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
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 ________________________________________________________________________ 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. LBD15796-01-8S. 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.