Bill Text: NY A07145 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Declares the J.N. Adam developmental center to be abandoned state property, and directs the commissioner of general services to study and report, to the governor and legislature, on the best uses and alternative uses of such property.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-18 - substituted by s4784c [A07145 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07145-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        7145--B
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 27, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. GIGLIO, PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Governmental Operations --  committee  discharged,
         bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
         committee -- again  reported  from  said  committee  with  amendments,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to  direct the commissioner of general services and the commis-
         sioner of the office for people  with  developmental  disabilities  to
         study  and report on the most appropriate uses of the J.N. Adam devel-
         opmental center
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The commissioner of general services and the commissioner
    2  of the office for people with developmental disabilities  shall  jointly
    3  examine,  evaluate,  and  make  a report concerning the most appropriate
    4  uses of the J.N.  Adam  developmental  center  (the  center),  generally
    5  described  in  section  two of this act. The commissioners shall prepare
    6  such report in conjunction with, and shall consider and include in  such
    7  report the recommendations of, the empire state development corporation,
    8  the  office  of parks, recreation and historic preservation, the depart-
    9  ment of environmental conservation, the mayor of the  city  of  Buffalo,
   10  the  city  council of the city of Buffalo, the supervisor of the town of
   11  Perrysburg, and the town board of the town of  Perrysburg.  Such  report
   12  shall  include,  but  not  be  limited  to, an examination of: any legal
   13  impediments to any conveyance and other future uses of the real property
   14  constituting the center; the availability of funding for  the  temporary
   15  maintenance  of  the facilities of such center; any improvements to such
   16  center which may be necessary to facilitate the conveyance of all or any
   17  portion thereof; environmental and other remediation necessary,  includ-
   18  ing  cost  estimates, to facilitate the conveyance or any other disposi-
   19  tion of such center; and the impact of any such conveyance or any  other
   20  disposition  upon  the  town  of  Perrysburg, county of Cattaraugus, and
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  surrounding municipalities, including the city of Buffalo.  Such  report
    2  shall also include a complete and accurate survey and description of the
    3  lands  constituting the center, which shall distinguish parcels that are
    4  currently  being  used by the office for people with developmental disa-
    5  bilities, and identify other such parcels as  appropriate.  Such  report
    6  shall  be  submitted to the governor, temporary president of the senate,
    7  and the speaker of the assembly on or before  December  31,  2016.  Such
    8  report  shall  also  be  posted  on the website of the office of general
    9  services and the office for people with developmental  disabilities  for
   10  at  least  eighteen  months after such date, and shall otherwise be made
   11  available for public inspection consistent with article 6 of the  public
   12  officers law.
   13    S 2. The lands subject to the provisions of this act, constituting the
   14  center,  situate  in  the  town  of  Perrysburg,  county of Cattaraugus,
   15  consists of approximately 649 acres of both  developed  and  undeveloped
   16  land, and shall include any structures thereon.
   17    S  3.  No  later than 90 days prior to December 31, 2016, at least two
   18  public hearings shall have been held to solicit public input  concerning
   19  appropriate  uses for the center. At least one such public hearing shall
   20  be held in the town of Perrysburg, and at least one shall be held in the
   21  city of Buffalo.
   22    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.