programs of such hospital; St. Peter's Hospital of the city of Albany to provide facilities for and programs of such hospital; Geneva General Hospital to provide facilities for and programs of such hospital; Optometric Center of New York to provide facilities for and programs of such center and related health programs; the health and mental hygiene facilities improvement corporation to provide facilities for the department of correctional services of the state of New York; the Brookhaven Memorial Association, Incorporated, doing business as Brookhaven Memorial Hospital to provide facilities for and programs of such hospital; and Calvary Hospital, Inc., to provide facilities for and programs of such hospital; Beth Israel Medical Center to provide facilities for and programs of such medical center; Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc., to provide facilities for and programs of such hospital; and St. Francis Hospital, Poughkeepsie to provide facilities for and programs of such hospital; The Staten Island Hospital to provide facilities for and programs of such hospital; Carthage Area Hospital, Inc., to provide facilities for and programs of such hospital; the Mount Sinai Hospital to provide facilities for and programs of such hospital; the Hospital for Joint Diseases and Medical Center to provide facilities for and programs of such hospital; the Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, Incorporated to provide facilities for and programs of such center and affiliated hospitals [and]; the Clifton Springs Sanitarium Company to provide facilities for and programs of such hospital; and Benedictine Hospital to provide facilities for and programs of such hospital. Each educational institution defined in subdivision one of this section, except the department of health of the state of New York, shall, when authorized by an appropriate resolution adopted by its governing board or, when permitted, adopted by an appropriate committee of such governing board, have power: (i) to convey or cause to be conveyed to the authority real property or rights in real property required in connection with the construction and financing of a dormitory by the authority for such educational institution; and (ii) to enter into agreements and leases with the dormitory authority pursuant to paragraph e of subdivision two of this section, or, in the case of the department of health of the state of New York, providing that legislation or appropriations authorizing the same have been recommended by the governor in a budget bill relating to the state fiscal year commencing on or after April first, nineteen hundred seventyone, which specifies the facilities to be acquired, constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated or improved for the department of health of the state of New York and the total estimated cost for each such facility and such legislation or appropriations shall have been approved by the legislature for such state fiscal year, the commissioner of health shall have power: (i) to convey or cause to be conveyed to the authority real property or rights in real property required in connection with the construction and financing of a

dormitory by the authority for such educational institution; and (ii) to enter into agreements and leases with the dormitory authority pursuant to paragraph e of subdivision two of this section. The educational institution for which such dormitory and attendant facility is intended to be provided shall approve the plans and specifications and location of such dormitory and attendant facility. The dormitory authority shall have the same power and authority in respect to such dormitories and attendant facilities provided pursuant to this subdivision that it has relative to other dormitories.

§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

CHAPTER 576

AN ACT to confer jurisdiction on the court of claims to hear, audit and determine the claims of Grace W. Falck and Evelyn W. Dowd, executrices of the estate of Della H. Wright, deceased, against the state for compensation for value of certain lands in Orange county appropriated by the state and to render judgment therefor

Became a law June 5, 1973, with the approval of the Governor. Passed by a majority vote, three-fifths being present

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the court of claims to hear, audit and determine the claim or claims of Grace W. Falck and Evelyn W. Dowd, executrices of the estate of Della H. Wright, deceased, or their successors in interest against the state for compensation, value and damages, including consequential and severance damages to real property alleged to have been sustained by them by reason of the appropriation of certain lands in the county of Orange for state purposes in such county designated on a map entitled "State Department of Social Services Training School, Warwick, New York, Map No. 2" and certified as correct on September 18, 1967 by the Department of Transportation such description and map having been approved September 26, 1967 by the State Department of Social Services and filed in the office of the State Department of Transportation on October 2, 1967.

§ 2. If the court shall find that the lands of the claimants or any interest of said claimants in said lands or any part thereof were so appropriated, and that such claimants are the owners of the property affected thereby, or have some interest therein and have not been compensated for the value of and damages to such lands, or easement rights in such lands or other interest in such lands, including consequential and severance damages, such value and damages shall constitute a legal and valid claim against the state and the state shall be liable therefor and the court may make an award and render judgment for such claimants against the state in such sum as shall reasonably compensate the claimants for the

value of such premises appropriated and for such damages sustained by reason of such appropriation.

§ 3. The state hereby consents to have its liability on such claim or claims determined notwithstanding the failure of the claimants to file such claim or claims or notice of intention to file such claim or to do any other act in relation to the presentation thereof within the time limited or prescribed by law, to the same extent and with the same effect as though said claim had been timely filed; provided such claim is filed with the court within six months after this act takes effect.

§ 4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as passing upon the merits of such claim and no award shall be made or judgment rendered against the state unless such claims are established by legal evidence as is required in an action in a court of law or equity.

§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

CHAPTER 577*

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to creating a munic. ipal urban renewal agency for the village of North Syracuse, to be known as the village of North Syracuse urban renewal agency, and prescribing its functions, powers and duties and to repeal title one hundred ten of such law relating thereto

Became a law June 5, 1973, with the approval of the Governor. Passed on Home Rule request pursuant to Article IX, section 2(b) (2) of the Consti tution by a majority vote, three-fifths being present

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Title one hundred ten of article fifteen-b of the general municipal law is hereby repealed and a new title, to be title one hundred ten, is hereby added thereto to read as follows:

TITLE 110

VILLAGE OF NORTH SYRACUSE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY

Section 678. Village of North Syracuse urban renewal agency.

§ 678. Village of North Syracuse urban renewal agency. A municipal urban renewal agency, to be known as the village of North Syracuse urban renewal agency, is hereby established for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in articles

*NOTE. Title one hundred ten of the general municipal law, proposed to be repealed by this act, authorized creation of a municipal urban renewal agency for the village of North Syracuse. However, since this village did not act upon such authorization within the time allotted, reenactment of such title is necessary.

fifteen and fifteen-A of this chapter and in accordance with article eighteen of the constitution of the state of New York. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, shall be perpetual in duration, and shall consist of five members, one of whom shall be the mayor. The four remaining members shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the board of trustees, and may be members of such board of trustees. It shall have the powers and duties now or hereafter conferred by article fifteen-A of this chapter upon municipal renewal agencies. It shall be organized in the manner prescribed by and be subject to the provisions of article fifteen-A of this chapter and the agency, its members, officers and employees and its operations and activities shall in all respects be governed by the provisions of such article.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

CHAPTER 578

AN ACT to authorize union free school district No. 26 of the town of Hempstead, Nassau county, to finance certain deficits by supplemental tax levy on real property within the district

Became a law June 5, 1973, with the approval of the Governor. Passed by a majority vote, three-fifths being present

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Union free school district No. 26 of the town of Hempstead, Nassau county, is hereby authorized to have extended, levied and collected a supplemental tax prior to July first, nineteen hundred seventy-three, on the taxable real property within the school district in the aggregate amount not exceeding three hundred eighty-nine thousand forty-five dollars for the specific object or purpose of funding a deficit which resulted through failure to receive revenue estimated in the annual budget passed and approved by the voters subsequent to August fifteenth, nineteen hundred seventy-two, that being the last date allowable for certification to the board of assessors of a budget and the amount therein to be raised by levy of taxes upon real property within the district, pursuant to the real property tax law and the Nassau county administrative code.

§ 2. Such supplementary tax shall be levied, by the county board of supervisors, upon all real property within the boundaries of the district, in the same manner as the regular school tax is levied. The assessment roll to be utilized for such purpose shall be the assessment roll certified to by the board of assessors for the second half of the school year nineteen hundred seventy-two-nineteen hundred seventy-three.

§ 3. The trustees of union free school district No. 26 will certify within ten days of the effective date of this act the tax rate to be

applicable. The board of assessors shall complete the extension of such supplementary tax pursuant to section 6-21.0 of the Nassau county administrative code on or before July first, nineteen hundred seventy-three, and, further, such tax shall be levied and collected on or before July first, nineteen hundred seventy-three. The town of Hempstead, Nassau county, shall perform the services required under this act, but the school district shall bear the reasonable cost thereof.

§ 4. Except as otherwise provided in this act, such supplementary tax shall be extended, levied and collected in the manner prescribed by the Nassau county administrative code and any other applicable law.

§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

CHAPTER 579

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to creating and establishing the town of Amherst industrial development agency, and providing for its functions, powers and duties

Became a law June 5, 1973, with the approval of the Governor. Passed on Home Rule request pursuant to Article IX, section 2(b) (2) of the Constitution by a majority vote, three-fifths being present

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. The general municipal law is hereby amended by inserting in title two of article eighteen-A, a new section, to be section nine hundred fourteen-a, to read as follows:

§ 914-a. Town of Amherst industrial development agency. For the benefit of the town of Amherst in the county of Erie, and the inhabitants thereof, an industrial development agency, to be known as the TOWN OF AMHERST INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, and be perpetual in duration. It shall have the power and duties now or hereafter conferred by title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter upon industrial development agencies and provided that the exercise of the powers by such agency with respect to the acquisition of real property whether by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, shall be limited to the corporate limits of the town of Amherst, and such agency shall take into consideration the local zoning and planning regulations as well as the regional and local • So in original.