contractual right necessary to achieve the purposes of this  arti-
 cle,  to  historical or cultural property within its jurisdiction. After
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05682-01-3
              

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