Brief ⁽¹⁾

HB 2270 transfers property between Fort Hays State University and the Fort Hays University Endowment Association. Fort Hays State University will receive from the Endowment Association two tracts of land valued by independent appraisal at $149,000. The Fort Hays Endowment Association would receive in exchange from the University two tracts of land valued at $65,000.

Background

The bill was introduced by the Higher Education Committee. Property appraisals were undertaken pursuant to KSA 75-3043a and 76-147. The land transfer was approved by the Board of Regents.

The land Fort Hays State University will receive in the land transfer is in closer proximity to existing university facilities and will be used to locate the new Alumni Endowment Center built with private funds.

Fort Hays State University President, Dr. Ed Hammond, testified in support of the bill. The Higher Education Committee amended the bill to make it effective upon publication in the Kansas Register.

The bill has no fiscal impact.

1. *Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at http://www.ink.org/public/legislative/fulltext.cgi