WEST virginia legislature

2020 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4646

By Delegates Byrd, Nelson, Skaff, Capito and Robinson

[Introduced February 03, 2020; Referred to the Committee on Finance]

A BILL directing the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission to sell 258.17 acres of land, together with any improvements thereon, situated in the City of South Charleston, Union Carbide Corporation Tech Center Property, located on 3200 Kanawha Turnpike, City of South Charleston, Kanawha County, to the City of South Charleston.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

SALE OF 258.17 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED AT THE UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TECH CENTER ON THE KANAWHA TURNPIKE, CITY OF SOUTH CHARLESTON, KANAWHA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA.

§1 Land Sale; Description, and Conditions.

(a) The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission shall sell to the City of South Charleston for the price of $1, by no later than July 1, 2020, all the certain tracts of land herein described together with the improvements thereon and the appurtenances thereunto belonging, including the right of access, ingress and egress, as the properties currently possess. The parcels are the same so conveyed to the Higher Education Policy Commission from the Union Carbide Corporation on July 14^th, 2010, as recorded in Deed Book 636, at page 2782, as recorded in the Kanawha County Clerk’s Office, and more particularly described as being situated in the City of South Charleston, South Charleston Tax District, Kanawha County, West Virginia, consisting of two parcels.  A  248.13 parcel and a 10.01 acre parcel of land  located on the Union Carbide Corporation Tech Center Property located in the City of South Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, 3200 Kanawha Turnpike.  The conveyance of this property is subject to all restrictions, reservation, exceptions, rights-of-way, easements, utilities, covenants, leases, exclusions and other matters duly of record affecting the subject property.

(b) Any subsidy appropriated by the Legislature for the benefit of the conveyed properties expires effective January 1, 2025.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to direct the Higher Education Policy Commission to transfer a property located in the Union Carbide Corporation Tech Center to the City of South Charleston.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.