Bill Text: NY S04784 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
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: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2015-11-20 - VETOED MEMO.264 [S04784 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S04784-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4784--C
Cal. No. 1411
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 15, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported
favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on
Finance -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the
Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading -- again
amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of
third reading
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
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 center which may be necessary to facilitate the conveyance of all or any
2 portion thereof; environmental and other remediation necessary, includ-
3 ing cost estimates, to facilitate the conveyance or any other disposi-
4 tion of such center; and the impact of any such conveyance or any other
5 disposition upon the town of Perrysburg, county of Cattaraugus, and
6 surrounding municipalities, including the city of Buffalo. Such report
7 shall also include a complete and accurate survey and description of the
8 lands constituting the center, which shall distinguish parcels that are
9 currently being used by the office for people with developmental disa-
10 bilities, and identify other such parcels as appropriate. Such report
11 shall be submitted to the governor, temporary president of the senate,
12 and the speaker of the assembly on or before December 31, 2016. Such
13 report shall also be posted on the website of the office of general
14 services and the office for people with developmental disabilities for
15 at least eighteen months after such date, and shall otherwise be made
16 available for public inspection consistent with article 6 of the public
17 officers law.
18 S 2. The lands subject to the provisions of this act, constituting the
19 center, situate in the town of Perrysburg, county of Cattaraugus,
20 consists of approximately 649 acres of both developed and undeveloped
21 land, and shall include any structures thereon.
22 S 3. No later than 90 days prior to December 31, 2016, at least two
23 public hearings shall have been held to solicit public input concerning
24 appropriate uses for the center. At least one such public hearing shall
25 be held in the town of Perrysburg, and at least one shall be held in the
26 city of Buffalo.
27 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
