Senate Bill No. 318
(By Senator Humphreys)
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[Introduced February 10, 1994; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization; and then to the Committee
on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend article three, chapter five-a of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section forty-
seven-a, relating to exempting the division of public safety
from having to use the department of administration to sell
or dispose of surplus property.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, chapter five-a of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
forty-seven-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. PURCHASING DIVISION.
§5A-3-47a. Division of public safety exempted.
Notwithstanding any provisions or limitations of this
article, the superintendent of the division of public safety is
authorized and empowered to sell, offer in trade, and trade in,any vehicle, aircraft, boat, trailer, or other transportation
fleet equipment in private sale, intergovernmental trade or sale,
or public sale, by means of sealed bid, auction sale or arms
length negotiation, so long as said sale or trade therefrom and
the money or value received is used solely for the acquisition,
maintenance of transportation management of the division of
public safety fleet. All intergovernmental preferences and
procedures established by section forty-five, article three,
chapter five-a of this code and by the properly promulgated rules
of the department of administration, not in direct conflict
herewith, shall be adhered to by the division of public safety in
administering this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt the Division of
Public Safety from having to use the Division of Finance and
Administration to sell or dispose of its surplus transportation
property.
Section forty-seven-a, article three, chapter five-a is new;
therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.