Bill Text: NY S07927 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the use of certain property in the county of Suffolk.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-30 - SIGNED CHAP.395 [S07927 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S07927-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7927
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 25, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
        AN ACT to amend chapter 719 of the laws of 1982, relating to authorizing
          the commissioner of general services to convey certain state lands  in
          the  county of Suffolk to the town of Islip, in relation to the use of
          certain property
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  opening paragraph of section 7 of chapter 719 of the
     2  laws of 1982,  relating  to  authorizing  the  commissioner  of  general
     3  services  to  convey certain state lands in the county of Suffolk to the
     4  town of Islip, as amended by chapter 498 of the laws of 2013, is amended
     5  to read as follows:
     6    With the exception of the land described in section  seven-a  of  this
     7  act,  any land and improvements thereon transferred pursuant to this act
     8  shall be used only by, or for the purposes  of  the  state,  the  United
     9  States  of  America  and its transferees or assigns, a union free school
    10  district as defined by the education law, a municipal corporation  or  a
    11  not-for-profit  college  or  university  chartered by the regents of the
    12  university of the state of New York. Except for  the  United  States  of
    13  America  and  its transferees or assigns, said land and any improvements
    14  thereon shall be used only for hospital, park and recreation,  municipal
    15  office  or  educational purposes, and for complementary academic, scien-
    16  tific or technological uses, applied research and  developmental  activ-
    17  ities  of a not-for-profit college or university, a voluntary, municipal
    18  or state-operated hospital, a union free school district as  defined  by
    19  the  education law or a municipal corporation. Said land or any improve-
    20  ments thereon transferred pursuant to this act to the United  States  of
    21  America  or  its transferees or assigns shall not be designed or altered
    22  for the overnight housing and/or  custody  of  prisoners  or  detainees.
    23  These  purposes  and/or restrictions shall be recorded as deed covenants
    24  and restrictions running with the land upon the transfer of the land  to
    25  the  town  of  Islip,  Suffolk  county  and  its transferees or assigns.
    26  Provided, however, that the commissioner of general services, subject to
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  the approval of the town of Islip as evidenced by a  resolution  of  the
     2  town  board  and  upon  payment  of fair and reasonable consideration as
     3  determined by said commissioner by New York Institute of  Technology  to
     4  the  office  of  general  services, shall amend, modify or delete as set
     5  forth in said resolution any of the above stated purposes, including the
     6  requirement that they be recorded as  deed  covenants  and  restrictions
     7  running  with the land as such purposes and restrictions may appear in a
     8  conveyance to the town of Islip, its transferee and assigns and apply to
     9  the following described five parcels of land:
    10    § 2. Chapter 719 of the laws of  1982,  relating  to  authorizing  the
    11  commissioner  of  general  services to convey certain state lands in the
    12  county of Suffolk to the town of Islip,  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    13  section 8-a to read as follows:
    14    §  8-a. Notwithstanding section seven of this act, the New York Insti-
    15  tute of Technology, its successors and assigns, are authorized  to  sell
    16  and  convey  without  restriction  all lands described in section two of
    17  this act, except those lands conveyed pursuant  to  section  seven-a  of
    18  this  act,  provided  that  any  such conveyance includes payment to the
    19  state of New York by the New York Institute of Technology  of  fair  and
    20  reasonable  consideration  as  determined by the commissioner of general
    21  services.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.