Bill Text: NY S01433 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the county of Cattaraugus to discontinue as parklands and lease certain reforested lands in the town of Perrysburg.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-09 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S01433 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-S01433-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1433 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT in relation to authorizing the county of Cattaraugus to discon- tinue as parklands and lease certain reforested lands in the town of Perrysburg The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. (a) Subject to the provisions of this act, the county of 2 Cattaraugus acting through its legislative body, is hereby authorized to 3 discontinue the use of and lease for a term not exceeding thirty years 4 certain parcels of reforested land in the town of Perrysburg, more 5 particularly described in section two of this act, upon the terms and 6 conditions contained in this act, for the purpose of aiding in discover- 7 ing and removing oil and/or gas from such reforested land and adequately 8 planting, fencing, and otherwise maintaining such land for purposes of 9 watershed protection, development of oil and gas retrieval, production 10 of timber and forest products, and recreation and kindred purposes 11 pursuant to section 219 of the county law. 12 (b) Any revenues received by the county of Cattaraugus from the lease 13 of such land shall be used for capital improvements of existing park or 14 recreational facilities and/or the acquisition of additional park or 15 recreational facilities. 16 § 2. The lands authorized to be leased by the county of Cattaraugus 17 pursuant to section one of this act, designated as Tax Map No. 18 2.003-1-20, shall be described as follows: 19 (a) That tract or parcel of land, situate in the Town of Perrysburg, 20 County of Cattaraugus and State of New York, distinguished by being part 21 of Lot 16, Town 6, Range 9 of the Holland Land Company's survey, bounded 22 and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the south line of Lot 23 16, which point is 2,258.24 feet west of the southeasterly corner of Lot 24 16; thence north parallel with the west line of Lot 16, 1,160.28 feet; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04474-01-5S. 1433 2 1 thence east on a line parallel with the south bounds of Lot 16. 739.2 2 feet; thence southeasterly at an interior angle of 119o 21', 981.81 3 feet; thence east at an exterior angle of 119o 21', 790.6 feet to the 4 center of the public highway commonly known as Easton Road; thence 5 southeasterly along the center of said highway or public road 66.18 6 feet; thence west on a line parallel to the south bounds of said lot 7 1,780 feet; thence south 232.98 feet to the south bounds of Lot 16, 8 thence west on the south bounds of said lot, 286.44 feet to the point of 9 beginning, containing 23.73 acres more or less. 10 (b) Also all that other tract or parcel of land, situate in the Town 11 of Perrysburg, County of Cattaraugus and State of New York, distin- 12 guished by being a part of lot number 16, in the 6th town and 9th range 13 of the Holland Land Company's survey, and bounded as follows: Beginning 14 on the north line of parcel D of lands conveyed to Vernon Croker and 15 Harold Croker by Warranty Deed recorded in the Cattaraugus County 16 Clerk's Office in Liber 555 of Deeds at Page 290 on March 2, 1956, at a 17 point 1680.6 feet east of the center line of North Road (said center 18 line of North Road being the west line of said Lot 16) ; thence easter- 19 ly, along the north line of the above mentioned Deed, 1169.94 feet to a 20 stake at the northeast corner of lands conveyed by above mentioned Deed; 21 thence southerly along the east line of lands conveyed by above 22 mentioned Deed and parallel to the west line of lot 16, 1160.28 feet to 23 the southeast corner of lands conveyed by above mentioned Deed; thence 24 westerly along the south bounds of land conveyed by above mentioned 25 Deed, 1169.94 feet to a stake; thence north, parallel to the west line 26 of Lot 16, 1160.28 feet to the point or place of beginning, containing 27 31 acres, more or less. 28 (c) Also all that other tract or parcel of land, situate in the Town 29 of Perrysburg, County of Cattaraugus and State of New York, distin- 30 guished by being part of Lot 16 in Town 6, Range 9 of the Holland Land 31 Company's survey, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point 32 in the south bounds of Lot 16 which point is 2,014.3 feet measured along 33 the south bounds of Lot 16 and an extension thereof from the center line 34 of the public highway commonly known as Eaton Road; thence north on a 35 line parallel to the west bounds of Lot 16 232.98 feet; thence east on a 36 line parallel to the south bounds of said lot 935 feet; thence south on 37 a line parallel to the west bounds of Lot 16 232.98 feet to the south 38 bounds of Lot 16; thence west along the south bounds of Lot 16 935 feet 39 to the point of beginning containing 5 acres, be the same more or less. 40 (d) Also all that other tract or parcel of land, situate in the Town 41 of Perrysburg, County of Cattaraugus and State of New York, distin- 42 guished by being part of Lot 15 in Town 6, Range 9 of the Holland Land 43 Company's Survey bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point 44 in the north bounds of Lot 15 which point is 2014.3 feet measured along 45 the south bounds of Lot 16 and an extension thereof from the center line 46 of the public highway commonly known as Eaton Road; thence south on a 47 line parallel with the west bounds of Lot 15 400 feet; thence west on a 48 line parallel to the north bounds of lot 15 435.6 feet; thence north on 49 a line parallel to the west bounds of Lot 15 400 feet to the north 50 bounds of Lot 15; thence east along the north bounds of Lot 15 435.6 51 feet to the point of beginning containing 4 acres, be the same more or 52 less. 53 Said tract of lands containing a total of 63.73 acres, more or less. 54 § 3. Should the lands described in section two of this act cease to be 55 used for the purposes described in section one of this act, those landsS. 1433 3 1 shall revert to the county of Cattaraugus for the purposes described by 2 section 219 of the county law. 3 § 4. The land to be leased pursuant to this act, and all structures 4 and facilities situated on such land, shall be maintained, and operated 5 by the lessee for the purposes described in section one of this act. The 6 use of such parkland and facilities shall continue to be made available 7 to the general public, including all residents of the county of Catta- 8 raugus. Where the availability of such facilities is limited, the use of 9 such facilities must be determined by an equitable method which provides 10 priority use to the general public based on a reservation policy for 11 free or for a nominal charge. 12 § 5. In the event that the county of Cattaraugus received any funding, 13 support, or assistance from the federal government for the purchase, 14 maintenance, or improvement of the parklands set forth in section two of 15 this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland authorized 16 by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the county of Catta- 17 raugus has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the 18 alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secre- 19 tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all 20 conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to ensure 21 the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value 22 and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted. 23 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
