N.Y. Public Lands Law Section 2-A
Certain transfers of jurisdiction over state-owned lands and declarations of abandonment by the commissioner of general services

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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.

Source: Section 2-A — Certain transfers of jurisdiction over state-owned lands and declarations of abandonment by the commissioner of general services, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBL/2-A (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 18, 2025).

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State-owned real property inventory and management program 2‑A
Certain transfers of jurisdiction over state-owned lands and declarations of abandonment by the commissioner of general services 2‑B
Transfers of certain funds 3
Powers and duties 4
Vesting of crown lands in the people of the state 5
Letters patent, form and contents 6
Determination of claims based on alleged failure of title 7
Partition of lands held by the state in joint tenancy or tenancy in common 8
Trespasses upon state lands 9
Penalty for trespasses 10
Power to investigate before grant 11
Power to confirm defective grant 12
Certain patents and grants ratified 12‑A
Certain patents ratified and confirmed 13
Grants to heirs, devisees or successors in interest 14
Time of performing conditions of grant 15
Prohibitions as to grants in Lake George 15‑A
Filling in the state owned bed of Lake George prohibited 16
Reservation of Esopus island 17
Payment of incumbrances on public lands 17‑A
Abandonment of claims under defective tax sales 18
Expenses chargeable to special funds 19
Taxes and assessments for local improvements on state lands 19‑A
State aid 19‑B
State aid 20
Grants of lands in Onondaga salt springs reservation designated on certain map 21
Conveyance of strips of abandoned canal lands and Onondaga salt springs reservation land 22
Management of sand and gravel resources 23
Disposition of moneys received from sale of certain state lands and sand and gravel thereon 24
Sale or exchange of certain detached parcels of forest preserve lands 25
Sale or exchange of real property owned by the state and devoted to the use of the organized militia 26
Refunds when sales cannot be completed 27
Acquisition of real property by purchase or appropriation 28
Transfer of state lands or watershed conservation easements to the city of New York for water supply protection purposes 29
Watershed conservation easements and watershed agricultural easements
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Accessed:
Jan. 18, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 2-A’s source at nysenate​.gov

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