Bill Text: NY S00705 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the reporting of alienation of municipal parkland.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-04-05 - referred to local governments [S00705 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00705-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         705--A
            Cal. No. 230
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 7, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
          Parks and Recreation --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Cultural
          Affairs,  Tourism, Parks and Recreation in accordance with Senate Rule
          6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to  first
          report,  amended  on  first  report,  ordered  to  a second report and
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report
        AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
          relation to the reporting of alienation of municipal parkland
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The parks, recreation  and  historic  preservation  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new article 16 to read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 16
     4                        MUNICIPAL PARKLAND ALIENATION
     5  Section 16.01 Definitions.
     6          16.03 Parkland alienation reporting.
     7          16.05 Parkland alienation enforcement.
     8    § 16.01 Definitions. When used in this article:
     9    1.  "Municipal parkland" shall mean real property or interests therein
    10  that is owned by a municipality that provides public  park,  recreation,
    11  or  open  space  protection purposes. Municipal parkland includes: lands
    12  that have been dedicated for such purposes by the municipality through a
    13  formal resolution or similar action; lands that have been  purchased  or
    14  accepted for such purposes; or lands that currently or historically have
    15  been available to and used by the public for such purposes.
    16    2.  "Municipal parkland alienation" shall mean any action by a munici-
    17  pality to sell, lease, discontinue, or change the use of municipal park-
    18  land.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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