Session of 1998
                   
HOUSE BILL No. 2608
         
By Representatives Landwehr and Helgerson
         
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            9             AN ACT concerning the disposition of certain state property; relating to
10             the Topeka state hospital property; rescinding authority to dispose of
11             the property; amending section 49 of chapter 192 of the 1997 Session
12             Laws of Kansas and repealing the existing section.
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14       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
15           Section 1. Section 49 of chapter 192 of the 1997 Session Laws of
16       Kansas is hereby amended to read as follows: (a) Except as otherwise
17       provided in this section or as specifically authorized by an act of the
18       legislature enacted during the 1997 or 1998 regular session of the legis-
19       lature, no expenditures shall be made by any state agency from any mon-
20       eys appropriated for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1997, or June 30,
21       1998, by any appropriation act enacted by the legislature during the 1996
22       regular session, by this act or by any other appropriation act of the 1997
23       regular session of the legislature, or by any appropriation act enacted
24       during the 1998 regular session of the legislature, for any expenses for
25       the sale, exchange, or other disposition conveying title for any state prop-
26       erty, as defined by this section, and no state property, as defined by the
27       section, shall be sold, exchanged or otherwise conveyed or disposed of by
28       any state agency: Provided, however, except that expenditures may be
29       made by a state agency for the expenses of the sale, exchange, or other
30       disposition conveying title for any such state property Winfield state hos-
31       pital and training center property, as defined by this section, upon specific
32       authorization by the state finance council acting on this matter which is
33       hereby characterized as a matter of legislative delegation and subject to
34       the guidelines prescribed in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 75-3711c and amend-
35       ments thereto, and such specified ;§ate property Winfield state hospital
36       and training center property may be sold, exchanged or otherwise con-
37       veyed or disposed of by the state agency in accordance with such au-
38       thorization by the state finance council: Provided further, That. The net
39       proceeds from the sale of any Winfield state hospital and training center
40       property shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Win-
41       field properties special revenue fund of the department of social and
42       rehabilitation services: And provided further, That.
43           (b) The legislative delegation to the state finance council to authorize

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  1       any such expenditures and any such sale, exchange or other conveyance
  2       or disposition of any Topeka state hospital property is hereby rescinded.
  3       Any such authorization with respect to any Topeka state hospital property
  4       that was granted by the state finance council prior to the effective date of
  5       this act is hereby nullified and is of no force or effect. On and after the
  6       effective date of this act, no Topeka state hospital property shall be sold,
  7       exchanged or otherwise conveyed or disposed of by any state agency ex-
  8       cept as otherwise specifically authorized by act of the legislature. The net
  9       proceeds from the sale of any Topeka state hospital property shall be
10       deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Topeka state hospital
11       transition fund of the department of administration.
12           (c) On and after the effective date of this act, the secretary of admin-
13       istration shall proceed with negotiations with parties interested in ac-
14       quiring title to all or part of the Topeka state hospital property or any
15       other state property. The secretary of administration may make recom-
16       mendations to the legislature for legislation to authorize or otherwise as-
17       sist the transfer of title to any such state property pursuant to any such
18       negotiations.
19           (b) (d) (1) As used in this section, ``state property'' means all Topeka
20       state hospital property and all Winfield state hospital and training center
21       property;
22           (2) ``Topeka state hospital property'' means all state-owned land and
23       improvements in the city of Topeka, KS, which is in the area bounded by
24       west sixth street on the south, MacVicar Avenue on the east, Interstate
25       70 on the north and Oakley Avenue on the west, including the adjacent
26       state-owned land west of Oakley Avenue; and
27           (3) ``Winfield state hospital and training center property'' means all
28       state-owned land and improvements in the city of Winfield, KS, and
29       Cowley county located in the southwest quarter of section 14, the south-
30       east quarter of section 15 and part of the northwest quarter of section 15
31       east of the center of Timber Creek, all located in township 32 south,
32       range 4 east of the 6th P.M.
33           Sec. 2. Section 49 of chapter 192 of the 1997 Session Laws of Kansas
34       is hereby repealed.
35           Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
36       publication in the Kansas register.
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