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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2022
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 Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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:
 
   Section 1. Sections 1, 1-a and 1-b of 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,  section 1 as amended and sections 1-a and 1-b as added
 by chapter 459 of the laws of 1998, are amended to read as follows:
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 the governing body of the county of Nassau, may lease  for  fair  market
 value  and upon such terms and conditions as such governing body, in its
 discretion, shall deem fair and reasonable, for an initial period not to
 exceed twenty years and may thereafter lease, for an  additional  period
 not to exceed ten years LOT 9, FORMERLY Lots 1, 2, 7 and 8, set forth in
 Section 58, Block A on the Land and Tax Map of the county of Nassau, and
 located  at  Silver Point, Atlantic Beach in the town of Hempstead, such
 lands having been acquired by the county pursuant to article fifteen  of
 the  former  parks  and  recreation  law, AND THE AUTHORIZATION PROVIDED
 HEREBY SHALL FURTHER INCLUDE ANY PERIOD WHERE THERE WAS OR IS A LEASE OR
 PERMIT FOR THE SUBJECT PREMISES IN EFFECT UP TO AND INCLUDING JANUARY 1,
 2022, AND THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE  COUNTY  OF  NASSAU  MAY  THEREAFTER
 LEASE SUCH PREMISES FOR FAIR MARKET VALUE AND UPON SUCH TERMS AND CONDI-
 TIONS  AS  THE  GOVERNING  BODY,  IN ITS DISCRETION, SHALL DEEM FAIR AND
 REASONABLE, FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY YEARS.  During
 the period of such lease OR  PERMIT,  such  land  shall  remain  on  the
 assessment  rolls  of  the  municipality,  school  districts  and  other
 districts in which they are located and shall be subject to real  estate
 taxes  and  assessments in the same manner as privately owned lands. The
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 tenant's OR PERMITTEE'S rights under such lease OR PERMIT to occupy  and
 use  such  lands shall  be conditioned on the prompt payment of the full
 amount of such taxes and assessments with  interest  and  penalties,  if
 any.  A  copy  of  such  lease  OR PERMIT shall be filed with the Nassau
 county clerk within ten days after such lease OR PERMIT is executed.
   § 1-a. Any amounts received by the county of Nassau pursuant to  [the]
 ANY lease OR PERMIT authorized pursuant to section one of this act shall
 be  used  by  such county for the acquisition of additional parklands or
 capital improvements to existing parks or financing of additional  park-
 lands  or  additional improvements to existing parks; provided, however,
 that such amounts shall be placed into an account which is utilized only
 for park and recreational purposes.
   § 1-b. If the lessee OR PERMITTEE of the lands authorized to be leased
 pursuant to section one of this act shall fail  or  cease  to  use  such
 lands  and  improvements  thereon  for public recreational purposes, the
 leasehold OR PERMIT on such lands and improvements shall  terminate  and
 possession thereof shall immediately revert to the county of Nassau.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.