New York Senate Bill S08947 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8947--A Cal. No. 900  IN SENATE 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: 1 Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, the town of Kinder- 2 hook, county of Columbia, acting by and through its governing body, and 3 upon such terms and conditions as determined by such body, is hereby 4 authorized to discontinue as parklands and to sell and convey at fair 5 market value the lands described in section three of this act, to the 6 Valatie Volunteer Rescue Squad, Inc. for use by the Valatie Volunteer 7 Rescue Squad, Inc. for the purpose of providing emergency medical 8 services to the town of Kinderhook. 9 § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take 10 effect only upon the condition that the town of Kinderhook shall dedi- 11 cate an amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the 12 parklands being discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands 13 and/or capital improvements to existing park and recreational facili- 14 ties. 15 § 3. The parklands authorized to be alienated and discontinued as 16 parklands by the town of Kinderhook in section one of this act are 17 located, bounded and described as follows: 18 ALL that certain piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in 19 the Town of Kinderhook, County of Columbia, and State of New York, 20 bounded and described as follows: 21 BEGINNING at a steel pin at the southwesterly corner of the parcel 22 herein to be described, said point of beginning being at the southeast- 23 erly corner of the lands now or formerly of The State of New York said 24 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. LBD14664-07-4 
 S. 8947--A 2 1 of 380.86 feet from a steel pin on the easterly side of a Town of 2 Kinderhook highway commonly known as State Farm Road; 3 thence from said point of beginning and along lands of said State of New 4 York: N 34°15'00" E a distance of 456.84 feet to a point; 5 Thence through lands of the Town of Kinderhook on the following four 6 courses; 7 S 62°25'13" E a distance of 602.24 feet to a point; 8 S 32°59'21" W a distance of 370.14 feet to a point; 9 N 89°51'57" W a distance of 110.48 feet to a point; 10 N 66°10'52" W a distance of 523.50 feet to the point of beginning; 11 having an area of 261069.10 square feet or 5.99 acres of land. 12 § 4. In the event that the town of Kinderhook received any funding 13 support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase, 14 maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in section three 15 of this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland author- 16 ized by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the town of 17 Kinderhook has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the 18 alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secre- 19 tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all 20 conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to ensure 21 the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value 22 and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted. 23 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.