Assembly Bill A7869

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Implements the settlement of land disputes between the state and private parties with regard to parcels in township 40, Totten and Crossfield Purchase, Long Lake

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A7869 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4809
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 9 Title 9 ยงยง9-1901 - 9-1915, En Con L

2013-A7869 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes provisions of law, as authorized by a proposed constitutional amendment, providing for the settlement of land disputes between the state and private parties with regard to parcels in township 40, Totten and Crossfield Purchase, in the town of Long Lake, county of Hamilton.

2013-A7869 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7869

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 6, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SWEENEY, BUTLER, STEC, DUPREY, MAGNARELLI -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  providing for the settlement of a land dispute between the  state  and
  private  parties  with  regard  to  parcels in township 40, Totten and
  Crossfield Purchase, in the town of Long Lake, county of Hamilton

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Article 9 of the environmental conservation law is amended
by adding a new title 19 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 19
                      TOWNSHIP FORTY SETTLEMENT ACT
SECTION 9-1901. LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE AND INTENT.
        9-1903. DEFINITIONS.
        9-1905. LIST OF DISPUTED PARCELS.
        9-1907. PROCESS FOR CLEARING TITLE.
        9-1909. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO FILE SUIT.
        9-1911. CONVEYANCES TO THE STATE.
        9-1913. ADIRONDACK PARK AGENCY JURISDICTION.
        9-1915. NOTARIZED STATEMENT.
S 9-1901. LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE AND INTENT.
  1. DURING THE LAST ONE HUNDRED  YEARS,  BOTH  THE  STATE  AND  PRIVATE
PARTIES  HAVE  CLAIMED  TITLE  TO  IDENTICAL PORTIONS OF TOWNSHIP FORTY,
TOTTEN AND CROSSFIELD PURCHASE, IN THE TOWN  OF  LONG  LAKE,  COUNTY  OF
HAMILTON.    INDEED,  SOME  PRIVATE PARTIES HAVE OCCUPIED AND IMPROVED A
NUMBER OF SUCH PARCELS TO WHICH THE STATE  CLAIMS  TITLE  AND,  IN  MANY
CASES,  BOTH  THE  STATE  AND  PRIVATE  PARTIES  HAVE PAID TAXES ON SUCH
PARCELS. IN THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES, THE STATE AND SOME PRIVATE PARTIES
HAVE COMMENCED LITIGATION,  AT  SIGNIFICANT  EXPENSE  AND  WITH  LIMITED
SUCCESS,  TO ESTABLISH THEIR RESPECTIVE CLAIMS OVER DISPUTED PARCELS. AS
A RESULT OF LONGSTANDING CLAIMS TO DISPUTED PARCELS, THE  FREE  TRANSFER

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10057-03-3
              

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