2006 New York Code - Procedure For Obtaining Gas Storage Lease

 
  § 23-1103. Procedure for obtaining gas storage lease.
    1.  The  department  may  make  leases on behalf of this state for the
  storage of gas, and liquefied petroleum gas, in state owned  lands  upon
  such  terms  and  conditions including consideration as to it shall seem
  just and proper.
    2. All leases made pursuant to this section shall:
    a. Provide for payment to the  agency  having  jurisdiction  over  the
  leased lands of adequate and reasonable consideration;
    b.  Be invalid unless they shall have the prior approval of such state
  department, division, bureau or agency thereof, or state  agency  having
  jurisdiction  over  the  land  in  question,  and authority to give such
  consent is hereby conferred upon the head of any such state  department,
  or  a  division, bureau or agency thereof, or any state agency; and with
  respect to lands  under  water  held  by  the  state  in  its  sovereign
  capacity,  jurisdiction  is  deemed to be in the Commissioner of General
  Services;
    c. Contain such other terms and provisions  as  may  be  necessary  or
  appropriate  in  order  to  promote the purposes of this article and the
  public policy of this state; and
    d. Be inapplicable to any lands the leasing of which is prohibited  by
  the State Constitution.