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                                   4022
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  M. 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:
 
   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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 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
 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.