HB2654 H POLSUBS AM #1 3-14
Casto 3264
The Committee on Political Subdivisions moved to amend the bill on page 1, immediately following the enacting clause, by striking out the remainder of the bill and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
“Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §7-3-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. COUNTY PROPERTY.
§7-3-3. Sale of county or district property.
(a) Except as may be prohibited by law
or otherwise, the county commission of a county is authorized by law to sell or
dispose of any property, either real or personal, belonging to the county or
held by it for the use of any district thereof. The property shall be sold
either at an on-site public auction or by utilizing an Internet-based public
auction service, and such sale shall be conducted by the president of the
county commission, but before making any such sale, notice of the time, terms,
manner and either the location of the sale or the Internet-based public
auction service to be utilized, together with a brief description of the
property to be sold, shall be published as a Class II legal advertisement in
compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this
code, and the publication area for such publication shall be the county: Provided,
That this section shall not apply to the sale of any one item of property of
less value than $1,000. Provided, however, That
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section concerning sale at public auction shall not apply to a county commission selling or disposing of its property for a public use to:
(1) The United States of America, its instrumentalities,
agencies or political subdivisions; or to
(2) The State of West Virginia, or its political subdivisions, including county boards of education, volunteer fire departments, and volunteer ambulance services; or
(3) Organizations
operated exclusively for charitable, educational or scientific purposes as
shall at such time qualify as an exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code. for an
adequate consideration without considering alone the present commercial or
market value of the property: Provided further, That
For sales made pursuant to this subsection, county commissions are not required to exclusively consider the present commercial or market value of the property: Provided, That sales under this subsection shall not be for less than $1.
For all real property conveyed or sold by a county
commission to a volunteer fire department or volunteer ambulance service under
this provision such property shall revert back to the county commission
if the volunteer fire department or volunteer ambulance service ceases to use
it for the purpose for which the real property was conveyed or sold proposes
to sell or otherwise alienate the same unless the county commission explicitly
disclaims the same.”
Adopted
Rejected