Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land to the town of Romulus for the purposes of operating and maintaining a water treatment plant.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A7756
SPONSOR: Palmesano TITLE OF BILL:
An act authorizing the commissioner of general services to transfer and
convey certain unappropriated state land to the town of Romulus
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Authorizes the commissioner of general services to convey an abandoned
parcel of land to the Town of Romulus for the expansion of a wastewater
treatment facility.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one authorizes the commissioner of general services, subject to
the consent of the commissioner of corrections and community super-
vision, to transfer and convey to the Town of Romulus, abandoned state
land owned by the department of corrections within the town of Romulus,
for the sum of one dollar and upon conditions as the commissioner of
general services may deem proper.
Section two provides for the authorization between the town of Romulus
and DOCCS to transfer and convey the land with the description of the
property to be conveyed approved in consultation with OGS consisting of
a number of separate buildings and land.
Section three states that the description within section two is not
intended to be a legal description but intended to identify the parcels
to be conveyed. And that as a condition of the transfer, the town of
Romulus may submit to the commissioner of general services an accurate
survey and description of the lands to be conveyed, which may be used in
the conveyance thereof.
Section four states that the office of general services shall not trans-
fer or convey the aforesaid land unless an application is made by the
Town of Romulus within 1 year after the effective date of this act and
that said application shall be in the form of a resolution setting forth
a comprehensive statement approved by its Town Board acknowledging and
accepting the use restrictions set forth within section five.
Section five establishes that the land shall only be used for the
purpose of operating a wastewater treatment plant and operations as may
be reasonably necessary. If any other purpose is undertaken, it shall
revert back to the State of New York.
Section six sets the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Over the years, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
has assisted in making surplus property available to municipalities and
not-for-profit corporations upon a showing of important need when the
property is no longer needed. In this instance, a water treatment facil-
ity, located at the Willard Drug Treatment Facility, is no longer needed
by the state and is currently not being used to its maximum potential.
The Town of Romulus seeks to utilize this facility to its maximum
output, thereby providing water treatment services for the town includ-
ing the nearby Business District, residential community and the elemen-
tary school. The transfer would also allow the town to take advantage of
grants that are unavailable to others to substantially improve water
treatment services. This transfer would also prevent the Town of Romulus
from having to construct its own water treatment facility which would
cost taxpayers millions of dollars.
The transfer of land has received statements of approval from the
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation and the New York State Office
of General Services.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
Virtually none to the State. Will result in savings for the Town of
Romulus.
EFFECTS ON FINES, PENAL SANCTIONS AND OTHER PENALTIES:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Shall take effect. immediately
