N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 31: Fair grounds

§ 31. Fair grounds. The property described in the conveyance to the

state by the New York state agricultural society of its property in the

town of Geddes, Onondaga County, New York, by deed dated July

twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and recorded in the

office of the comptroller and any other property heretofore or hereafter

acquired by the state for state fair purposes shall be under the

management and control of the department, and it may, from time to time,

make rules and provide for the care, preservation and improvement

thereof. When the exhibition buildings and facilities are not in use for

state fair purposes, the commissioner of agriculture and markets may

manage and lease such exhibition buildings and facilities and may lease

space in such buildings, and may execute contracts in relation to such

rentals and fix, impose and collect rentals and license fees therefor.

All rental and license fees and such other income as may be provided by

the leasing of such buildings, space and facilities shall be considered

moneys payable to the state on account of said fair in accordance with

the provisions of section thirty-one-c of this article. The commissioner

of agriculture and markets may convey to the industrial exhibit

authority certain real property in the town of Geddes, Onondaga county,

New York, as heretofore or hereafter acquired by the state for state

fair purposes. The commissioner is authorized to execute and file in the

Onondaga county clerk's office an instrument in writing defining

specifically the plot or plots of land transferred to the industrial

exhibit authority pursuant to this section provided, however, that such

plot or plots of land shall be no more than is sufficient to accomplish

the purposes described in the instrument. When such written instrument

is so filed it shall vest the authority with the title to the real

property defined therein provided, however, that nothing herein shall

prevent the industrial exhibit authority from transferring back to the

state and vesting title in the state for state fair purposes under the

management and control of the department of agriculture and markets any

land which the authority heretofore received as state fair land or any

state fair land which the authority may hereafter receive pursuant to

this section. In the event that the industrial exhibit authority shall

be abolished or for any reason cease to exist the title to all lands

held by the authority which were formerly state fair lands shall revert

to the state for state fair purposes under the management and control of

the department of agriculture and markets. All conveyances heretofore

made between the commissioner of agriculture and markets and the

industrial exhibit authority are hereby confirmed and recognized as

valid and sufficient to convey good title.

The maintenance and repair of the improved roads on said property

shall however be under the direct supervision and control of the

superintendent of public works who is hereby authorized and directed to

maintain and repair the same, and the cost of such maintenance and

repair shall be paid out of any funds available for the maintenance,

repair and reconstruction of improved state highways.