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2022 SESSION

22107078D
SENATE BILL NO. 776
Offered February 24, 2022
A BILL to provide for the sale of surplus property from the Pocahontas Building as part of the General Assembly replacement project and the transfer of all proceeds from the sale to the Virginia Capitol Foundation.
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Patron-- Locke
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Unanimous consent to introduce
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Referred to Committee on Rules
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of General Services, in cooperation with the Clerks of the Senate of Virginia and the House of Delegates, shall conduct one or more public sales or auctions of the surplus property from the Pocahontas Building as part of the General Assembly replacement project. No provision of law shall be construed to restrict the purchase of such surplus property by any person at a public sale or auction held pursuant to this act. There shall be appropriated to the Virginia Capitol Foundation a sum sufficient appropriation equal to all of the net proceeds of such public sales or auctions, less actual direct costs, for the purpose of supporting the restoration and ongoing preservation of the Capitol and Capitol Square. For purposes of this act, "surplus property" means any personal property that is determined jointly by the Clerks of the Senate of Virginia and the House of Delegates to be salvageable surplus property, including all fixtures, furnishings, materials, supplies, equipment, and recyclable items.