Bill Text: NY S01753 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the sale of certain lands in the towns of Cuba, Allegany county and Ischua, Cattaraugus county, and the disbursement of monies from the Cuba lake management fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-09 - SUBSTITUTED BY A5338 [S01753 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S01753-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1753

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 14, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

        AN ACT to amend chapter 264 of the laws of 1981, relating to authorizing
          the sale of certain lands in the towns of Cuba,  Allegany  county  and
          Ischua,  Cattaraugus county, and the state finance law, in relation to
          the sale of certain lands in the towns of Cuba,  Allegany  county  and
          Ischua,  Cattaraugus  county,  and the disbursement of monies from the
          Cuba lake management fund

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Sections 1 and 3 of chapter 264 of the laws of 1981, relat-
     2  ing to authorizing the sale of certain lands in the towns of Cuba, Alle-
     3  gany county and Ischua, Cattaraugus county, as amended by chapter 644 of
     4  the laws of 1983, are amended to read as follows:
     5    §  1. The commissioner of general services in the executive department
     6  is hereby authorized to sell and convey or lease to the towns  of  Cuba,
     7  Allegany county and Ischua, Cattaraugus county or Allegany and Cattarau-
     8  gus  counties,  or a special district wherein situated or to the lessees
     9  in such special district, in such parcels as the commissioner may deter-
    10  mine, the lands generally described in section two of this act.
    11    § 3. The commissioner of general services may fix  and  determine  the
    12  terms  and conditions of sale or lease including the consideration to be
    13  paid by the town, county, or special district or lessees which shall not
    14  be less than the fair [market] and reasonable value thereof.
    15    § 2. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 6 of section 97-www of  the  state  finance
    16  law, as added by chapter 342 of the laws of 2000, are amended to read as
    17  follows:
    18    2.  The  Cuba  lake  management  fund  shall  consist  of all revenues
    19  collected from the rental, sale or lease of state lands within the  Cuba
    20  Lake  district, as established by chapter two hundred sixty-three of the
    21  laws of nineteen hundred eighty-one, and paid pursuant to a lease, sale,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  or other agreement or application entered into or made after the  effec-
     2  tive date of this section.
     3    3.  The  monies  of the Cuba lake management fund, following appropri-
     4  ation by the legislature and the issuance of a certificate  of  approval
     5  by the director of the budget, shall be made available for the following
     6  purposes:
     7    (a)  payment  of  fees,  pursuant to a contract approved in accordance
     8  with all applicable statutes, to a contractor or contractors for capital
     9  improvements to the lands and appurtenant structures necessary  for  the
    10  continued  protection  and preservation of the impoundment area known as
    11  the Oil Creek reservoir, including without limitation the  spillway  and
    12  the dam;
    13    (b)  payment  of  fees,  pursuant to a contract approved in accordance
    14  with all applicable statutes, to the Cuba Lake district or other  entity
    15  identified  by  the commissioner of general services, for the purpose of
    16  management of the Cuba Lake district, including, without limitation, for
    17  the services of collection of rentals or other fees related to  the  use
    18  or  occupation  of  state  owned  lands within such district or fees and
    19  costs related to the sale of state or Cuba Lake district owned lands  or
    20  for  other  such  purpose  as the commissioner of general services shall
    21  determine; and
    22    (c) payment of fees, pursuant to a  contract  approved  in  accordance
    23  with  all applicable statutes, to a contractor or contractors, which may
    24  include the Cuba Lake district, for the establishment and maintenance of
    25  public access to the waters of Cuba lake for the  purposes  of  fishing,
    26  boating and other recreational uses.
    27    6. Any monies deposited into the Cuba lake management fund, except for
    28  monies obtained from the sale of state or Cuba Lake district owned lands
    29  within  the  Cuba  Lake  district, in excess of the amounts necessary to
    30  accomplish the purposes thereof shall, at the end of each  state  fiscal
    31  year,  be  transferred  to  and  deposited  into the general fund of the
    32  state.
    33    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.