Bill Text: NY S08660 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk, to alienate certain parcels of land used as parklands and to dedicate other lands as parklands.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-12-28 - SIGNED CHAP.507 [S08660 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08660-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 8660                                                 A. 10679
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
                                      May 10, 2018
                                       ___________
        IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
          ment
        IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, MURRAY -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Local Governments
        AN ACT to authorize the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk, to alien-
          ate certain parklands and to dedicate other lands as parklands
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, the town of Brookha-
     2  ven, county of Suffolk, is hereby authorized to discontinue and alienate
     3  as parklands the lands described in section three of this act.
     4    §  2.  The  authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
     5  effective only upon the condition that the town of  Brookhaven  dedicate
     6  the lands described in section four of this act as parklands.
     7    §  3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be alien-
     8  ated as parklands is described as follows:
     9                                 Parcel One
    10  Property   identified    as    Suffolk    County    Tax    Map    Number
    11  0200-615.00-04.00-005.000; .42 acres
    12                                 Parcel Two
    13  Property    identified    as    Suffolk    County    Tax    Map   Number
    14  0200-615.00-04.00-006.000; .5 acres
    15    § 4. Prior to the  discontinuance  and  alienation  of  the  parklands
    16  described  in  section  three  of this act, the town of Brookhaven shall
    17  dedicate as parklands such land described as follows:
    18  Property located at 313 Frowein Road in the Hamlet  of  Center  Moriches
    19  and     identified     as     Suffolk     County    Tax    Map    Number
    20  0200-827.00-02.00-006.000; 6.3 acres
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15796-01-8

        S. 8660                             2                           A. 10679
     1    § 5. In the  event  that  the  fair  market  value  of  the  parklands
     2  described  in  section  four of this act to be dedicated as parklands by
     3  the town of Brookhaven pursuant to this act are not equal to or  greater
     4  than  the  fair market value of the parklands described in section three
     5  of  this  act being alienated as parklands, the town of Brookhaven shall
     6  dedicate the difference of the fair market value  of  the  lands  to  be
     7  alienated  and  the  lands  to be dedicated for the acquisition of addi-
     8  tional parklands and/or capital improvements to existing park and recre-
     9  ational facilities.
    10    § 6. In the event that the town of  Brookhaven  received  any  funding
    11  support  or  assistance  from  the  federal government for the purchase,
    12  maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in  section  three
    13  of  this  act, the discontinuance and conveyance of parklands authorized
    14  by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the town of Brookha-
    15  ven has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the  alien-
    16  ation  or conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secretary of
    17  the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all  condi-
    18  tions  which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure the
    19  substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value and
    20  recreational usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
    21    § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
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