Bill Text: NY S08081 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 8081

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the metes and bounds of certain land to be conveyed by the state to the town of Romulus, county of Seneca; provides that such land shall revert to the state if not used for specific purposes; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-05 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8567 [S08081 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08081-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8081

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 5, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2023  relating  to  authorizing
          the  commissioner  of  general services to transfer and convey certain
          unappropriated state land to the  town  of  Romulus,  as  proposed  in
          legislative  bills numbers S. 7542 and A. 7756, in relation to land to
          be conveyed by the state and circumstances under which such land shall
          revert to the state

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

     1    Section  1.  Section  1  of  a chapter of the laws of 2023 relating to
     2  authorizing the commissioner of general services to transfer and  convey
     3  certain unappropriated state land to the town of Romulus, as proposed in
     4  legislative  bills  numbers  S.  7542 and A. 7756, is amended to read as
     5  follows:
     6    Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act  but  notwithstanding
     7  any  other provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner of general
     8  services is hereby authorized, subject to the consent of the commission-
     9  er of corrections and community supervision, to transfer and  convey  to
    10  the town of Romulus in the county of Seneca, the state land described in
    11  section  two  of  this  act,  [owned  by]  under the jurisdiction of the
    12  department of corrections and community supervision  and  being  in  the
    13  town of Romulus in the county of Seneca[, declared to be abandoned state
    14  land  by  the  department of corrections and community supervision]. The
    15  transfer and conveyance of the land described in section two of this act
    16  shall be made in consideration of the sum of one dollar  and  upon  such
    17  conditions as the commissioner of general services may deem proper.
    18    §  2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2023 relating to authoriz-
    19  ing the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey  certain
    20  unappropriated  state land to the town of Romulus, as proposed in legis-
    21  lative bills numbers S. 7542 and A. 7756, is amended to read as follows:
    22    § 2. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be transferred
    23  and conveyed shall be those parcels as follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11388-03-4

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     1    All those parcels of land situate in the Town of Ovid, County of Sene-
     2  ca and State of New York, being more particularly described as follows:
     3    [Building 122 (Water Pump Station)
     4    A  rectangular parcel of land generally being bounded by the following
     5  boundaries:
     6    (a) On the North being 5 feet northerly of and  parallel  to  Building
     7  122;
     8    (b)  On  the  East  being 10 feet easterly of and parallel to Building
     9  122;
    10    (c) On the South being 25 feet southerly of and parallel  to  Building
    11  122; and
    12    (d)  On  the  West  being 20 feet westerly of and parallel to Building
    13  122.
    14    Buildings 163, 253 & 254 (Water Treatment Plant & Tanks)
    15    A parcel of land generally being bounded by the following boundaries:
    16    (a) On the North being 24.75 feet southerly of  and  parallel  to  the
    17  existing roadway;
    18    (b)  On the East being 50 feet easterly of and parallel to the projec-
    19  tion of the most easterly sides of  the  existing  Raw  Water  Tank  and
    20  Finish Water Tank;
    21    (c) On the South being 50 feet southerly of the most southerly side of
    22  the existing Finish Water Tank and at right angles to the easterly boun-
    23  dary;
    24    (d)  On  the Southwest being 50 feet at right angle to the most south-
    25  west corner of the existing Water Plant and at a 45-degree angle to  the
    26  southerly boundary; and
    27    (e)  On  the  West  being 50 feet westerly of and parallel to the most
    28  westerly edge of the parking lot.
    29    Building 255 (Elevated Water Tank)
    30    A parcel of land generally being bounded by the following boundaries:
    31    (a) On the North being  100  feet  northerly  of  the  center  of  the
    32  Elevated  Water  Tank  running due east - west based upon New York State
    33  Plane Coordinates, Central Zone, NAD 83;
    34    (b) On the East being 100 feet easterly of the center of the  Elevated
    35  Water Tank and at right angles to the northerly boundary;
    36    (c)  On  the  South  being  100  feet  southerly  of the center of the
    37  Elevated Water Tank and at right angles to the easterly boundary; and
    38    (d) On the West being 100 feet westerly of the center of the  Elevated
    39  Water Tank and at right angles to the southerly boundary.
    40    Buildings 64 & 65 (Staff Residence & Staff Garage)
    41    A  rectangular parcel of land generally being bounded by the following
    42  boundaries:
    43    (a) On the North being along the southerly boundary of East Lake Road,
    44  having an assumed 3 rod (49.5 foot) right of way;
    45    (b) On the East being 75 feet easterly of and  parallel  to  the  most
    46  easterly wall of Building 64 (Staff Residence);
    47    (c)  On  the  South being along a line 10 northerly of and parallel to
    48  the northerly top of bank of a drainage channel; and
    49    (d) On the West being 50 feet westerly of and  parallel  to  the  most
    50  westerly wall of Building 64 (Staff Residence).]
    51    Building 122, 89, and 90 (Water Pump Station, Sewage Lift Station, and
    52  Storage Building)
    53    A parcel of land generally being bounded by the following boundaries:
    54    (a) On the North to the centerline of East Lake Road (C.R.132A);
    55    (b)  On  the East being 10 feet easterly of and parallel to the Sewage
    56  Lift Station;

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     1    (c) On the South being 25 feet southerly of and parallel  to  Building
     2  122; and
     3    (d)  On  the  West  being 20 feet westerly of and parallel to Building
     4  122.
     5    Buildings 163, 253 & 254 (Water Treatment Plant & Tanks) A  Parcel  of
     6  land generally being bounded by the following boundaries:
     7    (a)  On  the  North  being 24.75 feet southerly of and parallel to the
     8  existing roadway;
     9    (b) On the East being 50 feet easterly of and parallel to the  projec-
    10  tion  of  the  most  easterly  sides  of the existing Raw Water Tank and
    11  Finish Water Tank;
    12    (c) On the south being 50 feet southerly of the most southerly side of
    13  the existing Finish Water Tank and at right angles to the easterly boun-
    14  dary;
    15    (d) On the Southwest being 50 feet from the most southwest  corner  of
    16  the existing Water Plant and at a 45-degee angle to the southerly bound-
    17  ary; and
    18    (e)  On the West being 191.5 feet westerly of and parallel to the most
    19  Westerly edge of the parking lot.
    20    Building 255 (Elevated Water Tank)
    21    A parcel of land generally being bounded by the following boundaries:
    22    (a) On the North running along the north edge of  gravel  parking  lot
    23  thence  northeasterly  along  the  treeline thence easterly and at right
    24  angles to the east property line;
    25    (b) On the East by the east property line;
    26    (c) On the South being  100  feet  southerly  of  the  center  of  the
    27  Elevated Water Tank and at right angles to the easterly boundary; and
    28    (d)  On  the  West  to  the easterly edge of the asphalt drive and its
    29  projection through the parking lot.
    30    Buildings 64 & 65 (Staff Residence & Staff Garage)
    31    A parcel of land generally being bounded by the following boundaries:
    32    (a) On the North being along the southerly boundary of East Lake Road,
    33  having an assumed 3 rod (49.5 foot) right of way;
    34    (b) On the East being 75 feet easterly of and  parallel  to  the  most
    35  easterly wall of Building 64 (Staff Residence);
    36    (c)  On the South being along a line 10 feet northerly of and parallel
    37  to the northerly top of the bank of a drainage channel; and
    38    (d) On the West being 50 feet westerly of and  parallel  to  the  most
    39  westerly wall of Building 64 (Staff Residence).
    40    §  3.  Subdivision  (b)  of section 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2023
    41  relating to authorizing the commissioner of general services to transfer
    42  and convey certain unappropriated state land to the town of Romulus,  as
    43  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7542 and A. 7756, is amended to
    44  read as follows:
    45    (b)  The  conveyance of the land described in this act shall contain a
    46  covenant and restriction requiring that the land be used for the purpose
    47  set forth in subdivision (a) of this section. In the event the  premises
    48  are  not  accepted and/or used for such purposes, [ownership of the land
    49  shall revert to the state of New York] the  title  to  said  land  shall
    50  revert  to the people of the state of New York, and the attorney general
    51  may institute an action in the supreme court for a judgment declaring  a
    52  revesting of such title in the people of the state of New York.
    53    §  4. Section 6 of a chapter of the laws of 2023 relating to authoriz-
    54  ing the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey  certain
    55  unappropriated  state land to the town of Romulus, as proposed in legis-
    56  lative bills numbers S. 7542 and A. 7756, is amended to read as follows:

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     1    § 6. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire 2  years
     2  after such effective date when upon such date the provisions of this act
     3  shall be deemed repealed.
     4    §  5.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided, however that
     5  sections one, two and three of this act shall take effect  on  the  same
     6  date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 relating to
     7  authorizing  the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey
     8  certain unappropriated state land to the town of Romulus, as proposed in
     9  legislative bills numbers  S.  7542  and  A.  7756,  takes  effect;  and
    10  provided, further that the amendments to sections one, two and five of a
    11  chapter  of the laws of 2023 relating to authorizing the commissioner of
    12  general services to transfer and  convey  certain  unappropriated  state
    13  land to the town of Romulus, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
    14  7542  and  A.  7756,  made  by  sections one, two and three of this act,
    15  respectively, shall not affect the expiration of such sections and shall
    16  be deemed repealed therewith.