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                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. J. M. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  in relation to authorizing the county of Cattaraugus to discon-
   tinue as parklands and lease certain reforested lands in the  town  of
   Perrysburg
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. (a) Subject to the provisions of this act,  the  county  of
 Cattaraugus acting through its legislative body, is hereby authorized to
 discontinue  the  use of and lease for a term not exceeding thirty years
 certain parcels of reforested land  in  the  town  of  Perrysburg,  more
 particularly  described  in  section two of this act, upon the terms and
 conditions contained in this act, for the purpose of aiding in discover-
 ing and removing oil and/or gas from such reforested land and adequately
 planting, fencing, and otherwise maintaining such land for  purposes  of
 watershed  protection,  development of oil and gas retrieval, production
 of timber and forest  products,  and  recreation  and  kindred  purposes
 pursuant to section 219 of the county law.
   (b)  Any revenues received by the county of Cattaraugus from the lease
 of such land shall be used for capital improvements of existing park  or
 recreational  facilities  and/or  the  acquisition of additional park or
 recreational facilities.
   § 2. The lands authorized to be leased by the  county  of  Cattaraugus
 pursuant  to  section  one  of  this  act,  designated  as  Tax  Map No.
 2.003-1-20, shall be described as follows:
   (a) That tract or parcel of land, situate in the Town  of  Perrysburg,
 County of Cattaraugus and State of New York, distinguished by being part
 of Lot 16, Town 6, Range 9 of the Holland Land Company's survey, bounded
 and  described as follows: Beginning at a point on the south line of Lot
 16, which point is 2,258.24 feet west of the southeasterly corner of Lot

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 16; thence north parallel with the west line of Lot 16,  1,160.28  feet;
 thence  east  on  a line parallel with the south bounds of Lot 16. 739.2
 feet; thence southeasterly at an interior  angle  of  119o  21',  981.81
 feet;  thence  east  at an exterior angle of 119o 21', 790.6 feet to the
 center of the public highway  commonly  known  as  Easton  Road;  thence
 southeasterly  along  the  center  of  said highway or public road 66.18
 feet; thence west on a line parallel to the south  bounds  of  said  lot
 1,780  feet;  thence  south  232.98  feet to the south bounds of Lot 16,
 thence west on the south bounds of said lot, 286.44 feet to the point of
 beginning, containing 23.73 acres more or less.
   (b) Also all that other tract or parcel of land, situate in  the  Town
 of  Perrysburg,  County  of  Cattaraugus  and State of New York, distin-
 guished by being a part of lot number 16, in the 6th town and 9th  range
 of  the Holland Land Company's survey, and bounded as follows: Beginning
 on the north line of parcel D of lands conveyed  to  Vernon  Croker  and
 Harold  Croker  by  Warranty  Deed  recorded in the Cattaraugus   County
 Clerk's Office in Liber 555 of Deeds at Page 290 on March 2, 1956, at  a
 point  1680.6  feet  east  of the center line of North Road (said center
 line of North Road being the west line of said Lot 16) ; thence  easter-
 ly,  along the north line of the above mentioned Deed, 1169.94 feet to a
 stake at the northeast corner of lands conveyed by above mentioned Deed;
 thence southerly  along  the  east  line  of  lands  conveyed  by  above
 mentioned  Deed and parallel to the west line of lot 16, 1160.28 feet to
 the southeast corner of lands conveyed by above mentioned  Deed;  thence
 westerly  along  the  south  bounds  of land conveyed by above mentioned
 Deed, 1169.94 feet to a stake; thence north, parallel to the  west  line
 of  Lot  16, 1160.28 feet to the point or place of beginning, containing
 31 acres, more or less.
   (c) Also all that other tract or parcel of land, situate in  the  Town
 of  Perrysburg,  County  of  Cattaraugus  and State of New York, distin-
 guished by being part of Lot 16 in Town 6, Range 9 of the  Holland  Land
 Company's survey, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point
 in the south bounds of Lot 16 which point is 2,014.3 feet measured along
 the south bounds of Lot 16 and an extension thereof from the center line
 of  the  public  highway commonly known as Eaton Road; thence north on a
 line parallel to the west bounds of Lot 16 232.98 feet; thence east on a
 line parallel to the south bounds of said lot 935 feet; thence south  on
 a  line  parallel  to the west bounds of Lot 16 232.98 feet to the south
 bounds of Lot 16; thence west along the south bounds of Lot 16 935  feet
 to the point of beginning containing 5 acres, be the same more or less.
   (d)  Also  all that other tract or parcel of land, situate in the Town
 of Perrysburg, County of Cattaraugus and  State  of  New  York,  distin-
 guished  by  being part of Lot 15 in Town 6, Range 9 of the Holland Land
 Company's Survey bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a  point
 in  the north bounds of Lot 15 which point is 2014.3 feet measured along
 the south bounds of Lot 16 and an extension thereof from the center line
 of the public highway commonly known as Eaton Road; thence  south  on  a
 line  parallel with the west bounds of Lot 15 400 feet; thence west on a
 line parallel to the north bounds of lot 15 435.6 feet; thence north  on
 a  line  parallel  to  the  west  bounds of Lot 15 400 feet to the north
 bounds of Lot 15; thence east along the north bounds  of  Lot  15  435.6
 feet  to  the point of beginning containing 4 acres, be the same more or
 less.
   Said tract of lands containing a total of 63.73 acres, more or less.
   § 3. Should the lands described in section two of this act cease to be
 used for the purposes described in section one of this act, those  lands
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 shall  revert to the county of Cattaraugus for the purposes described by
 section 219 of the county law.
   §  4.  The  land to be leased pursuant to this act, and all structures
 and facilities situated on such land, shall be maintained, and  operated
 by the lessee for the purposes described in section one of this act. The
 use  of such parkland and facilities shall continue to be made available
 to the general public, including all residents of the county  of  Catta-
 raugus. Where the availability of such facilities is limited, the use of
 such facilities must be determined by an equitable method which provides
 priority  use  to  the  general public based on a reservation policy for
 free or for a nominal charge.
   § 5. In the event that the county of Cattaraugus received any funding,
 support, or assistance from the federal  government  for  the  purchase,
 maintenance, or improvement of the parklands set forth in section two of
 this  act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland authorized
 by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the county of Catta-
 raugus has complied with any  federal  requirements  pertaining  to  the
 alienation  or  conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secre-
 tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all
 conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to ensure
 the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value
 and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.