Authorizes the town of Union Vale, county of Dutchess, to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands
Summary
Authorizes the town of Union Vale, county of Dutchess, to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands and to lease the lands to Homeland Towers, LLC for the placement and operation of a wireless communications tower.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Aug 2025
Introduced Feb 19, 2025
Signed Aug 15, 2025
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What changed between versions
S5224A
→
S5224B
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4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was renumbered from S5224A to S5224B and reorganized to clarify the authorization for the town of Union Vale to lease parkland and convey an access easement to Homeland Towers, LLC. The text was restructured to separate the lease description from the easement description into distinct sections, added language requiring the access road to remain publicly accessible for park purposes, and clarified that lease proceeds must fund park improvements.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains the same - authorizing the town to lease parkland for a wireless tower - but the structure was improved to better distinguish between the lease area and the access easement area.
STRUCTURE
Bill was reorganized from a single continuous text to a numbered section format with subsections (a) and (b) for better readability and legal clarity.
The detailed legal description of the lease area was moved to Section 2, and the easement description was moved to Section 3 for better organization.
REQUIREMENT
Added requirement that the access road must remain publicly accessible and usable for park purposes.
Added language requiring the town to dedicate value equal to the easement interest being conveyed for park improvements.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 12, 2025 · Assembly Jun 16, 2025
How they voted
58–1
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 63
Jun 12, 2025
D
Democratic41
90% Yea
R
Republican22
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Amendments
4
Aug 15, 2025
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.329
upper
Jun 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jun 12, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
lower
Jun 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jun 12, 2025
Committee
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
upper
Jun 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 5224B
upper
Jun 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
upper
May 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 5224A
upper
May 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rob Rolison
RRepublican
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