Bill Text: NY S05160 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Repeals certain provisions of law relating to urban renewal agencies and industrial development agencies and transfers remaining rights to the municipality for whose purpose the agency was created.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-10-20 - SIGNED CHAP.403 [S05160 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S05160-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5160--B Cal. No. 441 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 13, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recom- mitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to repeal certain provisions of the general municipal law relat- ing to urban renewal agencies; to repeal certain provisions of the general municipal law relating to industrial development agencies; and to transfer any books, records and remaining rights of any dissolved authority to the municipality for whose purpose the agency was created THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. It is hereby declared to be a substan- 2 tial interest of this state that residents, governments and businesses 3 have certainty in the corporate status and orderly dissolution of urban 4 renewal agencies and industrial development agencies, and that upon 5 dissolution, their enabling statutes will be repealed and their books, 6 records and remaining rights, if any, will be transferred to the munici- 7 pality for whose purpose the agency was created. The welfare of the 8 state necessitates ensuring that the proliferation of moribund public 9 benefit corporations, such as those included in this act found to be 10 defunct by the comptroller, the authorities budget office and the New 11 York state commission on public authority reform, does not continue 12 unchecked. 13 S 2. Title 12 of article 15-B of the general municipal law, as added 14 by chapter 266 of the laws of 1964, is REPEALED. 15 S 2-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any 16 existing records, property, rights, titles and interest of the Tarrytown EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10518-03-4 S. 5160--B 2 1 urban renewal agency shall vest in and be possessed by the village of 2 Tarrytown and its successors or assigns. 3 S 3. Title 17-A of article 15-B of the general municipal law is 4 REPEALED. 5 S 3-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any 6 existing records, property, rights, titles and interest of the village 7 of Haverstraw urban renewal agency shall vest in and be possessed by the 8 village of Haverstraw and its successors or assigns. 9 S 4. Title 53 of article 15-B of the general municipal law is 10 REPEALED. 11 S 4-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any 12 existing records, property, rights, titles and interest of the village 13 of Johnson City urban renewal agency shall vest in and be possessed by 14 the village of Johnson City and its successors or assigns. 15 S 5. Title 61 of article 15-B of the general municipal law is 16 REPEALED. 17 S 5-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any 18 existing records, property, rights, titles and interest of the Oneonta 19 urban renewal agency shall vest in and be possessed by the city of 20 Oneonta and its successors or assigns. 21 S 6. Title 76 of article 15-B of the general municipal law is 22 REPEALED. 23 S 6-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any 24 existing records, property, rights, titles and interest of the village 25 of Riverside urban renewal agency shall vest in and be possessed by the 26 village of Riverside and its successors or assigns. 27 S 7. Title 102 of article 15-B of the general municipal law is 28 REPEALED. 29 S 7-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any 30 existing records, property, rights, titles and interest of the village 31 of Albion urban renewal agency shall vest in and be possessed by the 32 village of Albion and its successors or assigns. 33 S 8. Title 103 of article 15-B of the general municipal law is 34 REPEALED. 35 S 8-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any 36 existing records, property, rights, titles and interest of the city of 37 Canandaigua urban renewal agency shall vest in and be possessed by the 38 city of Canandaigua and its successors or assigns. 39 S 9. Section 680-e of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 40 S 9-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any 41 existing records, property, rights, titles and interest of the town of 42 Southampton community development agency shall vest in and be possessed 43 by the town of Southampton and its successors or assigns. 44 S 10. Title 119 of article 15-B of the general municipal law is 45 REPEALED. 46 S 10-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 47 any existing records, property, rights, titles and interest of the 48 village of Westbury community development agency shall vest in and be 49 possessed by the village of Westbury and its successors or assigns. 50 S 11. Section 891-f of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 51 S 11-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 52 any existing records, property, rights, titles and interest of the 53 village of Ossining industrial development agency shall vest in and be 54 possessed by the village of Ossining and its successors or assigns. 55 S 12. Section 891-g of the general municipal law is REPEALED. S. 5160--B 3 1 S 12-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 2 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the town 3 of Ossining industrial development agency shall vest in and be possessed 4 by the town of Ossining and its successors or assigns. 5 S 13. Section 895-g of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 6 S 13-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 7 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the town 8 of Willsboro industrial development agency shall vest in and be 9 possessed by the town of Willsboro and its successors or assigns. 10 S 14. Section 898-d of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 11 S 14-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 12 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the town 13 of Amenia industrial development agency shall vest in and be possessed 14 by the town of Amenia and its successors or assigns. 15 S 15. Section 899 of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 16 S 15-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 17 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the 18 Jamestown industrial development agency shall vest in and be possessed 19 by the city of Jamestown and its successors or assigns. 20 S 16. Section 899-b of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 21 S 16-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 22 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the town 23 of Rotterdam industrial development agency shall vest in and be 24 possessed by the town of Rotterdam and its successors or assigns. 25 S 17. Section 904 of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 26 S 17-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 27 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the town 28 of Hamptonburgh industrial development agency shall vest in and be 29 possessed by the town of Hamptonburgh and its successors or assigns. 30 S 18. Section 910 of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 31 S 18-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 32 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the town 33 of Barton industrial development agency shall vest in and be possessed 34 by the town of Barton and its successors or assigns. 35 S 19. Section 911 of the general municipal law, as added by chapter 36 339 of the laws of 1971, is REPEALED. 37 S 19-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 38 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the town 39 of New Windsor industrial development agency shall vest in and be 40 possessed by the town of New Windsor and its successors or assigns. 41 S 20. Section 911-e of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 42 S 20-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contra- 43 ry, any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the 44 town of West Turin industrial development agency shall vest in and be 45 possessed by the town of West Turin and its successors or assigns. 46 S 21. Section 922 of the general municipal law, as added by chapter 47 423 of the laws of 1975, is REPEALED. 48 S 21-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contra- 49 ry, any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the 50 counties of Fulton and Montgomery industrial development agency shall 51 vest in and be possessed by the counties of Fulton and Montgomery and 52 its successors or assigns. 53 S 22. Section 922-d of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 54 S 22-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contra- 55 ry, any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the S. 5160--B 4 1 Big Flats industrial development agency shall vest in and be possessed 2 by the town of Big Flats and its successors or assigns. 3 S 23. Section 922-e of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 4 S 23-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 5 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the 6 village of Wayland industrial development agency shall vest in and be 7 possessed by the village of Wayland and its successors or assigns. 8 S 24. Section 923-c of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 9 S 24-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 10 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the 11 village of Spring Valley industrial development agency shall vest in and 12 be possessed by the village of Spring Valley and its successors or 13 assigns. 14 S 25. Section 923-d of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 15 S 25-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 16 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the 17 Patterson industrial development agency shall vest in and be possessed 18 by the town of Patterson and its successors or assigns. 19 S 26. Section 923-f of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 20 S 26-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 21 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the 22 village of New Square industrial development agency shall vest in and be 23 possessed by the village of New Square and its successors or assigns. 24 S 27. Section 924-a of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 25 S 27-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 26 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the town 27 of North Hempstead industrial development agency shall vest in and be 28 possessed by the town of North Hempstead and its successors or assigns. 29 S 28. Section 925-a of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 30 S 28-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 31 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the 32 village of Walden industrial development agency shall vest in and be 33 possessed by the village of Walden and its successors or assigns. 34 S 29. Section 925-g of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 35 S 29-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 36 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the 37 village of Sidney industrial development agency shall vest in and be 38 possessed by the village of Sidney and its successors or assigns. 39 S 30. Section 925-s of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 40 S 30-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 41 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the town 42 of Yorktown industrial development agency shall vest in and be possessed 43 by the town of Yorktown and its successors or assigns. 44 S 31. Section 925-y of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 45 S 31-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 46 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the town 47 of Harrietstown industrial development agency shall vest in and be 48 possessed by the town of Harrietstown and its successors or assigns. 49 S 32. Section 926-a of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 50 S 32-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 51 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the town 52 of Norwich industrial development agency shall vest in and be possessed 53 by the town of Norwich and its successors or assigns. 54 S 33. Section 926-c of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 55 S 33-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 56 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the town S. 5160--B 5 1 of Wilmington industrial development agency shall vest in and be 2 possessed by the town of Wilmington and its successors or assigns. 3 S 34. Section 926-g of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 4 S 34-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 5 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the town 6 of Pamelia industrial development agency shall vest in and be possessed 7 by the town of Pamelia and its successors or assigns. 8 S 35. Section 926-l of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 9 S 35-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 10 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the town 11 of Black Brook industrial development agency shall vest in and be 12 possessed by the town of Black Brook and its successors or assigns. 13 S 36. Section 926-m of the general municipal law is REPEALED. 14 S 36-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 15 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the town 16 of Jay industrial development agency shall vest in and be possessed by 17 the town of Jay and its successors or assigns. 18 S 37. Section 927 of the general municipal law, as added by chapter 19 631 of the laws of 1980, is REPEALED. 20 S 37-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 21 any existing records, property, rights, titles, and interest of the town 22 of Philipstown industrial development agency shall vest in and be 23 possessed by the town of Philipstown by and its successors or assigns. 24 S 38. Separability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section 25 or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent juris- 26 diction to be invalid such judgment shall not affect, impair or invali- 27 date the remainder of this act, but shall be confined in its operation 28 to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly 29 involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been 30 rendered. 31 S 39. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 32 have become a law.