S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7542
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
June 5, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT authorizing the commissioner of general services to transfer and
convey certain unappropriated state land to the town of Romulus
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act but notwithstanding
any other provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner of general
services is hereby authorized, subject to the consent of the commission-
er of corrections and community supervision, to transfer and convey to
the town of Romulus in the county of Seneca, the state land described in
section two of this act, owned by the department of corrections and
community supervision and being in the town of Romulus in the county of
Seneca, declared to be abandoned state land by the department of
corrections and community supervision. The transfer and conveyance of
the land described in section two of this act shall be made in consider-
ation of the sum of one dollar and upon such conditions as the commis-
sioner of general services may deem proper.
§ 2. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be transferred
and conveyed shall be those parcels as follows:
All those parcels of land situate in the Town of Ovid, County of Sene-
ca and State of New York, being more particularly described as follows:
Building 122 (Water Pump Station)
A rectangular parcel of land generally being bounded by the following
boundaries:
(a) On the North being 5 feet northerly of and parallel to Building
122;
(b) On the East being 10 feet easterly of and parallel to Building
122;
(c) On the South being 25 feet southerly of and parallel to Building
122; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(d) On the West being 20 feet westerly of and parallel to Building
122.
Buildings 163, 253 & 254 (Water Treatment Plant & Tanks)
A parcel of land generally being bounded by the following boundaries:
(a) On the North being 24.75 feet southerly of and parallel to the
existing roadway;
(b) On the East being 50 feet easterly of and parallel to the projec-
tion of the most easterly sides of the existing Raw Water Tank and
Finish Water Tank;
(c) On the South being 50 feet southerly of the most southerly side of
the existing Finish Water Tank and at right angles to the easterly boun-
dary;
(d) On the Southwest being 50 feet at right angle to the most south-
west corner of the existing Water Plant and at a 45-degree angle to the
southerly boundary; and
(e) On the West being 50 feet westerly of and parallel to the most
westerly edge of the parking lot.
Building 255 (Elevated Water Tank)
A parcel of land generally being bounded by the following boundaries:
(a) On the North being 100 feet northerly of the center of the
Elevated Water Tank running due east - west based upon New York State
Plane Coordinates, Central Zone, NAD 83;
(b) On the East being 100 feet easterly of the center of the Elevated
Water Tank and at right angles to the northerly boundary;
(c) On the South being 100 feet southerly of the center of the
Elevated Water Tank and at right angles to the easterly boundary; and
(d) On the West being 100 feet westerly of the center of the Elevated
Water Tank and at right angles to the southerly boundary.
Buildings 64 & 65 (Staff Residence & Staff Garage)
A rectangular parcel of land generally being bounded by the following
boundaries:
(a) On the North being along the southerly boundary of East Lake Road,
having an assumed 3 rod (49.5 foot) right of way;
(b) On the East being 75 feet easterly of and parallel to the most
easterly wall of Building 64 (Staff Residence);
(c) On the South being along a line 10 northerly of and parallel to
the northerly top of bank of a drainage channel; and
(d) On the West being 50 feet westerly of and parallel to the most
westerly wall of Building 64 (Staff Residence).
§ 3. The description in section two of this act is not intended to be
a legal description, but is intended to identify the parcels to be
conveyed. As a condition of the transfer, the town of Romulus may submit
to the commissioner of general services, for his or her approval, an
accurate survey and description of the lands to be conveyed, which may
be used in the conveyance thereof.
§ 4. The office of general services shall not transfer or convey the
aforesaid land unless the application is made to the office of general
services by the town of Romulus within one year after the effective date
of this act. Said application shall be in the form of a resolution
setting forth a comprehensive statement approved by the Romulus town
board acknowledging and accepting the use restrictions set forth in
section five of this act.
§ 5. The transfer and conveyance made pursuant to this act shall be
subject to the following use restrictions and reverter:
(a) The land described in this act shall be used exclusively for the
purposes of operating and maintaining a water treatment plant and appur-
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tenant facilities and operations as reasonably may be necessary or
desirable in connection therewith and water quality control.
(b) The conveyance of the land described in this act shall contain a
covenant and restriction requiring that the land be used for the purpose
set forth in subdivision (a) of this section. In the event the premises
are not accepted and/or used for such purposes, ownership of the land
shall revert to the state of New York.
§ 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
