ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 209
(Senators Tomblin, Mr. President, Chafin, Sharpe, Minear, Ross, Unger,
McCabe, Rowe, Fanning, Facemyer, Helmick, White, Plymale, Jenkins, Sprouse
and Bowman, original sponsors)
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[Passed February 26, 2004; to take effect July 1, 2004.]
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AN ACT to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §5-6-4a, relating to
requiring review of certain state leases and purchases of real
property by the joint committee on government and finance;
requiring the secretary of administration to provide copies of
contracts, agreements and reports; and requiring an inventory
and master plan for the utilization of office space for state
agencies.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §5-6-4a, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 6. STATE BUILDINGS.
§5-6-4a. Review of real property contracts and agreements; master plan for office space.
(a) The secretary of administration shall provide to the joint
committee on government and finance a copy of a contract or
agreement for real property exceeding one million dollars and a
report setting forth a detailed summary of the terms of the
contract or agreement, including the name of the owner of the
property and the agent involved in the sale, at least thirty days
prior to any sale, exchange, transfer, purchase, lease purchase,
lease or rental of real property, any refundings of lease
purchases, leases or rental agreements, any construction of new
buildings and any other acquisition or lease of buildings, office
space or grounds by any state agency, including the higher
education policy commission, but excepting the transactions of the
division of highways for state road purposes pursuant to article
two-a, chapter seventeen of this code: Provided, That a contract or
agreement for the lease purchase, lease or rental of real property
by any state agency, where the costs of real property acquisition
and improvements are to be financed, in whole or in part, with bond
proceeds, may contain a preliminary schedule of rents and leases
for purposes of review by the committee.
(b) For renewals of contracts or agreements required to be
reported by the provisions of this section, the secretary of
administration shall provide a report
setting forth a detailed
summary of the terms of the contract or agreement, including the
name of the owner of the property.
(c) Within thirty days after receipt of the contract, agreement or report, the committee shall meet and review the
contract, agreement or report.
(d) On or before the first day of July, two thousand six, the
secretary of administration shall conduct an inventory of available
office space and office space needs and shall develop and present
a master plan for the utilization of office space for state
agencies to the joint committee on government and finance.
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