STATE OF NEW YORK
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2334
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 18, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. PADAVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
AN ACT to amend the Indian law, in relation to clarifying that the
settlement of a claim respecting Indian lands requires the express
consent of the legislature
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 7-a of the Indian law, as added by chapter 568 of
2 the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 7-a. Purchase of lands of Indians; settlement of a claim. No
4 purchase or contract for the sale of lands of Indians in this state, or
5 settlement of a claim respecting the lands of Indians, shall be valid
6 unless made under the authority, and with the express consent, by stat-
7 ute or resolution, of the legislature.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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