Bill Text: NY S08209 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to authorizing the town of Big Flats, county of Chemung to alienate and convey certain parcels of land commonly known as Somerset Park, used as parklands.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-06 - referred to local governments [S08209 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08209-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8209--A
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 18, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Judiciary  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        AN  ACT  in  relation  to  authorizing  the town of Big Flats, county of
          Chemung to alienate and convey certain parcels of land used  as  park-
          lands
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this  act,  the  town  of  Big
     2  Flats,  county  of Chemung, acting by and through its governing body, is
     3  hereby authorized to discontinue as parklands  and  alienate  the  lands
     4  more  particularly  described  in section three of this act, and to sell
     5  and convey such lands at fair market value and upon such other terms and
     6  conditions as determined by the governing body of the town.
     7    § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
     8  effect only upon the condition that the town of  Big  Flats,  county  of
     9  Chemung,  shall  acquire and dedicate an amount equal to or greater than
    10  the fair market value of the parklands being  discontinued  towards  the
    11  acquisition  of  new  parklands  and/or  towards capital improvements to
    12  existing parkland and recreational facilities.
    13    § 3. The parkland to be alienated, commonly known as "Somerset  Park",
    14  consists  of  a  total  4.06 acres and is more particularly described as
    15  follows:
    16    THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Big Flats,  County
    17  of  Chemung  and  State  of  New York, bounded and described as follows:
    18  COMMENCING at a point located in the  easterly  limits  of  Harris  Hill
    19  Road,  said  point also being the northwest corner of Lot #6 as shown on
    20  Case Map No. 2568 recorded in the Chemung County Clerk's Office on Octo-
    21  ber 23, 1987; running thence North 51° 12' 47" East a distance of 592.12
    22  feet to an iron pin; thence North 38° 41' 44" West a distance of  367.33
    23  feet  to  an iron pin; thence South 53° 10' 09" West a distance of 89.08
    24  feet to an iron pin; thence South 38° 47' 13"East a distance  of  200.00
    25  feet  to  an  iron pin; then South 51° 12' 47" West a distance of 200.00
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  feet to a point in the Easterly  limit  of  Harris  Hill  Road;  running
     2  thence  southerly along the easterly limit of Harris Hill Road South 38°
     3  47' 13" East a distance of 155.61 feet to the point or place  of  begin-
     4  ning.
     5    §  4.  In  the  event  that the town of Big Flats received any funding
     6  support or assistance from the  federal  government  for  the  purchase,
     7  maintenance  or  improvement of the parklands set forth in section three
     8  of this act, the discontinuance of parkland authorized by the provisions
     9  of this act shall not occur until the town of  Big  Flats  has  complied
    10  with any federal requirements pertaining to the alienation or conversion
    11  of  such  parklands,  including satisfying the secretary of the interior
    12  that the alienation or conversion complies with all conditions which the
    13  secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure the substitution  of
    14  other  lands  shall  be equivalent in fair market value and recreational
    15  usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
    16    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.