Bill Text: NY S04155 | 2009-2010 | 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) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS [S04155 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S04155-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4155
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 15, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  MONTGOMERY, KRUEGER, MONSERRATE -- read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       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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