06 LC
35 0160S (SCS)
Senate
Bill 504
By:
Senator Balfour of the 9th
AS
PASSED SENATE
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 50-16-38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to acquisition of state property through the State Properties Commission, so as
to provide that state entities shall sell and make leases for ten or more years
of property through the State Properties Commission; to provide for related
matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 50-16-38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
acquisition of state property through the State Properties Commission, is
amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting in its place a new subsection
to read as follows:
"(a)
Except for all
acquisitions,
sales, and leases of real property by the
Department of Transportation and the Board of Regents of the University System
of Georgia, and except for the Department of Natural Resources acquiring by gift
parcels of real property, not exceeding three acres each, to be used for the
construction and operation thereon of boat-launching ramps, and except for
acquisitions of real property by the Department of Technical and Adult Education
in connection with student live work projects funded through moneys generated as
a result of the sale of such projects, donations, or student supply fees, and
except for acquisitions of real property by the commission resulting from
transfers of custody and control of real property to the commission by executive
order of the Governor or by Act or resolution of the General Assembly,
and except
as otherwise provided by law, and except
as otherwise required by
the nature
of the transaction
easements and
licenses conveying real property to the
state or any entity thereof:
(1)
All state entities shall acquire real property through the commission;
and
(2)
All sales and
leases for ten or more years as lessor by state entities shall be carried out by
the commission; and
(3)
The title to all real property acquired shall be in the name of the state,
except for state authorities which shall hold title in their own name. The
conveyance shall have written or printed in the upper right-hand corner of the
initial page thereof the name of the state entity for which acquired who is the
custodian
thereof."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.