Senate Bill S8947A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes the town of Kinderhook to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands

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

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2023-S8947 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9847
Law Section:
Parks

2023-S8947 - Summary

Authorizes the town of Kinderhook to alienate certain parklands and to convey such land to the Valatie Volunteer Rescue Squad for the purpose of providing emergency medical services to the town of Kinderhook.

2023-S8947 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8947 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8947
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 2, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT authorizing the town  of  Kinderhook  to  transfer  ownership  of
   certain parkland to the Valatie Volunteer Rescue Squad, Inc.
 
   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  town  of
 Kinderhook,  county  of  Columbia,  acting through its governing body is
 hereby authorized to discontinue the use of town parkland  more  partic-
 ularly  described in section two of this act, and to convey its interest
 in the real property to the Valatie Volunteer Rescue Squad, Inc.    upon
 terms  agreed  upon  by the town of Kinderhook and the Valatie Volunteer
 Rescue Squad, Inc. for use by the Valatie Volunteer Rescue  Squad,  Inc.
 for  the  purpose of providing emergency medical services to the town of
 Kinderhook.
   (b) Any revenues received by the town of Kinderhook from the  transfer
 shall  be used for capital improvements of existing park or recreational
 and/or the acquisition of additional park or recreational facilities.
   § 2. The parklands authorized to be conveyed by the town of Kinderhook
 in section one of  this  act  are  located,  bounded  and  described  as
 follows:
   ALL  that certain piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in
 the Town of Kinderhook, County of  Columbia,  and  State  of  New  York,
 bounded and described as follows:
   BEGINNING  at  a  steel  pin at the southwesterly corner of the parcel
 herein to be described, said point of beginning being at the  southeast-
 erly  corner  of the lands now or formerly of The State of New York said
 point of beginning being further referenced as S 66°10'52" E a  distance
 of  380.86  feet  from  a  steel  pin  on the easterly side of a Town of
 Kinderhook highway commonly known as State Farm Road;
 thence from said point of beginning and along lands of said State of New
 York:  N 34°15'00" E a distance of 456.84 feet to a point;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14664-01-4
 S. 8947                             2

2023-S8947A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9847
Law Section:
Parks

2023-S8947A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the town of Kinderhook to alienate certain parklands and to convey such land to the Valatie Volunteer Rescue Squad for the purpose of providing emergency medical services to the town of Kinderhook.

2023-S8947A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8947A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8947--A
     Cal. No. 900
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 2, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
   reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
   report, ordered to a third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
   retaining its place in the order of third reading

 AN  ACT  authorizing  the  town  of  Kinderhook to transfer ownership of
   certain parkland to the Valatie Volunteer Rescue Squad, Inc.
 
   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, the town of Kinder-
 hook, county of Columbia, acting by and through its governing body,  and
 upon  such  terms  and  conditions as determined by such body, is hereby
 authorized to discontinue as parklands and to sell and  convey  at  fair
 market  value  the  lands described in section three of this act, to the
 Valatie Volunteer Rescue Squad, Inc.  for use by the  Valatie  Volunteer
 Rescue  Squad,  Inc.  for  the  purpose  of  providing emergency medical
 services to the town of Kinderhook.
   § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
 effect only upon the condition that the town of Kinderhook  shall  dedi-
 cate  an  amount  equal  to or greater than the fair market value of the
 parklands being discontinued towards the acquisition  of  new  parklands
 and/or  capital  improvements  to existing park and recreational facili-
 ties.
   § 3. The parklands authorized to  be  alienated  and  discontinued  as
 parklands  by  the  town  of  Kinderhook  in section one of this act are
 located, bounded and described as follows:
   ALL that certain piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being  in
 the  Town  of  Kinderhook,  County  of  Columbia, and State of New York,
 bounded and described as follows:
   BEGINNING at a steel pin at the southwesterly  corner  of  the  parcel
 herein  to be described, said point of beginning being at the southeast-
 erly corner of the lands now or formerly of The State of New  York  said
 point  of beginning being further referenced as S 66°10'52" E a distance
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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