2nd Engrossment - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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 thesame1.13 property is located at a price to be determined bya board of1.14three appraisersan appraiser to be selected by the adjutant 1.15 general, the commissioner of administration, and the1.16commissioner of finance. The money receivedshallmust 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 subdivisionshall lapselapses. In 2.6 the event that both the municipality and the county desire to 2.7 purchase the armory, the municipalityshallmust be given first 2.8 priority to purchase the armory. 2.9 If the municipality or countyshalldoes not purchasesuch2.10 the property after a reasonable opportunity, the adjutant 2.11 general may sell and conveythe sameit to any person after a 2.12 public salethereof at public sale, and in the same manner as2.13certain state property is sold at public sale under the2.14provisions of chapter 16Bof 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 anysucharmory remaining unsold to 2.21 the municipality for public purposesat an annual rental which2.22shall not be less than ten percent of the appraised value of the2.23property.