Bill Text: NY A08399 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the county of Nassau to lease certain parklands for an additional two year period and requires proceeds of such lease to be used by the county of Nassau for park purposes.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to local governments [A08399 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A08399-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8399 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 15, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE, M. L. MILLER -- 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 such authorization to lease or permit certain premises The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Sections 1, 1-a and 1-b of chapter 269 of the laws of 1979 2 relating to authorizing the county of Nassau to lease certain lands 3 acquired pursuant to the provisions of article fifteen of the parks and 4 recreation law, section 1 as amended and sections 1-a and 1-b as added 5 by chapter 459 of the laws of 1998, are amended to read as follows: 6 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 7 the governing body of the county of Nassau, may lease for fair market 8 value and upon such terms and conditions as such governing body, in its 9 discretion, shall deem fair and reasonable, for an initial period not to 10 exceed twenty years and may thereafter lease, for an additional period 11 not to exceed ten years Lot 9, formerly Lots 1, 2, 7 and 8, set forth in 12 Section 58, Block A on the Land and Tax Map of the county of Nassau, and 13 located at Silver Point, Atlantic Beach in the town of Hempstead, such 14 lands having been acquired by the county pursuant to article fifteen of 15 the former parks and recreation law, and the authorization provided 16 hereby shall further include any period where there was or is a lease or 17 permit for the subject premises in effect up to and including January 1, 18 2020, and the governing body of the county of Nassau may thereafter 19 lease such premises for fair market value and upon such terms and condi- 20 tions as the governing body, in its discretion, shall deem fair and 21 reasonable, for an additional period not to exceed two years. During 22 the period of such lease or permit, such land shall remain on the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13390-01-9A. 8399 2 1 assessment rolls of the municipality, school districts and other 2 districts in which they are located and shall be subject to real estate 3 taxes and assessments in the same manner as privately owned lands. The 4 tenant's or permittee's rights under such lease or permit to occupy and 5 use such lands shall be conditioned on the prompt payment of the full 6 amount of such taxes and assessments with interest and penalties, if 7 any. A copy of such lease or permit shall be filed with the Nassau 8 county clerk within ten days after such lease or permit is executed. 9 § 1-a. Any amounts received by the county of Nassau pursuant to [the] 10 any lease or permit authorized pursuant to section one of this act shall 11 be used by such county for the acquisition of additional parklands or 12 capital improvements to existing parks or financing of additional park- 13 lands or additional improvements to existing parks; provided, however, 14 that such amounts shall be placed into an account which is utilized only 15 for park and recreational purposes. 16 § 1-b. If the lessee or permittee of the lands authorized to be leased 17 pursuant to section one of this act shall fail or cease to use such 18 lands and improvements thereon for public recreational purposes, the 19 leasehold or permit on such lands and improvements shall terminate and 20 possession thereof shall immediately revert to the county of Nassau. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
