Assembly Actions -
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Sep 23, 2011 |
signed chap.501 |
Sep 12, 2011 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 13, 2011 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.908 substituted for s2779 |
Jun 13, 2011 |
substituted by a408 |
Jun 06, 2011 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 02, 2011 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 01, 2011 |
1st report cal.908 |
Feb 01, 2011 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S2779
Signed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A408 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 29th Senate District
2011-S2779 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S2779 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides for the lapse of oil and gas and interests located within Allegany state park if unused for 20 years prior to effective date of act unless a statement of claim is filed by the owner prior to the end of the 20 year period or within 2 years of the effective date of the act, whichever is later; provides upon such lapse ownership shall revert to New York state; procedures and definitions.
2011-S2779 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2779 REVISED 06/07/11 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the real property law, in relation to lapse of oil and gas interests in Allegany state park SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Amends the Real Property Law by adding a new section 329-a to provide that oil and gas interests in Allegany State Park unused for 20 years will lapse and revert to New York State unless a statement of claim is filed in accordance with subdivision five of this section. Failure to file a statement of claim will not result in lapse of such oil and gas interest if a diligent effort to preserve such interest were made with the period provided in subdivision five; or there was a failure to provide a statement of claim through inadvertence, or if no such notice was published within sixty days after receiving actual knowledge that such oil and gas interest had been extinguished. JUSTIFICATION: Allegany State Park is home to 67,000 acres of outdoor recreational opportunities for residents in Rochester and Buffalo and the surrounding regions of the Niagara Frontier, Genesee Valley and Finger Lakes: The park is an invaluable asset to the state's tourism economy. It offers a hundred-year-old mixed hardwood forest, a 350-year-old old-growth-forest and one of the most botanically
2011-S2779 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2779 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 1, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to lapse of oil and gas interests in Allegany state park THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative declaration. The legislature finds and declares that there exists within Allegany state park a unique situation whereby rights to oil and gas resources beneath the surface were severed at or prior to the time of acquisition of lands of the park by the state of New York, and that currently such rights may remain in private ownership under significant areas of the park. Many of these rights are of ancient origin and uncertain ownership and have never been exercised since such acquisition, yet they complicate the state's ownership rights in the park, and create the potential for future interference with the public's right to full enjoyment of the park's unique and substantial natural beauty and resources. The legislature finds that where oil and gas rights have not been used for twenty years, they may properly be viewed as dormant, and it is reasonable and appropriate to lapse such rights unless their owners assert their claims to them within a reasonable period of two years. The provisions of this act provide ample notice to the unknown owners of the potential lapse of their rights as well as ample opportunity to assert their claims. Thus, this act provides reasonable protection of such rights while furthering the important public policy of promoting the public's use and enjoyment of parklands free from potential interference by dormant subsurface rights. S 2. The real property law is amended by adding a new section 329-a to read as follows: S 329-A. LAPSE OF OIL AND GAS INTEREST WITHIN ALLEGANY STATE PARK. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO OIL AND GAS INTERESTS THAT EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01154-01-1
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