CHAPTER 46
HOUSE BILL No. 2270*
An Act authorizing the state board of regents to exchange and
convey certain tracts of real
estate located in Ellis county, Kansas, for and on behalf of Fort
Hays state university
with the Fort Hays university endowment
association.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) The state board of
regents is hereby authorized and
empowered, for and on behalf of Fort Hays state university to
exchange
and convey all of the rights, title and interest in the university
real estate,
as defined by this section, for the endowment real estate, as
defined by
this section.
(b) Conveyance of such rights, title and
interest in such real estate,
and any improvements thereon, shall be executed in the name of the
state
board of regents by its chairperson and executive officer. The deed
for
such conveyance may be by warranty deed or by quitclaim deed as
de-
termined to be in the best interests of the state by the state
board of
regents in consultation with the attorney general.
(c) No exchange and conveyance of real
estate and improvements
thereon as authorized by this section shall be made by the state
board of
regents until the deeds and conveyances have been reviewed and
ap-
proved by the attorney general and, if warranty deeds are to be the
in-
struments of conveyance, title reviews have been performed or title
in-
surance has been obtained and the title opinions or the
certificates of title
insurance, as the case may be, have been approved by the attorney
gen-
eral.
(d) As used in this section:
(1) ``University real estate'' means the
following described real estate
located in Ellis county, Kansas:
Tract 1: A tract in the Northwest Quarter
(NW/4) of Section Twenty-
Nine (29), Township Thirteen (13) South, Range Eighteen (18) West
of
the 6th P.M. in Ellis county, Kansas, and more particularly
described as
follows: Beginning at a point on the South line of said Northwest
Quarter
(NW/4) of Section Twenty-Nine (29), 445.5 feet East of the
Southwest
corner of said Northwest Quarter (NW/4), thence East along the
South
line of said Northwest Quarter (NW/4) 880.5 feet, thence North a
right
angles 1317.5 feet, thence West at right angles 880.5 feet, thence
South
at right angles 1317.5 feet to the point of beginning, being 26.63
acres
more or less, together with a permanent easement for ingress and
egress
over and across the South forty (40) feet of said Northwest Quarter
(NW/
4) of Section 29, in Township 13 South, Range 18 West of the 6th
P.M.
for roadway purposes and all utility lines; subject to easements of
record;
and
Tract 2: A tract of land situated in the
Southwest Quarter of Section
Thirty-two (32), Township Thirteen (13) South, Range Eighteen
(18)
West of the 6th P.M., Ellis county, Kansas, and more particularly
de-
scribed as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the
South-
west Quarter (SW/4) of said Section Thirty-two(32); thence on a
bearing
of North 87 degrees, 25 minutes, 00 seconds East along the North
line
of the said Southwest Quarter (SW/4) a distance of 412.30 feet to
the
centerline tangent of Highway 183 Alternate; thence on a bearing
of
South 27 degrees, 57 minutes, 37 seconds East along the said
centerline
of Highway 183 Alternate a distance of 1698.56 feet; thence on a
bearing
of North 62 degrees, 02 minutes, 23 seconds East a distance of
200.00
feet to the point of beginning thence continuing on the last
described
course a distance of 380.00 feet; thence on a bearing of South 35
degrees,
17 minutes, 17 seconds East a distance of 352.87 feet; thence on a
bearing
of South 62 degrees, 01 minute, 48 seconds West a distance of
425.00
feet; thence on a bearing of North 27 degrees, 57 minutes, 37
seconds
West a distance of 350 feet to the point of beginning, said tract
containing
3.234 acres; and
(2) ``endowment real estate'' means the
following described real es-
tate located in Ellis county, Kansas:
Tract 1: The real estate located at 610 Park
Street, which is Lot 2,
Block 5, C.W. Reeders Addition to the City of Hays, Kansas; and
Tract 2: The real estate located at 507 W. 6th
Street, which is Lots 1
and 3, Block 5, C.W. Reeders Addition to the City of Hays,
Kansas.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its
publication in the Kansas register.
Approved March 27, 2001.
Published in the Kansas Register April 5, 2001.
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