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                                  3540--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2025
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 Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT authorizing the county of Cattaraugus to  discontinue  as  refor-
   ested lands 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. Notwithstanding section  219  of  the  county  law  to  the
 contrary,  the county of Cattaraugus acting by and through its governing
 body and upon such terms and conditions as determined by such  body,  is
 hereby  authorized  to discontinue the use of lands described in section
 two of this act acquired for reforestation purposes for the purposes  of
 rehabilitating the dam and developing the land for future use. The lands
 described  in  section two of this act are currently vacant property not
 used by the public  for  recreational  or  reforestation  purposes.  The
 authorization  provided in this section shall be effective only upon the
 acquisition by the county of Cattaraugus of lands described  in  section
 three of this act.
   §  2.  The  lands authorized to be leased by the county of Cattaraugus
 pursuant to section one of this act are described as follows:
   (a) ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in Lot No.  16,  Town  6,
 Range 9 of the Holland Land Company's survey, in the Town of Perrysburg,
 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 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 119° 21',
 981.81 feet; thence east at an exterior angle of 119° 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 feet; thence west on a  line  parallel  to  the  south  bounds  of  said
 lot1,780  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, comprising an area of 23.73 acres more or less.
   (b)  ALL  THAT  TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in Lot No. 16, Town 6,
 Range 9 of the Holland Land Company's survey, in the Town of Perrysburg,
 bounded and described 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  easterly, 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 the 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, comprising an area of 31 acres more or less.
   (c)  ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in Lot 16, Town 6, Range
 9 of the Holland Land Company's  survey,  in  the  Town  of  Perrysburg,
 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, comprising an area of 5 acres more or less.
   (d)  ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in Lot 15, Town 6, Range
 9 of the Holland Land Company's  survey,  in  the  Town  of  Perrysburg,
 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,  comprising  an area of 4 acres more or less.
 Said tract of lands comprising a total of 63.73 acres more or less.
   § 3. The authorization provided in section one of this  act  shall  be
 effective  only  upon the condition that on or before the alienation and
 conveyance of lands described in section two of this act, the county  of
 Cattaraugus  shall  acquire and dedicate real property for reforestation
 purposes, of equal or greater fair  market  value  to  the  lands  being
 alienated.  In  the event that the lands to be acquired by the county of
 Cattaraugus for reforestation purposes pursuant  to  this  act  are  not
 equal to or greater than the fair market value of the lands to be alien-
 ated by the county of Cattaraugus, the county shall dedicate the differ-
 ence  between the fair market value of the lands to be alienated and the
 fair market value of the lands to be acquired  for  the  acquisition  of
 additional  lands  for  reforestation purposes or for the improvement of
 existing reforested lands.
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   § 4. If the property described in section two of this act  shall  ever
 be used for a purpose other than the purpose described in section one of
 this  act,  such  land shall be restored to its original state and main-
 tained as reforested lands in accordance with section 219 of the  county
 law.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.