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NY Pub Lands L § 34-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 3 - Unappropriated State Lands 34-A - Leasing and Granting of Unappropriated State Lands to the United States or Any Instrumentality Thereof.

§ 34-a. Leasing  and  granting  of  unappropriated  state lands to the   United States or any  instrumentality  thereof.    The  commissioner  of   general  services  may  grant  and  convey  in  fee title or such lesser   interest than fee title or, notwithstanding any other provision  of  law   to  the  contrary, lease without bid, for such periods of time as he may   deem appropriate to the  United  States  of  America,  its  departments,   agencies and other instrumentalities, including the United States Postal   Service,  authorized by law to take such fee title, lesser interest than   fee title or leasehold interest in real property, upon application by an   authorized  officer  or  employee  thereof,  and  upon  such  terms  and   conditions  as  the  commissioner deems proper, any parcel or parcels of   unappropriated state land which are needed to carry out the functions of   such department, agency or instrumentality.  The  use  of  any  property   conveyed  under  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  local  land  use   regulation.
NY Pub Lands L § 35 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 3 - Unappropriated State Lands 35 - Terms of Sale.

§ 35. Terms  of  sale.    The  commissioner  of general services shall   prescribe the terms and conditions of all sales.
NY Pub Lands L § 36 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 3 - Unappropriated State Lands 36 - Issue of Patents.

§ 36. Issue  of  patents.    On  the production to the commissioner of   general services by the purchaser, his representative or assignee of any   certificate heretofore issued  by  the  state  engineer  and  a  receipt   showing  payment  to  the  state of the whole of the purchase-money, the   purchaser's bond on such sale shall be cancelled by the state department   having custody of such bond and such commissioner shall deliver  letters   patent  for  the  lands  sold  to the person entitled thereto.   If such   certificate be lost or wrongfully withheld by any person from the  owner   thereof, such commissioner may receive evidence of such loss or wrongful   detention,  and issue a patent to the person who, on satisfactory proof,   appears to him to be entitled thereto.
NY Pub Lands L § 37 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 3 - Unappropriated State Lands 37 - Collection, Forfeiture and Cancellation of Purchase-Money Bonds.

§ 37. Collection, forfeiture and cancellation of purchase-money bonds.   The  commissioner  of general services may direct the comptroller to sue   upon any bond heretofore received by the office of general  services  or   its  predecessors  including  the  state  engineer,  the commissioner of   transportation or the secretary of state on the sale  of  unappropriated   state lands, if any payment stipulated in such bond shall remain due one   year,  or  the  commissioner  may  direct  the  sale of the land for the   payment of which such bond was given, and in  case  of  such  sale,  all   previous payments made on account of such land shall be forfeited to the   people  of the state, and the bonds may be delivered up and cancelled on   the surrender of the certificates of sale.
NY Pub Lands L § 37-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 3 - Unappropriated State Lands 37-A - Resale of Lands.

§ 37-a. Resale  of  lands.    The  commissioner  of  general services,   whenever he resells any such lot, shall include in the amount for  which   such  lot  is  offered for sale, the sum unpaid at the time of such sale   for principal and interest on the purchase-moneys  thereof,  the  amount   due  on the books in the comptroller's office for taxes and the interest   and charges thereon and the costs of such sale. If the total  amount  of   such  charges  be  not  bid therefor, he shall purchase the same for the   state at such amount. If on any such sale, the commissioner becomes  the   purchaser  in behalf of the state, in case such lands are not within the   forest  preserve,  the  commissioner  shall  direct,  whether  the  land   purchased  be  offered  for  sale  by  him at the price for which it was   purchased, or a new appraisement made thereof under  his  direction.  He   may  sell such lots to any person applying to purchase the same, for the   amount at which the same was purchased for the state, on the like  terms   and  conditions  as  he  is  authorized to sell the unappropriated state   lands. If the commissioner directs a new appraisal of  such  lands,  the   commissioner  may  sell  the  same as prescribed in this section for the   prices at which the lots are respectively appraised.
NY Pub Lands L § 38 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 3 - Unappropriated State Lands 38 - Payment on Resale.

§ 38. Payment  on  resale.    The  purchaser  shall complete the sale,   immediately, by paying into the treasury the amount due on the land  and   receiving  a  patent,  or by executing a proper bond and receiving a new   certificate of the sale.
NY Pub Lands L § 38-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 3 - Unappropriated State Lands 38-A - Removal of Occupants of Land Resold.

§ 38-a. Removal of occupants of land resold.  When a resale of land is   directed,  the commissioner of general services shall cause notice to be   given to every occupant of such land to remove therefrom, and if he does   not comply with such notice, he shall direct the  district  attorney  of   the  county  in which such lands may be situated to commence proceedings   for his removal before the county judge of such county. On proof, by the   production of a certificate from the commissioner that a resale of  such   land  has  been  duly  ordered  for default of payment, such judge shall   issue his warrant to the sheriff of the county,  commanding  him  within   ten  days  after  the receipt thereof, to remove such occupant from such   lands; and the sheriff shall remove such person within such  time,  and,   for  that  purpose, shall possess the same powers as in the execution of   criminal process. The sheriff shall retain such warrant  in  his  hands,   and  if  any person so removed shall return to occupy such lands without   the consent of the commissioner, he shall be forthwith  removed  by  the   sheriff  pursuant to such warrant.  The sheriff, for executing a warrant   under this section, shall be allowed such compensation, to be  paid  out   of the treasury, as the comptroller shall certify to be reasonable.
NY Pub Lands L § 39 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 3 - Unappropriated State Lands 39 - Application for Grant Under Special Law.

§ 39. Application  for  grant  under special law.  The commissioner of   general services shall not grant any of the unappropriated  state  lands   to  any person applying therefor by virtue of a special law, unless such   application be made within one year  after  the  passage  of  such  law,   unless  otherwise  provided  therein, but such land shall be sold in the   manner directed for the sale of unappropriated state lands.
NY Pub Lands L § 40 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 3 - Unappropriated State Lands 40 - Exchange of Unappropriated State Lands.

§ 40. Exchange  of  unappropriated  state lands.   The commissioner of   general services may, from time to time, exchange a part or all  of  any   parcel  or  parcels  of  unappropriated  state  lands  for real property   required by or of benefit to the state of New York and in which title is   held by the United States of America or a  city,  incorporated  village,   town  or  county  when  the  combined value of such unappropriated state   lands and required real property does not exceed five  hundred  thousand   dollars.  An  appraisal of the value of the real property to be acquired   by the state and of the property to be conveyed by the  state  shall  be   completed  by  a  qualified  professional  real estate appraiser. If the   value of either property is in excess of one hundred  thousand  dollars,   two appraisals of that property shall be required prior to the exchange.   The  terms  and  conditions  of  such  exchange,  including any monetary   consideration to  be  paid  to  equalize  the  value  of  such  exchange   properties,  shall  be  subject  to  the  prior  approval  of  the state   comptroller. The attorney general shall approve the title to  the  lands   to be thus acquired by the state.
NY Pub Lands L § 50 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 4 - Abandoned Canal Lands and Structures 50 - Sale of Abandoned Canal Lands.

§ 50. Sale  of  abandoned  canal  lands.   The commissioner of general   services may sell and convey at public or private sale the right,  title   and  interest  of  the  state  in and to any real property, acquired for   canal purposes, which the commissioner of transportation  may  determine   to have been abandoned for such purposes, or as to which a determination   of  abandonment  shall  have  been heretofore made pursuant to law.  The   commissioner of general services may  sell  and  convey  such  abandoned   lands in the same manner and with the same discretion as he may sell and   convey  unappropriated  state  land  pursuant  to  article three of this   chapter. The commissioner may sell such abandoned canal  lands  for  not   less  than  the  appraised  value thereof to occupants of such abandoned   canal lands or owners of adjacent land who have used  or  improved  such   abandoned  canal  lands either under a permit issued pursuant to section   one hundred of the canal law or in good  faith  without  knowledge  that   such  canal  lands were owned by the state; provided that such appraised   value shall be exclusive of  the  value  of  improvements  made  on  the   property by the purchaser.
NY Pub Lands L § 51 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 4 - Abandoned Canal Lands and Structures 51 - Maintenance and Repair of Highway Crossings on Abandoned Canal Lands.

§ 51. Maintenance  and  repair of highway crossings on abandoned canal   lands.  The maintenance and repair of highways on  any  parcel  of  such   canal  lands  which  have  heretofore been abandoned pursuant to law and   which have been converted into crossings at grade or which may hereafter   be  abandoned  pursuant  to  law  and  so   converted   shall   be   the   responsibility of the municipality within which such parcel of abandoned   canal  lands  is situated.  The provisions of this subdivision shall not   supersede any of the provisions of the highway law.
NY Pub Lands L § 59-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 4 - Abandoned Canal Lands and Structures 59-A - Disposition of Proceeds.

§ 59-a. Disposition of proceeds.  The proceeds from a sale or grant of   such  lands shall be applied first to repay any expenditures made by the   office of general services from moneys appropriated to  said  office  in   the  first  instance for the administration, management, utilization and   disposal of real property of the  state  and  any  rights  or  interests   therein  and any balance of such moneys remaining after repayment of the   first instance  expenditures  shall  be  applied  to  the  cost  of  the   improvement  which  renders  such  lands  no  longer  necessary, and the   expenses incurred by the attorney general for searches  and  examination   of  the  title  to  such  lands  shall  be deemed an item of the cost of   improvement.  Any surplus from the sale of  abandoned  lands  above  the   cost  of the entire improvement shall be applied to the sinking fund for   the payment of the improvement bonds.
NY Pub Lands L § 76 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 6 - Grants of Lands Under Water 76 - Surrender of Grant.

§ 76. Surrender of grant.  A grantee or his successor in interest, may   at  his  option  surrender  to the state, without consideration or for a   compensation to be determined by the commissioner, the lands under water   theretofore granted to him or any  part  thereof,  by  filing  with  the   commissioner a certificate duly executed and acknowledged, declaring his   intention  of  such  surrender and containing a description of the lands   surrendered,  subject  to  the  acceptance  of  such  surrender  by  the   commissioner;  and  such  surrender  when  so  accepted shall be without   prejudice to an  application  for  a  new  grant  upon  such  terms  and   conditions as the commissioner may determine.
NY Pub Lands L § 77 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 6 - Grants of Lands Under Water 77 - Notice of Application Therefor.

§ 77. Notice  of application therefor.  Every applicant for a grant of   land under water  shall,  previous  to  his  application,  cause  notice   thereof   to  be  published  at  least  once  a  week  for  four  weeks,   successively, in a newspaper printed in the county in which the land  so   intended  to  be  applied  for  is  situated,  unless the said lands are   situated wholly or in part in a city or village  where  a  newspaper  is   published  then  such notice shall be published in such newspaper; and a   copy of such notice to be posted for the same period upon  the  door  of   the court house of such county or at such other place in or at the court   house  as  is  generally  used  for the posting of legal notices, and if   there be no court house in the county, at such place as the commissioner   directs. The aforementioned four-week period shall be a full  period  of   twenty-eight  days. In cities having a population of one million or more   inhabitants, the applicant for a grant comprising ten thousand  or  more   square  feet  shall also serve personally, or by registered or certified   mail, a written notice containing  a  description  of  such  land  under   water,  together  with  the  name and address of the applicant, upon all   owners of waterfront land  within  three  hundred  feet  from  the  side   boundaries  of the upland of the applicant.  For purposes of identifying   such owners of waterfront land, the latest completed assessment roll may   be used in lieu of title search.  The  applicant  shall  file  with  the   commissioner  proof of service of such notice at least twenty days prior   to the date of application. However for the purposes of jurisdiction and   the validity of any grant issued under this section, the  commissioner's   finding  that the notice requirements of this section have been complied   with is final and conclusive.
NY Pub Lands L § 78 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 6 - Grants of Lands Under Water 78 - Failure to Comply With Conditions of Grant; Annulment.

§ 78. Failure  to  comply  with conditions of grant; annulment.  On or   before the tenth day of January in each year the commissioner of general   services shall examine the records of all grants of land under water for   which patents  shall  have  been  issued  containing  conditions  to  be   complied  with  within  fixed  period  of  time  after the issue of such   patents and make a list of all such grants containing such conditions of   which the periods for performance have expired. It  shall  thereupon  be   the   duty   of  the  commissioner  of  general  services  to  cause  an   investigation to be made without delay for the purpose  of  ascertaining   whether  or  not compliance with the conditions contained in such grants   shall  have  been  had,   and   he   shall   report   thereon   to   the   attorney-general.  It shall be the duty of the attorney-general to begin   actions against all such patentees or their successors  in  interest  or   assigns  for  the annulment of all patents the conditions of which shall   be found not to have been complied with within the period fixed in  such   grants for compliance.
NY Pub Lands L § 80 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 7 - Mines, Minerals and Metals 80 - Definitions.

§ 80. Definitions.  As used in this article:1.  "Gold mine" means a mineral deposit in which the total sales value   of the gold is more than fifty per centum of  the  value  of  all  other   minerals associated or occurring with the gold in the mine.2.  "Silver  mine"  means  a  mineral deposit in which the total sales   value of the silver is more than fifty per centum of the  value  of  all   other minerals associated or occurring with the silver in the mine.3.  "Minerals"  means  all  minerals  and rocks, more particularly any   inorganic substance which can be extracted  from  the  earth,  excepting   gas, oil and water.4.  "State  lands" means all lands now or hereafter owned by the state   of New York except lands in the forest preserve as  defined  by  section   sixty-three of the conservation law.5.  "Filer"  means  the  person  filing  a notice of discovery, or his   heirs, distributees, representatives or successors in interest.
NY Pub Lands L § 81 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 7 - Mines, Minerals and Metals 81 - Minerals Subject to State Ownership; Exploration of Mines on State Lands.

§ 81. Minerals  subject  to  state  ownership; exploration of mines on state lands.  1. The following minerals are the property of  the  people of the state of New York in their right of sovereignty:  (a) All deposits of gold and silver in or upon private lands and lands belonging  to  the  state heretofore or hereafter discovered within this state.  (b) All deposits of  minerals  and  fossils  heretofore  or  hereafter discovered  in or upon any lands belonging to the people of the state of New York.   2. The commissioner of general services may, upon written  application by  any  citizen of the United States, issue to such applicant a permit, consent, or  lease  of  such  duration  as  the  commissioner  may  deem advisable,  upon  such  terms  and  conditions as the commissioner shall determine, to enter upon state lands, for the purpose of  exploring  for mines  and  minerals  or  for  the purpose of breaking up such lands and working any mine or extracting any mineral in such lands.   In the case of state lands other than unappropriated state lands,  the state  department, agency, commission or institution having jurisdiction over such lands shall  receive  notice  from  the  commissioner  of  any application to explore, break-up or mine, and shall have a period of not less  than thirty days to report thereon in writing to the commissioner, and no permit, consent or lease shall be issued until  such  report  has been  received  or  the  thirty day period has expired, and shall not be effective until approved by the governor.
NY Pub Lands L § 83 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 7 - Mines, Minerals and Metals 83 - Entry Upon Lands to Work Mines; Effect of Notice.

§ 83. Entry  upon  lands to work mines; effect of notice.  1.  Nothing   contained in this article shall affect any right heretofore  granted  by   special  act  of  the  legislature  nor  affect the terms of any consent   heretofore given by the commissioner  of  general  services  to  persons   having  discovered  deposits  of minerals but any such person shall upon   the taking effect of this act be otherwise subject to and bound  by  the   provisions of this article; nor give any person a right to enter upon or   break up the lands of any other persons, or of the state, or to work any   mine  in  such lands, unless and until there shall have been recorded in   the office of the clerk of the county in which such lands are located or   of the register, if the recording officer in such county is a  register,   the  written and duly acknowledged consent of the owner thereof, or when   the lands belong to the state, a certified copy of the consent given  by   the  commissioner  pursuant  to subdivision two of section eighty-one of   this article, upon such terms and  conditions  as  such  owner  or  said   commissioner,  as the case may be, may make and specify in such consent.   Permission to erect buildings for working mines upon state lands may  be   given  by the commissioner, when such commissioner is satisfied that the   erection or occupation of such buildings will not be detrimental to  the   interests  of  the  state.  Nothing  in this article shall authorize any   person working a mine upon state lands to  cut  or  destroy  any  timber   whatever  except such trees as it may be actually necessary to remove in   order to uncover or to erect structures upon or  make  a  road  to  such   mine,  or  to provide space for such buildings and for mine tailings and   the like. For each tree measuring four inches or more in diameter  at  a   height  of  one  foot  from the ground, which shall be so cut, the party   operating the mine shall pay into the state  treasury  the  sum  of  one   dollar.2.  The  filing  of  notice  of  discovery  on  lands other than those   belonging to the state gives one so filing no right of property in  such   lands  or  the mines or minerals therein, nor any lien thereon. All such   rights flow solely from the owner of such lands or those  holding  under   him except that, in the event that the mines or minerals thereon consist   of  gold  or  silver,  all rights to explore, mine or work flow from the   state acting by the commissioner as in the case of  lands  belonging  to   the state subject to the above said written consent of the owner.
NY Pub Lands L § 85 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 7 - Mines, Minerals and Metals 85 - Rules and Regulations.

§ 85. Rules and regulations.  The commissioner of general services may   prescribe  the  form  and  contents  of all notices provided for by this   article and may, from time to time, make, adopt and enforce  such  rules   and  regulations,  not  inconsistent  with  this article, as he may deem   necessary or proper for the administration of this article.