Bill Text: NY A07392 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a resident curator program for the rehabilitation of state park buildings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-16 - substituted by s4757a [A07392 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7392
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 14, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. MARKEY -- (at request of the Office of Parks,
         Recreation and Historic Preservation) -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
       AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
         relation  to establishing a resident curator program for the rehabili-
         tation of state park buildings
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 3.09 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
    2  vation law is amended by  adding  a  new  subdivision  2-h  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    2-H. BE EMPOWERED, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW AUTHORIZ-
    5  ING THE LEASING OF CERTAIN PROPERTY UNDER ITS JURISDICTION, TO ESTABLISH
    6  A  RESIDENT  CURATOR  PROGRAM  TO  ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT, RESTORATION AND
    7  OCCUPANCY OF BUILDINGS, WHICH SERVE NO PARK RELATED PURPOSE,  AND  WHICH
    8  IF  REMAIN  UNOCCUPIED  ARE  AT  RISK  OF  PROGRESSIVE DETERIORATION, BY
    9  AUTHORIZING THE LEASING OF SUCH AT RISK BUILDINGS FOR RESIDENTIAL USE TO
   10  INDIVIDUALS KNOWN AS RESIDENT CURATORS FOR TERMS OF UP TO  FORTY  YEARS.
   11  THE  LENGTH  OF  THE  TERM  OF  SUCH LEASE SHALL RELATE TO THE FINANCIAL
   12  INVESTMENT MADE BY THE RESIDENT CURATOR WHICH IS REQUIRED  TO  REHABILI-
   13  TATE  AND MAINTAIN THE STRUCTURE FOR RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY.  THE COMMIS-
   14  SIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO LEASE FOR THE PURPOSE OF  RESIDENTIAL  OCCUPANCY
   15  IN THE NINTH PARK REGION, THE BUILDING IDENTIFIED AS LI 73 LAB RESIDENCE
   16  AT  COLD  SPRING HARBOR STATE PARK, THE HOLLINS HOUSE AT HECKSCHER STATE
   17  PARK, AND THE BUILDING IDENTIFIED AS LI 40 HOUSE AT HITHER  HILLS  STATE
   18  PARK.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE RESI-
   19  DENT CURATOR PROGRAM, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, CRITE-
   20  RIA FOR ESTABLISHING LENGTH OF TERMS FOR LEASES AND CRITERIA FOR SELECT-
   21  ING RESPONSIBLE RESIDENT CURATORS.
   22    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08960-01-3