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NY Pub Lands L § 2-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 2 - Office of General Services 2-A - Certain Transfers of Jurisdiction Over State-Owned Lands and Declarations of Abandonment by the Commissioner of General Services.

§ 2-a. Certain  transfers  of  jurisdiction over state-owned lands and   declarations of abandonment by the commissioner of general services.  1.   When  the  commissioner  of  general  services  proposes   to   transfer   jurisdiction  over  state  lands pursuant to subdivision four of section   three without the application or consent therein provided  or  when  the   commissioner  proposes to declare real property as abandoned pursuant to   subdivision two of section thirty-a, he shall  give  written  notice  of   such  intention to the agency having jurisdiction over such land, and in   the case of a transfer of jurisdiction pursuant to subdivision  four  of   section  three, to the state agency to which jurisdiction is proposed to   be transferred.2. Unless within thirty days from the date such notice  is  given,  an   agency  entitled to notice pursuant to subdivision one hereof objects to   such proposed action, the commissioner of general  services  may  effect   such transfer of jurisdiction or declaration of abandonment.3.  If  within  thirty  days  of  the giving of such notice, any state   agency entitled to notice pursuant to subdivision one hereof objects  to   the  action proposed by the commissioner by filing notice to such effect   with the commissioner of general services, such proposed action shall be   reviewed by the director of the budget, and the secretary of state. They   shall affirm or reverse the proposed action by the commissioner and that   decision shall be final. If they affirm the proposed action or  fail  to   render  a  determination  within  six  months  of the date of the notice   referred to in subdivision one, the commissioner  may  thereupon  effect   such transfer or declaration of abandonment.
NY Pub Lands L § 2-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 2 - Office of General Services 2-B - Transfers of Certain Funds.

§ 2-b. Transfers  of  certain  funds.   Subject to the approval of the   director of the budget, any funds which have  been  appropriated  and/or   allocated  for the operation or maintenance of state-owned real property   abandoned under section thirty-a shall be transferred to the  office  of   general  services  for  the  continued operation and maintenance of such   real property and any funds which have been allocated to or  transferred   to any state agency for the operation or maintenance of state-owned real   property  jurisdiction  over  which  has  been  transferred  pursuant to   subdivision four of section three shall be  transferred  to  the  agency   receiving  such jurisdiction for the continued operation and maintenance   of such real property.  As herein used, operation and maintenance  shall   include,  without  limitation,  fuel,  utilities,  repairs  and  upkeep,   supervision and security, and any local taxes or assessments.
NY Pub Lands L § 4 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 2 - Office of General Services 4 - Vesting of Crown Lands in the People of the State.

§ 4. Vesting  of crown lands in the people of the state.  The absolute   property of all messuages, lands, tenements and  hereditaments,  and  of   all  rents,  royalties,  franchises, prerogatives, privileges, escheats,   forfeitures, debts,  dues,  duties  and  services  by  whatsoever  names   respectively the same are called and known in the law, and all right and   title  to  the  same, which next and immediately before the ninth day of   July,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred   and   seventy-six, did vest in, or belong, or was, or were due to the crown of   Great  Britain  be,  and  the same and each and every of them hereby are   declared to be, and ever since the said ninth day of July, in  the  year   of  our  Lord  one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, to have been,   and forever after shall be vested in the people of this state,  in  whom   the  sovereignty  and seigniory thereof, are and were united and vested,   on and from the said ninth day of July, in the  year  of  our  Lord  one   thousand seven hundred and seventy-six.
NY Pub Lands L § 5 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 2 - Office of General Services 5 - Letters Patent, Form and Contents; to Be Recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State.

§ 5. Letters  patent,  form and contents; to be recorded in the office   of the secretary of state.  All letters patent shall be in such form  as   the  commissioner  of  general  services  directs.  All  letters  patent   granting unappropriated state lands, as defined by this  chapter,  shall   contain  an  exception and reservation of all gold and silver mines. All   letters patent shall be recorded in a book or books to be kept for  that   purpose in the office of the department of state, and the record thereof   in  any  such book or a copy of any letters patent duly certified by the   secretary of state  to  be  a  copy  of  such  record  thereof,  whether   heretofore  or  hereafter recorded, shall be received in evidence in any   court in this state with the same force and effect as  the  original  of   such letters patent.
NY Pub Lands L § 6 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 2 - Office of General Services 6 - Determination of Claims Based on Alleged Failure of Title.

§ 6. Determination  of  claims  based  on  alleged  failure  of title.   Whenever a legal claim is made for a refund of purchase-money because of   the alleged failure of the title of the state to lands sold  or  granted   under  its authority including any right, title or interest of the state   in and to lands under water, the commissioner of  general  services,  if   satisfied  that  such  claim  is  just  and is made by a person entitled   thereto, may certify such facts to the court of claims,  whereupon  such   court  is  empowered  to  determine  the amount of compensation, if any,   which should be awarded on account thereof,  which  in  no  event  shall   exceed the amount of the purchase price originally paid for such land.
NY Pub Lands L § 7 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 2 - Office of General Services 7 - Partition of Lands Held by the State in Joint Tenancy or Tenancy in Common.

§ 7. Partition  of lands held by the state in joint tenancy or tenancy   in common.  Whenever the commissioner of general services  directs,  the   attorney-general  shall  cause partition to be made of any real property   held in joint tenancy or tenancy in common, in which the people  of  the   state  are  interested,  and for that purpose he may, in the name of the   people, do all such acts as any joint tenant  or  tenant  in  common  is   authorized by law to do.
NY Pub Lands L § 8 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 2 - Office of General Services 8 - Trespasses Upon State Lands.

§ 8. Trespasses  upon  state  lands.    Where,  in the judgment of the   commissioner  of  general  services,  sufficient  information  has  been   provided  to  her or him that a possible trespass upon state-owned lands   has occurred then the commissioner may investigate such  allegations  of   trespass  upon  state-owned  lands. The commissioner of general services   may report to the attorney general instances of trespass committed  upon   Indian  lands, or lands and lands underwater belonging to the state, and   under the general care and  superintendence  of  the  commissioner.  The   attorney  general, on receiving such report and whenever directed by the   commissioner,  shall  commence  and  prosecute  appropriate  actions  or   proceedings  in  the name of the people of the state, against the person   or entity committing such trespass.
NY Pub Lands L § 9 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 2 - Office of General Services 9 - Penalty for Trespasses.

§ 9. Penalty  for  trespasses.  Every  person  who shall trespass upon   Indian lands or any lands belonging to the state and under  the  general   care  and  superintendence  of the commissioner of general services, any   lands belonging to the state which are under  the  jurisdiction  of  any   other state agency, department, board, officer, commission, institution,   public  authority,  public  benefit  corporation, or bi-state agency, by   cutting, removing,  injuring  or  destroying  trees  growing  thereupon,   shall,  for  every  such offense, forfeit to the people of the state the   sum of two hundred fifty dollars per tree or  treble  damages  or  both,   based  on the stumpage value, as defined in paragraph (c) of subdivision   six of section 71-0703 of the environmental conservation  law,  of  such   tree  or  trees,  and  shall be liable for any permanent and substantial   damage caused to the land or the improvements thereon  as  a  result  of   such  violation.  Such  reparations  shall  be  of such kind, nature and   extent as will reasonably restore the lands affected by the violation to   their condition immediately before the violation  and  may  be  made  by   physical  restoration of such lands and/or by the assessment of monetary   payment to make such restoration.
NY Pub Lands L § 10 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 2 - Office of General Services 10 - Power to Investigate Before Grant.

§ 10. Power to investigate before grant.  Before granting any lands or   any  interest  therein, including lands under water, the commissioner of   general services may summarily inquire into the  rights  of  the  person   applying   for  such  grant,  on  such  proof  as,  by  regulation,  the   commissioner may prescribe.   The commissioner may  take  testimony  and   proofs  in  any  matter  or  application  before  him,  and  the fees of   witnesses and the expense of procuring their attendance  shall  be  paid   from  the  state  treasury  out  of  any  funds  available  therefor  by   appropriation, on the audit and  warrant  of  the  comptroller,  on  the   certificate  of  the  commissioner.    The  commissioner shall establish   reasonable rules to guard against false or fraudulent  applications  and   for  such  other purposes as he may deem proper.  At any such inquiry or   hearing, the commissioner may  be  represented  by  a  deputy  or  other   representative designated by him.
NY Pub Lands L § 11 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 2 - Office of General Services 11 - Power to Confirm Defective Grant.

§ 11. Power  to  confirm defective grant.  Whenever a sale is lawfully   made, or directed to be made by the commissioner of general services, or   has been made by his predecessor, the board of commissioners of the land   office, including a sale of land under water, if, at  the  time  of  the   making  of  the  grant,  the  necessary  jurisdictional facts existed to   authorize the grant, and by reason of accidental  omission  or  manifest   error,  the  patent  is  not  acutally issued, or has been issued to the   applicant deficient or manifestly erroneous in description or otherwise,   the commissioner may, in his discretion, and on such terms  as  seem  to   him proper, cause to be issued to such applicant, or to persons deriving   claim  or  title  from  him  subsequently  to the making of the grant, a   release or confirmatory grant of such lands or any parts thereof,  which   release  or  confirmatory  grant shall vest in the grantee therein named   such right and estate, to the extent of the right or title of the  state   in such lands, or parts thereof, as is therein named.
NY Pub Lands L § 12 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 2 - Office of General Services 12 - Certain Patents and Grants Ratified.

§ 12. Certain  patents  and  grants  ratified.    All patents of lands   issued before July eleventh, eighteen hundred and  eighty-one,  pursuant   to resolutions of the commissioners of the land office, and sold by them   at  private  sale  to purchasers in good faith, purporting to convey the   right, title and interest of the people of this  state  in  and  to  any   state  lands,  except lands under water in the bay or harbor of New York   or adjacent thereto, have been ratified and confirmed,  to  as  full  an   extent  as though the same had been sold at public auction, according to   law, but not so as to affect any action pending July eleventh,  eighteen   hundred  and  eighty-one,  or to impair, release or discharge any right,   claim or interest of any person in and to such lands.   All grants  made   by  the  commissioners  of  the land office prior to March twenty-fifth,   eighteen hundred and forty-one, of parts of lots for which payments were   made and certified in the manner prescribed by law, have been confirmed.
NY Pub Lands L § 12-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 2 - Office of General Services 12-A - Certain Patents Ratified and Confirmed.

§ 12-a. Certain  patents  ratified  and  confirmed.    Patents of real   property escheated to the state, granted before  the  sixteenth  day  of   May,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-two, pursuant to resolutions of the   commissioners of the land office,  adopted  under  or  in  pursuance  of   chapter two hundred and seventy-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and   ninety,  have  been  ratified  and confirmed unto the patentees therein,   their heirs and assigns.
NY Pub Lands L § 13 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 2 - Office of General Services 13 - Grants to Heirs, Devisees or Successors in Interest.

§ 13. Grants  to  heirs,  devisees or successors in interest. Where an   application for a grant of land, including land under water, is made  by   any  person  who  dies before a grant is ordered or issued, the heirs or   devisees of such person shall be  entitled  to  such  grant  as  if  the   application   had  been  made  by  such  heirs  or  devisees.  Where  an   application for a grant of land under water is made by  any  person  who   conveys  the land adjacent to the land under water applied for, before a   grant is ordered or issued, the grantee of such adjacent land  shall  be   entitled  to  such  grant  as  if  the application had been made by such   grantee.
NY Pub Lands L § 14 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 2 - Office of General Services 14 - Time of Performing Conditions of Grant.

§ 14. Time  of performing conditions of grant.  1. The commissioner of   general services may, unless otherwise provided, fix a reasonable  time,   not  less  than  one  year,  for  the  performance  of conditions by the   grantees of lands, including lands under water, directed to  be  granted   on  the performance of conditions.  If such conditions are not performed   within the time limited, the persons entitled to any benefit under  such   grant  shall  forfeit  all  right  to  and title in the premises. If the   commissioner, after having caused an inspection to be made of the  lands   granted,  determines that the conditions contained in the letters-patent   have been complied with, he may issue a certificate to that  effect.  If   complete   compliance  has  not  been  had,  the  commissioner,  in  his   discretion, may make an order to the effect that compliance had been had   with the conditions  in  such  definitely  described  portion  of  lands   granted  as  have been improved. Such order shall be conclusive evidence   of the performance of the conditions contained in such letters-patent to   the extent stated in such order and as to lands described therein.  When   the  time  within  which any condition contained in any grant of land is   fixed by the terms of the grant, the commissioner may,  for  good  cause   shown  before  the expiration of such time, extend the time within which   such condition is to be performed, not exceeding three years.2. The commissioner may, in his discretion, upon  application  of  the   grantee  or  his successor in interest, by order, alter, amend or cancel   any condition  or  conditions  contained  in  letters-patent  for  land,   including  lands  under  water,  if  satisfied  by  the  reason or proof   submitted that such alteration, amendment or cancellation  of  condition   or  conditions  is  just  and is not detrimental to the interests of the   state.
NY Pub Lands L § 15 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 2 - Office of General Services 15 - Prohibitions as to Grants in Lake George.

§ 15. Prohibitions  as to grants in Lake George.  1. No grant or lease   of any of the islands in Lake George, or of any land upon  any  of  such   islands, shall be made by the commissioner of general services.2.  No grant or lease of any lands under water in Lake George shall be   made by the commissioner unless the conservation department of the state   of New York shall, prior to the issuance of any  such  grant  or  lease,   advise  the commissioner, in writing, that such grant or lease, if made,   will not result in a hazard to navigation, impair the scenic  beauty  of   Lake  George  or  otherwise interfere with the use and enjoyment of Lake   George and its facilities by the people of  the  state.  To  assist  the   department in making its determination, the department may hold a public   hearing  at such time and place as it shall determine for the purpose of   receiving testimony and evidence.
NY Pub Lands L § 15-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 2 - Office of General Services 15-A - Filling in the State Owned Bed of Lake George Prohibited.

§ 15-a. Filling  in the state owned bed of Lake George prohibited.  1.   No person or corporation shall fill in or cause to be filled in any land   of the state of New York lying below the mean low  water  line  of  Lake   George  by  dumping  or  placing  rock,  stone,  concrete, dirt or other   similar material on said land without first obtaining a grant  or  lease   of the land to be filled in or an easement, license or permit to fill in   such land from the commissioner of general services.2.  This  section  shall  not apply to a person or corporation placing   wooden or precast concrete timbers, logs or beams or cribs of wooden  or   precast  concrete  timbers, logs or beams filled with rocks or stones on   the  bed  of  Lake  George  for  the  sole  purpose   of   constructing,   reconstructing  or  repairing  the  foundation,  cribs  or supports of a   private dock or a  private  one-story  boat  house  legally  erected  or   maintained on the bed of said lake.3.  Any person or corporation violating the provisions of this section   on or after September  first,  nineteen  hundred  sixty-three  shall  be   guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  punishable  by  a fine of not more than five   hundred dollars and by an additional fine of not more  than  twenty-five   dollars  for  each day that such fill is left on land of the state lying   below the mean low water line of Lake George after a written  notice  to   remove  the  same  has  been  personally  served  on  the  person who or   corporation which made said fill or caused said fill to be made  by  the   commissioner of general services or pursuant to his direction.4. For the purposes of this section mean low water line of Lake George   shall  mean  the  water  level  of  Lake  George  at  one and eighty-one   hundredths feet on the gage of the United States  Geological  Survey  at   Rogers Rock on Lake George known as Rogers Rock gage.
NY Pub Lands L § 16 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 2 - Office of General Services 16 - Reservation of Esopus Island.

§ 16. Reservation  of  Esopus  island.    Esopus  island,  in Dutchess   county, is reserved from  settlement,  occupancy,  lease  or  sale,  and   dedicated  and  set apart as a public park.  The commissioner of general   services shall have the same powers to protect such island from trespass   as he has over other public lands.
NY Pub Lands L § 17-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 2 - Office of General Services 17-A - Abandonment of Claims Under Defective Tax Sales; Recovery of Taxes Paid Thereon by State.

§ 17-a. Abandonment  of  claims under defective tax sales; recovery of   taxes paid thereon by state.  Where the claim of title of the  state  to   any  land  is  based  on  a  tax sale, which title in the opinion of the   attorney-general would be declared void by the courts, the  commissioner   of  general  services,  on  the  filing with him of such opinion and the   evidence upon which such opinion was based, may, by order,  abandon  any   claim  of title to such land, but, notwithstanding such abandonment, the   people of the state shall have a lien upon the real property affected by   the abandonment, prior and superior to all other liens, for  the  amount   of  all taxes, fees and charges admitted or paid by the people upon such   real property to the date of the abandonment of  the  state's  claim  of   title,  together  with  interest  thereon  from  the  dates  of payment.   Provided such lien remains unpaid after the expiration of one year  from   the  date of the abandonment, the people of the state may foreclose such   lien as a mortgage on real property  is  foreclosed;  but  in  any  such   action  establishment  of  payments  of  taxes  on said land or any part   thereof by the adjudged or admitted owner of the property during any  of   the  same  years  in  which payments were also made by the people of the   state shall reduce the lien of the people by the larger of the  two  tax   payments  for  each  of the years affected by duplicate payments, and in   the event that wholly identical areas are not affected by the  duplicate   payments  the  court shall have power to apportion and adjust the amount   of the lien as equity may require.   This remedy  for  recovery  of  tax   payments  shall  be  in  addition  to  any other remedy now or hereafter   available in law or in equity, and shall be  without  prejudice  to  any   defense or offset available to an adverse claimant in law or in equity.
NY Pub Lands L § 18 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 2 - Office of General Services 18 - Expenses Chargeable to Special Funds.

§ 18. Expenses  chargeable to special funds.  All expenses of surveys,   appraisements or other expenses attendant  on  the  sale  of  any  lands   belonging  to any of the special funds of the state, shall be chargeable   on and paid out of the funds, respectively, to which such lands belong.