S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7694
I N S E N A T E
June 14, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to authorize the New York state thruway authority to convey
certain land located in the village of Canastota, county of Madison
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Declaration of purpose. The state of New York, the village
of Canastota and the county of Madison have determined that the develop-
ment of the village of Canastota's underutilized property, uniquely
located near the New York state thruway, is vital to the growth and
prosperity of the state of New York, the village of Canastota and the
county of Madison. Development of this area offers an historic opportu-
nity to expand the local economy, provide job opportunities, expand
tourism and recreational related industry, and increase municipal reven-
ue for the residents of the village of Canastota and the overall Central
New York region. In general, the state of New York desires to improve
this corridor to create opportunities for tourism and recreation. The
New York state thruway authority has identified a parcel of such certain
land, which is under its present jurisdiction and owned by the people of
the state of New York, that may be utilized to allow realization of such
opportunities for tourism and recreation. The county of Madison has
established an industrial development agency pursuant to section 893 of
the general municipal law with the intention of using such agency for
the purposes of relieving and reducing unemployment, promoting and
providing for additional and maximum employment, bettering and maintain-
ing job opportunities, and such other purposes as may be authorized by
section 893 of the general municipal law.
S 2. Notwithstanding any other law, the New York state thruway author-
ity shall transfer and convey to the Madison county industrial develop-
ment agency, created pursuant to section 893 of the general municipal
law, the parcel of certain land referenced in section one of this act
and described in section four of this act for the purposes described in
this act, sole consideration of redevelopment activities and site owner-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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ship responsibilities, within 60 days of notice by such industrial
development agency.
S 3. The Madison county industrial development agency shall use the
lands conveyed pursuant to this act for such purposes and in accordance
with such powers as authorized by section 893 of the general municipal
law.
S 4. The lands authorized to be conveyed pursuant to section two of
this act are generally described as follows:
All that tract or parcel of land, situated, lying, and being in the
village of Canastota, town of Lenox, county of Madison, state of New
York, abutting and bounded generally on the south by lands described in
section 4 of a chapter of the laws of 2012 relating to authorizing the
New York state thruway authority to convey certain land located in the
village of Canastota, county of Madison, as proposed in legislative
bills numbers S.7575 and A.10590, state route 13 on the west, the thru-
way on the north, and other lands under the authority's jurisdiction on
the east, having an area not to exceed five acres. Such specific area,
configuration, and boundaries shall be determined by the authority.
Such conveyance shall be subject to all covenants, conditions, ease-
ments and restrictions of record.
S 5. The Madison county industrial development agency shall adopt by
resolution comprehensive guidelines which detail the corporation's oper-
ative policy and instructions regarding the use, awarding, monitoring
and reporting of procurement contracts. Such guidelines shall, at a
minimum, include the standards established in section 104-b of the
general municipal law.
S 6. In the event that the lands as described in section four of this
act shall cease to be developed within five years from the date of
transfer, in accordance with the purposes set forth in sections one and
three of this act prior to the issuance of any certificate of occupancy,
title to such lands and any improvements thereon shall revert to the
people of the state of New York under the jurisdiction of the New York
state thruway authority.
S 7. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
manner as a chapter of the laws of 2012 relating to authorizing the New
York state thruway authority to convey certain land located in the
village of Canastota, county of Madison, as proposed in legislative
bills numbers S. 7575 and A. 10590.