§ 213. Acquisition of real property. 1. The superintendent shall from\ntime to time establish headquarters or substations in such localities as\nhe shall deem most suitable for the efficient performance of police duty\nin the rural sections of the state, and for that purpose and for other\npurposes of the division he may, when an appropriation therefor has been\nmade by the legislature, acquire, in the name of the people of the state\nof New York, by lease, purchase, lease-purchase subject to the approval\nof such lease-purchase agreement by the director of the budget or,\npursuant to the provisions of the eminant domain procedure law, any real\nproperty which he may deem necessary therefor; provided, however, that\nno such real property shall be so acquired by purchase or lease-purchase\nunless the title thereto shall be approved by the attorney general.\n 2. Whenever real property is to be acquired pursuant to the eminent\ndomain procedure law, the superintendent shall cause to be made by the\nstate department of transportation an accurate acquisition map.\n 3. On the approval of such map by the superintendent of the division\nof state police, the original tracing of such map shall be filed in the\nmain office of the division of state police pursuant to the provisions\nof the eminent domain procedure law.\n 4. If the superintendent shall determine, prior to the filing of such\nmap in the office of the clerk or register of the county, that changes,\nalterations or modifications of such map as filed in the main office of\nthe division of state police should be made, he or she shall, subject to\nthe provisions of article two of the eminent domain procedure law, if\napplicable, direct the preparation by the department of transportation\nof an amended map. On the approval of such amended map by the\nsuperintendent, it shall be filed in the main office of the division of\nstate police and the amended map shall thereupon in all respects and for\nall purposes supersede the map previously filed.\n 5. If the superintendent shall determine, prior to the filing of a\ncopy of such acquisition map in the office of the county clerk or\nregister as provided in section four hundred two of the eminent domain\nprocedure law, that such map should be withdrawn, he or she may file a\ncertificate of withdrawal in the offices of the division of state police\nand of the department of law. Upon the filing of such certificate of\nwithdrawal, the map to which it refers shall be cancelled and all rights\nthereunder shall cease and determine.\n 6. The superintendent shall deliver to the attorney general a copy of\nsuch acquisition map, whereupon it shall be the duty of the attorney\ngeneral to advise and certify to the superintendent the names of the\nowners of the property, easements, interests or rights described in the\nsaid acquisition map, including the owners of any right, title or\ninterest therein pursuant to the requirements of section four hundred\nthree of the eminent domain procedure law.\n 7. If, at or after the vesting of title to such property in the people\nof the state of New York as provided for in the eminent domain procedure\nlaw, the superintendent shall deem it necessary to cause the removal of\nan owner or occupant from any real property so acquired, he may cause\nsuch owner or occupant to be removed therefrom by proceeding in\naccordance with section four hundred five of the eminent domain\nprocedure law. The proceeding shall be brought in the name of the\nsuperintendent as agent of the state and the attorney general shall\nrepresent the petitioner in the proceedings. No execution shall issue\nfor costs, if any, awarded against the state or the superintendent, but\nthey shall be part of the costs of the acquisition of the real property\nand be paid in like manner. Proceedings may be brought separately\nagainst one or more of the owners or occupants of any such property, or\none proceeding may be brought against all or sever
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