ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 661
(Senators Walker and Buckalew, original sponsors)
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[Passed March 14, 1998; in effect from passage.]
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AN ACT authorizing the state building commission to sell the land, together with the building thereon, known as the former Thomas Jefferson Junior High School in Charleston.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia.
SALE OF PROPERTY.
§1. Land sale; description.
The executive director of the state building commission is authorized to solicit interest in, enter into a contract for sale, sell and convey, for good and valuable consideration as negotiated by the executive director of the state building commission, after publishing notice of the opportunity to submit sealed bids to purchase the property and selecting from among the bids so solicited, the parcel of land, together with the three- story brick building thereon, located on Morris Street, Charleston, Kanawha County, described as follows:
That certain lot or parcel of land, together with the three- story brick building thereon, known as Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, described as Charleston East tax map number seventeen (17), parcel one hundred fifty-nine (159), situate at the corner of Quarrier and Morris Streets, in the city of Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, fronting two hundred thirty feet (230), more or less, on the easterly side of Morris Street and extending back approximately one hundred fifty-six feet to an alley as described in a deed dated May 2, 1979.
The executive director of the state building commission shall not sell said property for anything less than the appraised value of the property as determined by an appraisement of the property performed by an appraiser licensed in this state that is completed within one year prior to the date of the sale of the property.
Proceeds from the sale of the property shall first be applied for the expenses related to the relocation of the occupants of the Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, including, but not limited to, the moving of the employees and remodeling and renovating office space to be used by the relocated employees and the remainder shall be deposited in the account of the state building commission.