STATE OF NEW YORK
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5041
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 4, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend the Westchester county administrative code, in relation
to the lease or sale of real property for park purposes
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 249.101 of chapter 852 of the laws of 1948, consti-
2 tuting the Westchester county administrative code, as added by chapter
3 679 of the laws of 1961 and renumbered by local law 8 of the laws of
4 1979, is amended to read as follows:
5 § 249.101 1. Whenever the county shall have acquired jurisdiction or
6 shall become vested with the title of real property for park purposes,
7 it shall be lawful for the Board of Acquisition and Contract, upon the
8 recommendation of the commissioner, to let for a period not exceeding
9 five years any of such real property or portion thereof which may be
10 within the bounds of the real estate so taken, and until the same is
11 required for park purposes.
12 2. [The Board of Acquisition and Contract, upon the recommendation of
13 the board, may authorize the safe of any building, improvement and other
14 materials within the boundary line of the lands so taken and belonging
15 to the county, which the board shall certify is not required for the
16 purposes of this chapter, and the proceeds of such leases and sales
17 shall be deposited with the Commissioner of Finance to the credit of the
18 county.
19 3.] The commissioner shall have the right, subject to the approval of
20 the County Board, to construct, reconstruct, complete, alter or repair
21 any buildings or structures, or demolish or remove the same to carry out
22 the purposes of this chapter.
23 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 249.111 of chapter 852 of the laws of
24 1948, constituting the Westchester county administrative code, as
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 amended by local law 3 of the laws of 1962 and renumbered by local law 8
2 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows:
3 1. [The] For parcels under two acres and not used as parks, the coun-
4 ty, upon the recommendation of the board, is hereby authorized to sell
5 and covey, by either public or private sale, any real estate which may
6 have been acquired by purchase, condemnation or otherwise for park
7 purposes, and which is determined by the County Board to be no longer
8 required for such purposes, or to grant rights or interests in, over,
9 under and across any real estate acquired for park purposes, such sale
10 and conveyance or grant to be in accordance with the provisions of the
11 County Charter and Administrative Code.
12 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
