§7-11-2a. Authority to lease property for educational instruction
in fire prevention and protection.
In addition to the powers and duties set forth in this
article, any county parks and recreation commission organized
pursuant to the provision of this article is hereby empowered and
authorized: (1) To sell and convey any real estate owned by it
which is not contiguous to any tract of land which forms a part of
a park owned or operated by the commission: Provided, That such
real estate shall be sold at public auction for a fair and adequate
consideration. The public auction shall be held at a place
designated by the commission, but before making any such sale,
notices of the time, terms and place of sale, 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 the code of West Virginia, and
the publication area for such publication shall be the county
wherein the commission is located,
And,
(2) To lease any of its real estate or any part thereof or any
of its personal property or any part thereof or any interest in any
of the foregoing to any governmental entity or nonprofit
corporation for the purpose of establishing a fire prevention and
protection or fire-fighting school or educational institution.
Every such lease shall be for a term not to exceed forty years and
shall be authorized by a resolution of the commission, which resolution shall specify the terms and conditions to be contained
in such lease: Provided, That before any such resolution is
adopted, a public hearing on such proposed lease shall be held by
the commission after notice of the date, time, place and purpose of
such public hearing has been published as a Class I legal
advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three,
chapter fifty-nine of the code of West Virginia, and the
publication area for such publication shall be the county wherein
the commission is located.