ENROLLED
H. B. 3050

(By Delegates Manuel, Tabb and Doyle)

[Passed March 8, 2003; in effect ninety days from passage.]

AN ACT authorizing the county commission of Jefferson County to convey a parcel of county-owned land to the Jefferson County Fair Association after authorization by a majority vote of the county commission of Jefferson County; and requiring reversionary rights provision.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

JEFFERSON COUNTY.

§1. County commission authorized to convey land to the Jefferson County Fair Association.

(a) The Legislature finds that:
(1) An adequate site is necessary for the citizens of Jefferson County to conduct a county fair to enable youth and adults to exhibit livestock, horticultural products, agricultural products and home economic skills;
(2) Transfers of property, real or personal, made by county commissions to any person, organization or corporation for the furtherance of county fair activities promotes the cultural and educational welfare of the public and, therefore, is a public purpose; and
(3) Transfers and conveyances of real property by county commissions are authorized without legislative approval, by article three, chapter seven of the code of West Virginia, as amended.
(b) Therefore, the Legislature declares that the county commission of Jefferson County is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer and convey unto the Jefferson County Fair Association the tract or parcel of land described in subsection (c), after the county commission of Jefferson County has approved such transfer and conveyance by a majority vote of the commission.
(c) The tract or parcel of land situate in Middleway District, Jefferson County, West Virginia, to the north of West Virginia County Route 15 (Leetown Road), approximately 0.5 mile east of its intersection with WV Co. Rte. 6, on the waters of Hopewell Run, more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at (200) a found No. 5 Capped Rebar (Shepp), corner in the line of the Jefferson County Volunteer Fireman Association (D.B. 346, P. 603) and to the Jefferson County Fair Association (D.B. 754, P. 48), thence leaving the Jefferson County Volunteer Fireman Association and with the Jefferson County Fair Association in part and finally with a 13.457 acre Lease Parcel of the Overseers of the Poor of Jefferson County (now the Jefferson County Commission, Lease recorded in D.B. 931, P. 581) N 65⁰ 00'00" W, 1367.26', passing (211) a Set No. 5 Capped Rebar at 931.09', corner to the above mentioned Lease Parcel, to (347) a Set No. 5 Capped Rebar, corner to the above mentioned Lease Parcel; thence again with the Lease Parcel S 26⁰ 58'25" W, 182.62', to (216) a Set No. 5 Capped Rebar, corner to the Lease Parcel and to the Jefferson County Solid Waste Authority (D.B. 778, P. 630), said corner being located N 26⁰ 58'25" E, 1183.82', from (472) a Set No. 5 Capped Rebar; thence leaving the Lease Parcel and with the Jefferson County Solid Waste Authority N 22⁰ 17'06" W, 166.82', to (38) a Found No. 5 Capped Rebar (Shepp) corner to the Jefferson County Solid Waste Authority (D.B. 778, P. 630) and to other lands of the Jefferson County Solid Waste Authority (D.B. 665., P. 201); thence with said other lands of the Jefferson County Solid Waste Authority (D.B. 665, P.201) N 32⁰ 53'05" E, 1147.92', to (34) a Found No. 5 Capped Rebar (Shepp), corner to the Jefferson County Solid Waste Authority (D.B. 665, P. 201) and to Tabb (D.B. 770, P. 581); thence with Tabb S 55⁰ 03'35" E, 1440.31', to (345) a Set No. 5 Capped Rebar, corner to Tabb and the aforementioned Jefferson County Volunteer Fireman Association, thence with the Jefferson County Volunteer Fireman Association S 30⁰ 34'53" W, 822.99', to (200) the Point of Beginning containing 32.145 acres, more or less, as surveyed by Appalachian Surveys of West Virginia, L.L.C., in May, 2001, and as shown on the Plat of Survey.
Being a part of the property conveyed to the Overseers of the Poor of Jefferson County (now the Jefferson County Commission), by deed of record in the office of the clerk of the county commission of Jefferson County in Deed Book 38 at page 24.
(d) Any proper conveyance made by the county commission of Jefferson County transferring ownership of the tract or parcel of land, described in subsection (c), to the Jefferson County Fair Association shall contain a provision that ownership of the tract or parcel of land, described in subsection (c), shall revert to the county commission of Jefferson County should the land cease to be used for the purpose of conducting a county fair.