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§ 15.03 Manner of acquisition.
1.Lands acquired by the state pursuant\nto this article shall be acquired by the office pursuant to sections\n3.17 and 3.19 or, in the sixth park region, by the department of\nenvironmental conservation, as provided by law. The moneys appropriated\nfor such purposes shall be paid on the audit and warrant of the state\ncomptroller on the certificate of the commissioner.\n 2. No real property shall be acquired by a municipality pursuant to\nthis article unless such acquisition shall have been approved by (a) the\ncommissioner of environmental conservation, in the case of real property\nwithin the sixth park region; or (b) the commissioner, on the\nrecommendation of the state commissioner of housing and community\nrenewal, in the case of neighborhood parks e
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§ 15.03 Manner of acquisition. 1. Lands acquired by the state pursuant\nto this article shall be acquired by the office pursuant to sections\n3.17 and 3.19 or, in the sixth park region, by the department of\nenvironmental conservation, as provided by law. The moneys appropriated\nfor such purposes shall be paid on the audit and warrant of the state\ncomptroller on the certificate of the commissioner.\n 2. No real property shall be acquired by a municipality pursuant to\nthis article unless such acquisition shall have been approved by (a) the\ncommissioner of environmental conservation, in the case of real property\nwithin the sixth park region; or (b) the commissioner, on the\nrecommendation of the state commissioner of housing and community\nrenewal, in the case of neighborhood parks established pursuant to\nparagraph (c) of subdivision three of section 15.05; or (c) by the\ncommissioner, in the case of all other acquisitions. Upon such approval,\nand with the approval of the governing body thereof, a municipality may\nacquire such real property with the aid funds made available by this\narticle for municipal park purposes, by purchase, agreement or in any\nother manner provided by law for the acquisition of real property for\npublic purposes by such municipality. The state share of the cost of\nsuch lands shall be paid on the audit and warrant of the state\ncomptroller on the certificate of the commissioner and the entire cost\nmay be paid in the first instance by the state as an advance subject to\nsubsequent reimbursement of the share of the municipality. In addition\nto any other legal method of financing its share of the cost of\nacquisition of such lands, a municipality may raise such share by\ngeneral tax upon all taxable real property located therein or by special\ntax or assessment upon the real property benefited thereby, or partly by\nsuch general tax and partly by such special tax or assessment, in\naccordance with applicable laws relating to the payment of the cost of\nreal property acquired by such municipality for park use. In the event a\nmunicipality shall fail to pay its share of the cost of acquisition of\nsuch lands within six months of the certification to the municipality by\nthe state comptroller of the amount of such cost, the state comptroller\nshall cause to be withheld from the state assistance funds to which such\nmunicipality would otherwise be entitled, a sum sufficient to reimburse\nthe state for any amount remaining unpaid, together with interest on any\nsuch unpaid amount at the rate of three per cent per annum from the date\nof such certification. Moneys so withheld shall be credited against the\namount of principal and interest payable by such municipality for its\nshare of the cost of acquisition of such lands.\n