BILL NUMBER: S9332A
SPONSOR: MARTINS
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act in relation to authorizing the town of Oyster Bay to discontinue
as parklands and convey such parkland to the department of environmental
conservation
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Authorizes the town of Oyster Bay to discontinue as parklands and convey
such parkland to the DEC
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: The Town.of Oyster Bay, upon consent, is hereby authorized to
discontinue and. convey. town parkland. SeThis authorization shall be
effective only if the departmeht environmental conservation convey to
the Town of Oyster Bay, provided lands have never been used for public
open.space or park purposes.
Section 3: Describes the parcels of land conveyed by the Town of Oyster
Bay this bill is applicable towards
Section 4: Describes the parcels of land conveys by the DEC
Section. 5: The Town of Oyster Bay shall comply with any federal regu-
lations, if.applicable, before the discontinuance and alienation of such
parkland
Section 6: Sets the effective date
 
JUSTIFICATION:
The Town of Oyster Bay contains parcels of land that were designated as
parkland in 1987 that are no longer practical and effective as such. The
lands are riot bsed for public open space or park purposes. but rather
sit as vacant lots that the town has no control over. This bill would ò
allow the Town of Oyster Bay to simply remove the designation and alien-
ation of these spaces as parkland and allow them to be used for a more
effective purpose.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
N / A
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately