Bill Text: NY S05592 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes the county of Nassau to lease certain parklands for an additional twenty year period and requires proceeds of such lease to be used by the county of Nassau for park purposes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-16 - PRINT NUMBER 5592A [S05592 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05592-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5592--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       May 8, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recom-
          mitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with  Senate
          Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        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  2021,  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-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  tions as the governing body, in its  discretion,  shall  deem  fair  and
     2  reasonable, for an additional period not to exceed twenty years.  During
     3  the  period  of  such  lease  or  permit,  such land shall remain on the
     4  assessment  rolls  of  the  municipality,  school  districts  and  other
     5  districts in which they are located and shall be subject to real  estate
     6  taxes  and  assessments in the same manner as privately owned lands. The
     7  tenant's or permittee's rights under such lease or permit to occupy  and
     8  use  such  lands shall  be conditioned on the prompt payment of the full
     9  amount of such taxes and assessments with  interest  and  penalties,  if
    10  any.  A  copy  of  such  lease  or permit shall be filed with the Nassau
    11  county clerk within ten days after such lease or permit is executed.
    12    § 1-a. Any amounts received by the county of Nassau pursuant to  [the]
    13  any lease or permit authorized pursuant to section one of this act shall
    14  be  used  by  such county for the acquisition of additional parklands or
    15  capital improvements to existing parks or financing of additional  park-
    16  lands  or  additional improvements to existing parks; provided, however,
    17  that such amounts shall be placed into an account which is utilized only
    18  for park and recreational purposes.
    19    § 1-b. If the lessee or permittee of the lands authorized to be leased
    20  pursuant to section one of this act shall fail  or  cease  to  use  such
    21  lands  and  improvements  thereon  for public recreational purposes, the
    22  leasehold or permit on such lands and improvements shall  terminate  and
    23  possession thereof shall immediately revert to the county of Nassau.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.