What's happening
This bill expands allowed uses for certain state land in Greene County to include a 911 backup call center, sheriff administration, and a solar field.
Why it matters
Expanding the land’s allowable uses could strengthen Greene County’s emergency preparedness. by enabling the creation of a 911 backup call center and dedicated sheriff administration facilities, ensuring continuity of critical services if the main sites are compromised.
The inclusion of a solar field specifically for the correctional facility and 911 center could reduce operational costs and improve energy resilience. , potentially lowering taxpayer burden and providing a backup power source during outages or emergencies.
Allowing on-site mitigation measures signals an effort to address environmental or logistical challenges proactively. , possibly making the site safer, more sustainable, or more adaptable to future needs related to public safety infrastructure.
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Give Land for 911 Center
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- Substituted by S6070
- Rules report cal.565
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to governmental operations
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Transfer Land for 911 Center
Signed by Governor · Sponsor George Amedore
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8214
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 2, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend chapter 325 of the laws of 2015, authorizing the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land to the county of Greene, in relation to using the land for a 911 backup emergency call center and sheriff administration, on-site mitigation and a solar field for the benefit of the correctional facility or 911 backup emergency call center
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 5 of chapter 325 of the laws of 2015, authorizing the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land to the county of Greene, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The land described in this act shall be used exclusively for the purposes of operating and maintaining a county correctional facility, including a 911 backup emergency call center and sheriff administration, as well as on-site mitigation and if circumstances dictate, the potential to install a solar field which would solely be for the benefit of the correctional facility and 911 backup emergency call center.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09994-01-7
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