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HOUSE BILL NO. 1125 Offered January 22, 1996 A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.1-504.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of General Services; conveyance of interests in state property. ----------
Patrons-- Nelms, Bryant, Dudley, Forbes, McDonnell, Parrish and Wardrup; Senators: Lucas and Quayle
---------- Referred to Committee on General Laws ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 2.1-504.4 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 2.1-504.4. Conveyance of easements and appurtenances thereto to cable television companies, utility companies, public service companies, political subdivisions by state departments, agencies or institutions.

A. Any state department, agency or institution, through its executive head or governing board as the case may be, is authorized to convey to public utility companies, public service corporations or companies, political subdivisions or cable television companies, right-of-way easements over property owned by the Commonwealth and held in its possession and any wires, pipes, conduits, fittings, supports and appurtenances thereto for the transmission of electricity, telephone, cable television, water, gas, steam, or sewage placed on, over or under such property for such consideration as the executive head or governing board of the agency shall deem proper, when such conveyance is deemed to be in the public interest.

Any B. When it is deemed to be in the public interest, any state department, agency or institution having responsibility for a state-owned office building, through its executive head or governing board as the case may be, shall be authorized to lease space to a credit union in such building for the purpose of providing credit union services which are readily accessible to state employees. Any such lease shall be for a term of not more than five years, with annual renewals or new leases permitted thereafter. The department, agency or institution responsible for the building may at its discretion forego all rent or charge less than the fair market value.

C. When it is deemed to be in the public interest, property owned by the Commonwealth may be sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed to political subdivisions or companies providing electronic communication services for the purpose of erecting, operating or maintaining communication towers, antennae, or other service distribution devices. Such conveyances shall be for such consideration as the Director of the Department of General Services deems appropriate, and may include shared use of such facilities by other political subdivisions or companies providing the same or similar services, and by departments, agencies, or institutions of the Commonwealth.

D. No such transaction authorized by this section shall be made without prior written recommendation of the Department of General Services to the Governor, the written approval of the Governor of the transaction itself, and the approval of the Attorney General as to the form of the instruments.

2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.