Virginia HB 543: General Services, Department of; lease or sublease of surplus property to charitable organizations.

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18101049D

HOUSE BILL NO. 543 

Offered January 10, 2018 

Prefiled January 8, 2018 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 2.2-1156 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to the Department of General Services; lease of surplus 
 property. 
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Patron-- Freitas 

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Referred to Committee on General Laws 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 2.2-1156 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:

� 2.2-1156. Sale or lease of surplus property and excess 
 building space.

The Department shall identify real property assets that are 
 surplus to the current and reasonably anticipated future needs of the 
 Commonwealth and may dispose of surplus assets as provided in this section, 
 except when a department, agency or institution notifies the Department of a 
 need for property which has been declared surplus, and the Department finds that 
 stated need to be valid and best satisfied by the use of the property.

A. After it determines the property to be surplus to the needs 
 of the Commonwealth and that such property should be sold, the Department shall 
 request the written opinion of the Secretary of Natural Resources as to whether 
 the property is a significant component of the Commonwealth's natural or 
 historic resources, and if so how those resources should be protected in the 
 sale of the property. The Secretary of Natural Resources shall provide this 
 review within 15 business days of receipt of full information from the 
 Department. Within 120 days of receipt of the Secretary's review, the 
 Department shall, with the prior written approval of the Governor, proceed to 
 sell the property.

B. The sale shall be by public auction, or sealed bids, or by 
 marketing through one or more real estate brokers licensed by the Commonwealth. 
 Notice of the date, time and place of sale, if by public auction or sealed bids 
 shall be given by advertisement in at least two newspapers published and having 
 general circulation in the Commonwealth, at least one of which shall have 
 general circulation in the county or city in which the property to be sold is 
 located. At least thirty days shall elapse between publication of the notice 
 and the auction or the date on which sealed bids will be opened.

C. In instances where the appraised value of property proposed 
 to be sold is determined to be a nominal amount or an amount insufficient to 
 warrant statewide advertisement, but in no event in excess of $250,000, the 
 notice of sale may be placed in only one newspaper having general circulation 
 in the county or city in which the property to be sold is located.

D. The Department may reject any and all bids or offers when, 
 in the opinion of the Department, the price is inadequate in