Section 54-0907. Contracts  


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  • 1.  The  commissioner  shall  impose such contractual requirements and
      conditions upon any  municipality  and  any  not-for-profit  corporation
      which receive state assistance payments pursuant to this title as may be
      necessary  and  appropriate to ensure that a public benefit shall accrue
      from the use of public funds  by  such  municipality  or  not-for-profit
      corporation.  Such  conditions shall include limitations on the right of
      the municipality or not-for-profit corporation  to  demolish  or  convey
      such  property,  provisions  for public access or use where appropriate,
      the granting of facade easements to the state, a  requirement  that  all
      plans  for restoration, rehabilitation, improvement, demolition or other
      physical change must be subject to the commissioner's approval, and such
      other conditions which shall assure the preservation and  protection  of
      the project.
        2.  Any  not-for-profit  corporation  which  receives state assistance
      payments pursuant to this title for the acquisition of land for  outdoor
      recreation  or  conservation  purposes shall execute a contract with the
      commissioner which shall include the following:
        a. An agreement to make and keep the lands accessible  to  the  public
      unless  the  commissioner  determines that public accessibility would be
      detrimental to the lands or any natural resources associated therewith;
        b. An agreement not to sell,  lease,  exchange  or  donate  the  lands
      except  to  the state, a local government unit or another qualifying tax
      exempt non-profit organization for recreation and conservation  purposes
      approved by the commissioner; and
        c.  An  agreement  to  execute  and convey to the state at no charge a
      conservation easement, pursuant to title three of article forty-nine  of
      this  chapter,  over  the  lands  to  be  acquired with state assistance
      payments.