Assembly Bill A7372

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes the attorney general to approve certain state land acquisitions made for the purposes of land conservation

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

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2023-A7372 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-0305, En Con L; amd §3.17, Pks & Rec L; amd §63, Exec L

2023-A7372 - Summary

Authorizes the attorney general to approve certain state land acquisitions made for the purposes of land conservation, and to accept a title policy from a commercial insurer to cover any title defects that would otherwise render the title unmarketable.

2023-A7372 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7372
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the environmental conservation law, the parks, recre-
   ation and  historic  preservation  law,  and  the  executive  law,  in
   relation  to authorizing the attorney general to approve certain state
   land acquisitions made for the purposes of land conservation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby  finds and
 declares that in order to achieve our state's land protection  goals  as
 promoted  in  the  Climate Action Plan, the "30 by 30" land conservation
 law (chapter 747 of the laws of  2022),  and  the  financial  commitment
 within  the  2022 Bond Act, additional measures are needed to accelerate
 the process whereby the state acquires land.  Specifically,  the  review
 process  by the attorney general's office can be streamlined by enabling
 the use of title insurance. This will also relieve land  trusts  of  the
 financial  burden  of  holding onto land, in trust, for years at a time.
 Further, it will reduce the backlog  of  pending  acquisitions  that  is
 unnecessarily jeopardizing the solvency of many of these organizations.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 3-0305 of the environmental conservation
 law,  as added by chapter 727 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. The commissioner when moneys therefor have been appropriated by the
 legislature or are otherwise available, may acquire  any  real  property
 which  he OR SHE deems necessary for any of the purposes or functions of
 the department, by purchase or as provided in the eminent domain  proce-
 dure  law. Title to such real property shall be taken in the name of and
 be vested in the people of the state of New York. No real property shall
 be so acquired by purchase unless the title thereto is approved  by  the
 attorney  general. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL APPROVE ANY TITLE WHERE IT
 HAS DETERMINED THAT THE CURRENT OWNER CAN CONVEY MARKETABLE TITLE TO THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10532-01-3
              

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2023-A7372A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-0305, En Con L; amd §3.17, Pks & Rec L; amd §63, Exec L

2023-A7372A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the attorney general to approve certain state land acquisitions made for the purposes of land conservation, and to accept a title policy from a commercial insurer to cover any title defects that would otherwise render the title unmarketable.

2023-A7372A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7372--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. THIELE, REYES, LEVENBERG, STIRPE, L. ROSENTHAL,
   KELLES, COLTON, SIMONE, STERN, DURSO, GANDOLFO, JACOBSON, OTIS -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on  Environmental  Conservation  --
   recommitted  to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in accord-
   ance with Assembly Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law,  the  parks,  recre-
   ation  and  historic  preservation  law,  and  the  executive  law, in
   relation to authorizing the attorney general to approve certain  state
   land acquisitions made for the purposes of land conservation
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  and
 declares  that  in order to achieve our state's land protection goals as
 promoted in the Climate Action Plan, the "30 by  30"  land  conservation
 law  (chapter  747  of  the  laws of 2022), and the financial commitment
 within the 2022 Bond Act, additional measures are needed  to  accelerate
 the  process  whereby  the state acquires land. Specifically, the review
 process by the attorney general's office can be streamlined by  enabling
 the  use  of  title insurance. This will also relieve land trusts of the
 financial burden of holding onto land, in trust, for years  at  a  time.
 Further,  it  will  reduce  the  backlog of pending acquisitions that is
 unnecessarily jeopardizing the solvency of many of these organizations.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 3-0305 of the environmental conservation
 law, as added by chapter 727 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   1. The commissioner when moneys therefor have been appropriated by the
 legislature  or  are  otherwise available, may acquire any real property
 which he OR SHE deems necessary for any of the purposes or functions  of
 the  department, by purchase or as provided in the eminent domain proce-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10532-03-3
              

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