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History
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 63–0
- Home rule request
- Ordered to third reading cal.1635
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Print number 5617a
- Amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Authorizes the commissioner of environmental conservation to lease state land and television translator system to the Tioga county bureau of fire and other occupants
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Christopher Friend
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BILL NUMBER:S5617A
Title of bill
An act to amend chapter 412 of the laws of 1990 relating to authorizing the commissioner of environmental conservation to lease a portion of state land to public television station WSKG, in relation to leasing such land, tower and associated utility lines to the Tioga county bureau of fire, the Northern Tioga emergency medical services, the Newark Valley central school district, the Berkshire fire department and the town of Berkshire highway department
Purpose or general idea of bill
Allows the commissioner of environmental conservation to lease state land and television translator system to the Tioga county bureau of fire and the Northern Tioga emergency medical services, the Newark Valley central school district, the Berkshire fire department and the town of Berkshire highway department.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends chapter 412 of the laws of 1990 relating to authorizing the commissioner of environmental conservation to lease a portion of state land to public television station at WSKG, in relation to leasing such land, tower and associated utility lines to the Tioga county bureau of fire, the Northern Tioga emergency medical services, the Newark Valley central school district, the Berkshire fire department and the town of Berkshire highway department. The lease of such land and television translator system shall be made upon such terms and conditions as the commission determines, provided the lease does not exceed twenty years.
Section 2 establishes the act shall take effect immediately
Justification
The radio tower site was leased from 2004 - 2014 by the Berkshire Emergency Squad from the commissioner of environmental conservation and is the primary radio tower for Newark Valley central school, the Northern Tioga EMS and the Berkshire fire and highway department. The Tioga county bureau of fire will be a new lease holder and will integrate the county's fire and ems services through the radio tower. Northern Tioga emergency medical services, the Newark Valley central school district, the Berkshire fire department and the town of Berkshire highway department will also continue to use the radio tower.
Legislative history
Amd Sl, Chap 412 of 1990; rpld Chap 33 of 1979.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Effective Immediately
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