NY Pub Auth L § 704 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 8 - Ogdensburg Bridge Authority 704 - Consent of State.

§  704.  Consent  of state. 1. The state of New York hereby authorizes   the commissioner of general services to consent, in his  discretion,  to   the  use  and occupation by the authority of any unappropriated lands of   the state of New York including the land under the waters of  the  Saint   Lawrence  river,  necessary  for  the  construction and operation of the   bridge  and  approach  roads  herein  authorized  upon  such  terms  and   conditions as such commissioner may deem appropriate.2.  The  state  hereby  further authorizes the commissioner of general   services, with the consent of the commissioner  of  mental  hygiene  and   approval  of  the  director  of  the budget, to grant to the authority a   portion of the lands of the Saint Lawrence state hospital located in the   county of Saint Lawrence, upon  such  terms  and  conditions,  including   consideration,  as  such commissioner may determine. The portion of such   lands of such hospital herein authorized to be granted  shall  be  taken   from  the westerly end of the hospital property on the northerly side of   Proctor avenue and to be bounded on the south by the northerly  line  of   Proctor avenue, on the north and northwest by the high water line of the   Saint  Lawrence river, on the west by the westerly boundary line of said   hospital property and on the east by a line running from  the  northerly   line  of  Proctor  avenue  northerly to the high water line of the Saint   Lawrence river  so  as  to  contain  within  said  bounds  approximately   seventy-five  acres  of  land  together with a triangular parcel of land   between  Proctor  avenue  and  the  northerly  line  of  arterial  route   thirty-seven,  bounded  on  the west by a westerly boundary line of said   hospital grounds, on the south and east by  the  northerly  boundary  of   arterial  route  thirty-seven,  and  on  the  north by the south side of   Proctor avenue, excepting therefrom any and all lands taken and  devoted   to  highway  purposes  of  the  state  of  New  York.  The department of   transportation shall make an accurate survey of the  parcels  so  to  be   granted  and the grants to the authority may describe the land according   to such surveys. The commissioner of general services in determining the   amount of the consideration for such grants shall take into account  the   obsolescence  of  the improvements on the land conveyed, the cost to the   authority, as  estimated  by  the  commissioner  of  transportation,  of   demolition  of such facilities as are considered obsolete, and providing   such improvement to the Saint Lawrence state hospital  property  as  the   commissioner  of mental hygiene with the approval of the director of the   budget, deems necessary in consequence of the grants  herein  authorized   and  such  grants  shall  contain  appropriate  conditions to ensure the   providing of such improvements by the authority at its cost and expense.   Actual payment of the consideration for the grants, as determined by the   commissioner of general services, shall not be required as  a  condition   precedent  to  the  grants, but the amount thereof shall be certified by   the commissioner to the state comptroller and shall be deemed an advance   to the authority by the state  to  be  repaid  in  the  same  manner  as   provided  in section seven hundred fifteen of this article for repayment   of appropriations made by the state to the authority.