Minnesota Session Laws - 1996, Regular Session

  
    
KEY: stricken = old language to be removed
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                            CHAPTER 299-S.F.No. 1800 
                  An act relating to the military; changing procedures 
                  for disposition of closed armories; amending Minnesota 
                  Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 193.36, subdivision 
                  2. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 
        193.36, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 2.  [MAY SELL AND CONVEY PROPERTY IN CERTAIN CASES.] 
        In any case when the adjutant general finds it advantageous for 
        military training, the adjutant general may sell and convey 
        property to the municipality or county in which the same 
        property is located at a price to be determined by a board of 
        three appraisers an appraiser to be selected by the adjutant 
        general, the commissioner of administration, and the 
        commissioner of finance.  The money received shall must be 
        credited to the general fund and is appropriated to the adjutant 
        general to be used:  (1) as a contribution for the construction 
        or acquisition of an armory, armories, or armory facilities to 
        replace the one sold; or (2) for the maintenance, operation, 
        repair, rehabilitation, or improvement of existing armory 
        facilities.  The money may also be transferred to the Minnesota 
        state armory commission:  (1) for the replacement of an armory, 
        armories, or armory facilities constructed or acquired by the 
        commission; or (2) for the maintenance, operation, repair, 
        rehabilitation, or improvement of facilities owned by the 
        commission.  If the money received is not expended for the 
        purposes stated in this subdivision within ten years after the 
        old armory has been sold, the appropriation to the adjutant 
        general as provided in this subdivision shall lapse lapses.  In 
        the event that both the municipality and the county desire to 
        purchase the armory, the municipality shall must be given first 
        priority to purchase the armory. 
           If the municipality or county shall does not purchase such 
        the property after a reasonable opportunity, the adjutant 
        general may sell and convey the same it to any person after a 
        public sale thereof at public sale, and in the same manner as 
        certain state property is sold at public sale under the 
        provisions of chapter 16B of the property by first advertising 
        for bids or proposals for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper 
        of general circulation in the area that the property is located 
        and accepting the proposal most favorable to the department.  
        The adjutant general may reject all proposals.  The proceeds of 
        the sale must be credited as provided in this subdivision.  The 
        adjutant general may lease any such armory remaining unsold to 
        the municipality for public purposes at an annual rental which 
        shall not be less than ten percent of the appraised value of the 
        property. 
           Presented to the governor March 1, 1996 
           Signed by the governor March 4, 1996, 11:20 a.m.