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H. B. 202
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegate Trump)
[Introduced June 15, 2004]
A BILL to amend and reenact section one, chapter two hundred
eighty-six, acts of the Legislature, regular session, two
thousand, relating to
giving the secretary of administration
options on how to dispose of the land, together with the
improvements thereon, known as Morris Square in Charleston,
Kanawha County; and providing an exception for ownership of
said land by the West Virginia Economic Development
Authority for purpose of leasing it to the City of
Charleston, West Virginia.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
SALE OF PROPERTY.
§1. Land sale; description.
(a) The secretary of administration is hereby authorized to
negotiate a financial proposal for the property described in
subsection (b) of this act with the city of Charleston which
arrangement shall be in the best financial interest for the
state. Any financial proposal shall be funded either in cash or by a purchase money mortgage at a value acceptable to the
secretary. The financial proposal must be made within ninety (90)
days of the effective date of this section. Any contract, sale or
lease shall be approved by the joint committee on government and
finance.
(b) The secretary is authorized to sell, grant and convey or
lease to the city of Charleston, all of those certain lots or
parcels of land, together with the improvements thereon and the
appurtenances thereunto belonging, being known as Lot "A-1"
containing 1.118 acres, more or less; and Lot "A-2" containing
0.587 acre, more or less, being situate in the city of
Charleston, Charleston East tax district, Kanawha County, West
Virginia; which property is more particularly bounded and
described in a deed dated October 29, 1996, from the Charleston
building corporation to the state building commission of West
Virginia, of record in the office of the clerk of the county
commission of Kanawha County, West Virginia, in Deed Book 2399 at
page 79. Any sale and conveyance of the property is subject to
all restrictions, reservations, rights-of-way, easements,
utilities, covenants, leases, exclusions and other matters duly
of record affecting the property.
(c) If the subject property is not transferred to the city
of Charleston pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this act,
then the secretary shall solicit bids for sale by auction, sell,
grant and convey, for good and valuable consideration to the
highest responsible bidder, the property described in subsection (b) of this act. Any sale and conveyance of the property is
subject to all restrictions, reservations, rights-of-way,
easements, utilities, covenants, leases, exclusions and other
matters duly of record affecting the property.
(d) The secretary is authorized to contract with an auction
company to sell the property. The auction may be oral, silent or
on the internet. The cost of the auction, as contracted by the
secretary with the auction company, is to be paid from the
proceeds of the sale.
(e) The property shall have a minimum bid price which shall
be set by the secretary, regardless of the appraised value, for
sale and conveyance of the property.
(f) The sale by auction shall take place no less than once
a year until the time the property is successfully sold.
(g) The money obtained from the property shall be deposited
in a special fund of the department of administration to be known
as "the Morris Square property fund" and is to be used for
improvements and renovations of the state capitol complex.
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, the state, its subdivisions, agencies and
instrumentalities, except for the city of Charleston, are
prohibited from obtaining any interest, by way of purchase,
lease, trade, donation, condemnation, tax sale, or any other
means whatsoever in the property described in subsection (b) of
this act, or any interest therein, for so long as any building or
structure or any portion thereof situate on the property on the date of the enactment of the provisions of this act remains so
situated; Provided, That the West Virginia economic development
authority may purchase and own said property and lease it to the
city of Charleston.
(i) Notwithstanding anything in the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, to the
contrary, the provisions of this section prevail.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to permit the West
Virginia Economic Development Authority to own the land, together
with the improvements thereon, known as Morris Square in
Charleston, West Virginia for purpose of leasing it to the City
of Charleston.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.