Senate Bill S5215

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk to amend a conservation easement

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee


  • 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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2023-S5215 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5365
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Suffolk County

2023-S5215 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk to amend an existing conservation easement to allow for rail access and service.

2023-S5215 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5215 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   5215
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MURRAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT authorizing the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk to amend  a
   conservation easement
 
   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 town of Brookha-
 ven, county of Suffolk, acting by and through  its  governing  body  and
 upon  such  terms  and  conditions as determined by such body, is hereby
 authorized to amend its rights acquired in a conservation easement  over
 the  lands  more  particularly  described  in section three of this act,
 which are held pursuant to section 247 of the general municipal law  and
 title  3  of article 49 of the environmental conservation law, adjusting
 the boundaries of the conservation easement by removing from the conser-
 vation easement the lands more particularly described in section four of
 this act for the express purpose of allowing rail access.
   § 2. The authorization to amend such conservation  easement  shall  be
 effective only upon the condition that the town of Brookhaven, county of
 Suffolk  add  to  the  conservation easement the lands more particularly
 described in section five of this act to conserve, preserve and  protect
 environmental assets, natural resources, open space and forest lands.
   § 3. The conservation easement subject to this act consists of approx-
 imately  62  acres  of  land,  which  is  more particularly described as
 follows:
 Preserve Area A (West of Rail Corridor)
 Suffolk County Real Property Tax Service Designation:
 District: 0200
 Section: 815.00
 Block: 01.00
 Lots: Part of 004.004, 006.002, Old Town Road
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09637-01-3
 S. 5215                             2
              

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