Senate Bill S4688

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes the town of Fallsburg to alienate certain parkland

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S4688 - Details

Law Section:
Parks

2015-S4688 - Summary

Authorizes the town of Fallsburg to alienate certain parkland.

2015-S4688 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4688 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4688

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT authorizing the town of Fallsburg, county of Sullivan to alienate
  and convey certain parcels of land used as parkland

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  town  of  Fallsburg,  county  of Sullivan, is hereby
authorized to discontinue as parklands, alienate and convey back to such
town the lands described in section three of this act.
  S 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
effect only upon the condition that the town of  Fallsburg  dedicate  an
amount  equal  to  or greater than the fair market value of the property
being alienated in section three of this act toward acquisition of addi-
tional parkland and/or capital improvements to existing parkland.
  S 3. The lands to be  discontinued  as  parklands  and  alienated  and
conveyed  pursuant  to section one of this act are bounded and described
as follows:
Parcel One:
ALL that tract or parcel of land situate in the Town of Fallsburg, Coun-
ty of Sullivan and State of New York, intended to be a  portion  of  the
premises as described in a deed from Samuel Carmel and Max Cohen to Town
of  Fallsburg,  dated  July  18,  1958,  recorded in the Sullivan County
Clerk's Office in Deed Liber 571 at Page 13, being the 0.810 Acre Parcel
as designated on a map entitled "Survey Map of a Lot Improvement Involv-
ing Lands of Town of Fallsburg & SYDA Foundation", last    revised  July
28,  2014,  proposed  to be filed in the Sullivan County Clerk's Office,
more particularly bound and described as follows:
  BEGINNING at a point in the approximate center of Purvis Brook on  the
assumed  southwesterly  bounds of Seldon Road (County Road No. 52), also
known as Brickman Road, said  point  being  at  a  northwesterly  corner
(after  highway taking) of said lands of Town of Fallsburgh and the most

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06022-02-5
              

2015-S4688A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Parks

2015-S4688A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the town of Fallsburg to alienate certain parkland.

2015-S4688A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4688A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4688--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT authorizing the town of Fallsburg, county of Sullivan to alienate
  and convey certain parcels of land used as parkland

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  The town of Fallsburg, in the county of Sullivan, is here-
by  authorized to discontinue use of certain parklands more particularly
described in section three of this act and sell and convey in fee simple
for its fair market value and upon such terms and conditions  as  deter-
mined by the town board to SYDA Foundation such lands which are no long-
er useful for parkland recreation purposes.
  S 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
effect  only  upon  the condition that the town of Fallsburg dedicate an
amount equal to or greater than the fair market value  of  the  property
being alienated in section three of this act toward acquisition of addi-
tional parkland and/or capital improvements to existing parkland.
  S  3.  The  lands  to  be  discontinued as parklands and alienated and
conveyed pursuant to section one of this act are bounded  and  described
as follows:
Parcel One:
ALL that tract or parcel of land situate in the Town of Fallsburg, Coun-
ty  of  Sullivan  and State of New York, intended to be a portion of the
premises as described in a deed from Samuel Carmel and Max Cohen to Town
of Fallsburg, dated July 18,  1958,  recorded  in  the  Sullivan  County
Clerk's Office in Deed Liber 571 at Page 13, being the 0.810 Acre Parcel
as designated on a map entitled "Survey Map of a Lot Improvement Involv-
ing  Lands  of  Town of Fallsburg & SYDA Foundation", last  revised July

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06022-08-5

              

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