Authorizes the commissioner of general services to convey certain state lands in the city of Kingston to the county of Ulster for $1, to be used for transitional housing for veterans and provision of other assistance to veterans.

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S7405-2011 Actions

• Aug 1, 2012: SIGNED CHAP.352
• Jul 20, 2012: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
• Jun 18, 2012: returned to senate
• Jun 18, 2012: passed assembly
• Jun 18, 2012: home rule request
• Jun 18, 2012: ordered to third reading rules cal.264
• Jun 18, 2012: substituted for a10516
• Jun 12, 2012: referred to ways and means
• Jun 12, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 12, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 12, 2012: HOME RULE REQUEST
• Jun 12, 2012: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1175
• Jun 12, 2012: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• May 23, 2012: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• May 9, 2012: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

S7405-2011 Meetings

Finance: Jun 12, 2012, Local Government: May 23, 2012, Rules: Jun 18, 2012

S7405-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: Jun 12, 2012

S7405-2011 Votes

S7405-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S7405

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to authorize the commissioner of general services to convey certain
state lands to the county of Ulster

PURPOSE:
This bill authorizes the Commissioner of the Office of General
Services to transfer and convey approximately 0.179 acre of land with
buildings and improvements, formerly used as a group home for people
with developmental disabilities to the County of Ulster to provide
transitional housing for and to otherwise assist veterans.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 authorizes the Office of General Services to transfer and
convey real property to the County of Ulster for one dollar plus such
other conditions the Commissioner of General Services deems
appropriate.

Section 2 provides a description of the real property located at 67
Wurts Street in Kingston, NY which is to be conveyed.

Section 3 requires that OGS not transfer or convey the property unless
an application is made by the County of Ulster within one year of the
effective date of this act.

Section 4 requires that any land transferred pursuant to this act
shall be used exclusively by the County of Ulster for transitional
veterans housing and to otherwise assist veterans in Ulster County.

Section 5 is the effective date of the act. This act would take effect
immediately.

JUSTIFICATION:
After proudly serving their Country, veterans are faced with many
challenges and obstacles upon their return home which causes
re-acclimation to civilian life to be difficult. As a result, some
veterans are ending up homeless and in need of assistance. This bill
would support the County of Ulster's efforts to assist homeless
veterans by providing a location for the County to provide high
quality and dignified transitional housing and support services for
needy veterans.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect immediately.

S7405-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    7405

                              I N  SENATE

                                 May 9, 2012
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

  AN ACT to authorize the  commissioner  of  general  services  to  convey
    certain state lands to the county of Ulster

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


    Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, but  notwithstanding
  any  other provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner of general
  services is hereby authorized to transfer and convey to  the  county  of
  Ulster,  in exchange for consideration of one dollar and upon such other
  terms and conditions as such commissioner may deem necessary and proper,
  approximately 0.179 acre of state land with buildings  and  improvements
  thereon,  formerly  used  as  a group home for people with developmental
  disabilities, and further described in section two of this act.
    S 2. The lands authorized by this act to be transferred  and  conveyed
  are as follows:

    Al  that  certain  lot,  piece  or  parcel of land, with buildings and
  improvements thereon, situated, lying, and being in the  City  of  King-
  ston,  County  of  Ulster,  State of New York, known as 67 Wurts Street,
  Kingston, New York 12401, (Section, Block, and  Lot  Number  56.42-8-18)
  and more particularly bounded and described as follows:

    Beginning at a point, said point being a recovered monument set at the
  intersection  of  the  southerly  side of Spring Street and the westerly
  side of Wurts Street thence along said westerly side  of  Wurts  Street;
  thence  along  said  Westerly side of Wurts Street, south 28 degrees, 24
  feet, 20 inches east, 73.60 feet to an X cut  on  the  sidewalk;  thence
  along  the division line of lands of The People of the State of New York
  and land, now or formerly, of Eleanor M. Kelder, south  61  degrees,  35
  feet,  40  inches west, 100.00 feet to a set rod on the easterly side of
  lands, now or formerly, of John F. Whitaker; thence along said lands  of
  Whitaker  north  28  degrees, 7 feet and 44 inches west, 82.52 feet to a
  rod set on the southerly side of Spring Street; thence along the  south-
  erly  side  of Spring Street, north 66 degrees, 42 feet, 40 inches east,
  100.00 feet to the point and place of  beginning,  containing  7,791.256

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD15799-01-2

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  square  feet  or  0.179 acre, more or less. All bearings are referred to
  magnetic meridian.
    S 3. The commissioner of general services shall not transfer or convey
  such lands unless application is made by the county of Ulster within one
  year after the effective date of this act.
    S  4.  Any lands transferred pursuant to this act shall be used by the
  county of Ulster for the purposes of such county's department of  social
  services,  department  of  mental  health, and/or department of veterans
  affairs for the provision of  transitional  housing  for  and  otherwise
  providing assistance to veterans in such county, and upon termination of
  such  uses,  title to the lands so transferred shall revert to the state
  of New York.
    S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.