Bill Text: NY A07630 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Authorizes the county of Nassau to lease certain parklands for an additional twenty year period and requires proceeds of such lease to be used by the county of Nassau for park purposes.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to local governments [A07630 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07630-Introduced.html

---

                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7630

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 14, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. L. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Local Governments

        AN ACT to amend chapter 269 of the laws of 1979 relating to  authorizing
          the  county  of Nassau to lease certain lands acquired pursuant to the
          provisions of article fifteen of the  parks  and  recreation  law,  in
          relation  to  extending  such authorization to lease or permit certain
          premises

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

     1    Section  1. Sections 1, 1-a and 1-b of chapter 269 of the laws of 1979
     2  relating to authorizing the county of  Nassau  to  lease  certain  lands
     3  acquired  pursuant to the provisions of article fifteen of the parks and
     4  recreation law, section 1 as amended and sections 1-a and 1-b  as  added
     5  by chapter 459 of the laws of 1998, are amended to read as follows:
     6    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
     7  the  governing  body  of the county of Nassau, may lease for fair market
     8  value and upon such terms and conditions as such governing body, in  its
     9  discretion, shall deem fair and reasonable, for an initial period not to
    10  exceed  twenty  years and may thereafter lease, for an additional period
    11  not to exceed ten years Lot 9, formerly Lots 1, 2, 7 and 8, set forth in
    12  Section 58, Block A on the Land and Tax Map of the county of Nassau, and
    13  located at Silver Point, Atlantic Beach in the town of  Hempstead,  such
    14  lands  having been acquired by the county pursuant to article fifteen of
    15  the former parks and recreation  law,  and  the  authorization  provided
    16  hereby shall further include any period where there was or is a lease or
    17  permit for the subject premises in effect up to and including January 1,
    18  2020,  and  the  governing  body  of the county of Nassau may thereafter
    19  lease such premises for fair market value and upon such terms and condi-
    20  tions as the governing body, in its  discretion,  shall  deem  fair  and
    21  reasonable, for an additional period not to exceed twenty years.  During
    22  the  period  of  such  lease  or  permit,  such land shall remain on the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11475-01-9
        A. 7630                             2

     1  assessment  rolls  of  the  municipality,  school  districts  and  other
     2  districts  in which they are located and shall be subject to real estate
     3  taxes and assessments in the same manner as privately owned  lands.  The
     4  tenant's  or permittee's rights under such lease or permit to occupy and
     5  use such lands shall  be conditioned on the prompt payment of  the  full
     6  amount  of  such  taxes  and assessments with interest and penalties, if
     7  any. A copy of such lease or permit  shall  be  filed  with  the  Nassau
     8  county clerk within ten days after such lease or permit is executed.
     9    §  1-a. Any amounts received by the county of Nassau pursuant to [the]
    10  any lease or permit authorized pursuant to section one of this act shall
    11  be used by such county for the acquisition of  additional  parklands  or
    12  capital  improvements to existing parks or financing of additional park-
    13  lands or additional improvements to existing parks;  provided,  however,
    14  that such amounts shall be placed into an account which is utilized only
    15  for park and recreational purposes.
    16    § 1-b. If the lessee or permittee of the lands authorized to be leased
    17  pursuant  to  section  one  of  this act shall fail or cease to use such
    18  lands and improvements thereon for  public  recreational  purposes,  the
    19  leasehold  or  permit on such lands and improvements shall terminate and
    20  possession thereof shall immediately revert to the county of Nassau.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.