WEST virginia Legislature
2016 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4513
[Introduced February 11,
2016; Referred
to the Committee on Government Organization then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and
reenact §5A-10-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to
requiring a cost-benefit analysis to be performed before the state purchases certain
real estate.
Be it enacted by the
Legislature of West Virginia:
That §5A-10-3 of the Code
of West Virginia,1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. REAL ESTATE
DIVISION.
§5A-10-3. Powers and
duties of Real Estate Division.
The Real Estate Division
has the following powers and duties:
(1) To provide leasing,
appraisal and other real estate services to state spending units;
(2) To ensure that the
purchase of real estate and all contracts for lease are based on established
real estate standards and fair market price;
(3) To develop and
implement minimum lease space standards for the lease of any grounds,
buildings, office or other space required by any spending unit of state
government;
(4) To develop and
implement minimum standards for the selection and acquisition, by contract or
lease, of all grounds, buildings, office space or other space by a spending
unit of state government except as otherwise provided in this article;
(5) To establish and
maintain a comprehensive database of all state real estate contracts and
leases;
(6) To develop policies and
procedures for statewide real property management;
(7) To maintain a statewide
real property management system that has consolidated real property, building
and lease information for all departments, agencies and institutions of state
government;
(8) To develop and maintain
a centralized repository of comprehensive space needs for all state
departments, agencies and institutions of state government, including
up-to-date space and resource utilization, anticipated needs and recommended
options;
(9) To provide statewide
policy leadership and coordinate master planning to guide and organize capital
asset management; and
(10) To provide assistance
to all state departments, agencies or institutions in acquiring, leasing and
disposing of real property and
(11) To perform and
document a cost-benefit analysis prior to any purchase by the state of real
property when the purchase price is $1 million dollars or more.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is
to require a cost-benefit analysis to be performed before the state purchases
certain real estate.
Strike-throughs indicate language
that would be stricken from a heading or the present law, and underscoring
indicates new language that would be added.