1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to the military; changing procedures for 
  1.3             disposition of closed armories; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 193.36, subdivision 
  1.5             2. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 
  1.8   193.36, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 2.  [MAY SELL AND CONVEY PROPERTY IN CERTAIN CASES.] 
  1.10  In any case when the adjutant general finds it advantageous for 
  1.11  military training, the adjutant general may sell and convey 
  1.12  property to the municipality or county in which the same 
  1.13  property is located at a price to be determined by a board of 
  1.14  three appraisers an appraiser to be selected by the adjutant 
  1.15  general, the commissioner of administration, and the 
  1.16  commissioner of finance.  The money received shall must be 
  1.17  credited to the general fund and is appropriated to the adjutant 
  1.18  general to be used:  (1) as a contribution for the construction 
  1.19  or acquisition of an armory, armories, or armory facilities to 
  1.20  replace the one sold; or (2) for the maintenance, operation, 
  1.21  repair, rehabilitation, or improvement of existing armory 
  1.22  facilities.  The money may also be transferred to the Minnesota 
  1.23  state armory commission:  (1) for the replacement of an armory, 
  1.24  armories, or armory facilities constructed or acquired by the 
  1.25  commission; or (2) for the maintenance, operation, repair, 
  2.1   rehabilitation, or improvement of facilities owned by the 
  2.2   commission.  If the money received is not expended for the 
  2.3   purposes stated in this subdivision within ten years after the 
  2.4   old armory has been sold, the appropriation to the adjutant 
  2.5   general as provided in this subdivision shall lapse lapses.  In 
  2.6   the event that both the municipality and the county desire to 
  2.7   purchase the armory, the municipality shall must be given first 
  2.8   priority to purchase the armory. 
  2.9      If the municipality or county shall does not purchase such 
  2.10  the property after a reasonable opportunity, the adjutant 
  2.11  general may sell and convey the same it to any person after a 
  2.12  public sale thereof at public sale, and in the same manner as 
  2.13  certain state property is sold at public sale under the 
  2.14  provisions of chapter 16B of the property by first advertising 
  2.15  for bids or proposals for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper 
  2.16  of general circulation in the area that the property is located 
  2.17  and accepting the proposal most favorable to the department.  
  2.18  The adjutant general may reject all proposals.  The proceeds of 
  2.19  the sale must be credited as provided in this subdivision.  The 
  2.20  adjutant general may lease any such armory remaining unsold to 
  2.21  the municipality for public purposes at an annual rental which 
  2.22  shall not be less than ten percent of the appraised value of the 
  2.23  property.