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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         4784--C
            Cal. No. 1411
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     April 15, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
          reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee -- reported
          favorably from said  committee  and  committed  to  the  Committee  on
          Finance -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the
          Committee  on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading --  again
          amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of
          third reading
 
        AN ACT to direct the commissioner of general services  and  the  commis-
          sioner  of  the  office  for people with developmental disabilities to
          study and report on the most appropriate uses of the J.N. Adam  devel-
          opmental center
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The commissioner of general services and  the  commissioner
     2  of  the  office for people with developmental disabilities shall jointly
     3  examine, evaluate, and make a report  concerning  the  most  appropriate
     4  uses  of  the  J.N.  Adam  developmental  center (the center), generally
     5  described in section two of this act. The  commissioners  shall  prepare
     6  such  report in conjunction with, and shall consider and include in such
     7  report the recommendations of, the empire state development corporation,
     8  the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation,  the  depart-
     9  ment  of  environmental  conservation, the mayor of the city of Buffalo,
    10  the city council of the city of Buffalo, the supervisor of the  town  of
    11  Perrysburg,  and  the  town board of the town of Perrysburg. Such report
    12  shall include, but not be limited  to,  an  examination  of:  any  legal
    13  impediments to any conveyance and other future uses of the real property
    14  constituting  the  center; the availability of funding for the temporary
    15  maintenance of the facilities of such center; any improvements  to  such
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10485-10-5
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     1  center which may be necessary to facilitate the conveyance of all or any
     2  portion  thereof; environmental and other remediation necessary, includ-
     3  ing cost estimates, to facilitate the conveyance or any  other  disposi-
     4  tion  of such center; and the impact of any such conveyance or any other
     5  disposition upon the town of  Perrysburg,  county  of  Cattaraugus,  and
     6  surrounding  municipalities,  including the city of Buffalo. Such report
     7  shall also include a complete and accurate survey and description of the
     8  lands constituting the center, which shall distinguish parcels that  are
     9  currently  being  used by the office for people with developmental disa-
    10  bilities, and identify other such parcels as  appropriate.  Such  report
    11  shall  be  submitted to the governor, temporary president of the senate,
    12  and the speaker of the assembly on or before  December  31,  2016.  Such
    13  report  shall  also  be  posted  on the website of the office of general
    14  services and the office for people with developmental  disabilities  for
    15  at  least  eighteen  months after such date, and shall otherwise be made
    16  available for public inspection consistent with article 6 of the  public
    17  officers law.
    18    § 2. The lands subject to the provisions of this act, constituting the
    19  center,  situate  in  the  town  of  Perrysburg,  county of Cattaraugus,
    20  consists of approximately 649 acres of both  developed  and  undeveloped
    21  land, and shall include any structures thereon.
    22    §  3.  No  later than 90 days prior to December 31, 2016, at least two
    23  public hearings shall have been held to solicit public input  concerning
    24  appropriate  uses for the center. At least one such public hearing shall
    25  be held in the town of Perrysburg, and at least one shall be held in the
    26  city of Buffalo.
    27    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.