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- Referred to local government
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Authorizes the sale, lease and transfer of certain public lands owned by school districts
In Assembly Committee · Local Governments · Sponsor Fred Thiele
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S1874
Title of bill
An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the sale, lease and transfer to certain municipal corporations of certain public lands
Purpose
Allows school districts to acquire or lease real property under the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 72-h of the General Municipal Law.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Subdivision (a) of Section 72-h of the General Municipal Law is amended to include school districts as entities which may acquire or lease real property provided in this Section.
Section 2. Provides for an immediate effective date.
Justification
Section 72-h of the General Municipal Law provides that the supervisors of a county, the town board of a town, the board of trustees of a village, the board of fire commissioners of a fire district, the board of estimate of a city, or if there be none the local legislative body of such city, and, in a city having a population of one million or more, the mayor, subject to the disapproval by the council within thirty days following receipt of notice of approval of the mayor, may sell, transfer or lease to or exchange with any municipal corporation or municipal corporations, school district, board of cooperative educational services, fire district, the State of New York, or the government of the United States and any agency or department thereof, any real property owned by such county, town, village, fire district or city. However, the law limits the ability to acquire or lease real property owned by an entity listed above to only municipal corporations and fire districts. This legislation would allow school districts to acquire or lease real property owned by a county, town, village, fire district or city. This would benefit school districts, for example, by allowing them to receive land at no cost from another municipal entity to help support school district activities.
Legislative history
2014: A.8940-A/S.6721-A
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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