Bill Text: NY A04927 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that in cities with a population of one million or more, the city council shall approve or disapprove a not-for-profit corporation's use of eminent domain by majority vote, after holding at least one official public hearing on such matter.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to judiciary [A04927 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A04927-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4927
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 9, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. BRENNAN, N. RIVERA, STEVENSON -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Judiciary
       AN ACT to amend the public  authorities  law,  in  relation  to  eminent
         domain in cities with a population of one million or more
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The title heading of title 6 of article  9  of  the  public
    2  authorities  law, as added by chapter 307 of the laws of 1964 and renum-
    3  bered by chapter 838 of the laws of 1983, is amended and a  new  section
    4  2901 is added to read as follows:
    5               EMINENT DOMAIN TAKING; PROPERTY OF OR BY A PUBLIC
    6                             BENEFIT CORPORATION
    7    S 2901. EMINENT DOMAIN; CERTAIN CITIES. IN CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF
    8  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE  IN  WHICH  ANY  PART  OF THE REAL PROPERTY TO BE
    9  ACQUIRED IS LOCATED, THE  CITY  COUNCIL  SHALL  HAVE  THE  AUTHORITY  TO
   10  APPROVE  OR  DISAPPROVE  ANY PUBLIC AUTHORITIES OR PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPO-
   11  RATION'S USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL APPROVE OR DISAP-
   12  PROVE ANY PROPOSED USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN BY MAJORITY  VOTE.
   13  PRIOR  TO  SUCH VOTE, SUCH CITY COUNCIL SHALL HOLD AT LEAST ONE OFFICIAL
   14  PUBLIC HEARING ON SUCH MATTER AT A LOCATION REASONABLY PROXIMATE TO  THE
   15  PROPERTY WHICH MAY BE ACQUIRED.
   16    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   17  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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