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HOUSE BILL NO. 483<br /> – Transportation Dept, property, sale

HOUSE BILL NO. 483

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H0483aa.......................................by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE
IDAHO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT - PROPERTY - Amends existing law to provide
that any person owning real property contiguous with surplus real property
for sale by the Idaho Transportation Department shall be notified and have
first option to purchase the surplus real property for an amount not less
than appraised value.

02/07    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/08    Rpt prt - to Transp
02/15    Rpt out - to Gen Ord
02/20    Rpt out amen - to engros
02/21    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
02/22    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
02/25    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 65-1-4
      AYES -- Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block,
      Bock, Boe, Bolz, Bowers, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez,
      Chew, Clark, Collins, Crane, Durst, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart,
      Harwood, Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Labrador, Lake,
      LeFavour, Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer,
      Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould,
      Roberts, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(02), Shepherd(08),
      Shirley, Shively, Smith(24), Smith(30)(Stanek), Snodgrass, Stevenson,
      Thayn, Thomas, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Ringo
      Absent and excused -- Anderson, Kren, Ruchti, Trail
    Floor Sponsor - Hart
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/26    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/26    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/27    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
    Rls susp - PASSED - 33-2-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Cameron,
      Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon(Gannon), Geddes,
      Goedde, Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst,
      Little, Lodge, Malepeai(Sagness), McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce,
      Richardson, Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
      NAYS -- Burkett, Schroeder
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Hammond
    Title apvd - to House
03/28    To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/31    Pres signed
04/01    To Governor
04/09    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 382
         Effective: 07/01/08

Bill Text




                                                                       
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2008

                                                                       

                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 483

                          BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE

  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO APPRAISEMENT, LEASE, AND SALE OF PUBLIC  LANDS;  AMENDING  SECTION
  3        58-335A,  IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON OWNING REAL PROPERTY CON-
  4        TIGUOUS WITH SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY FOR SALE BY  THE  IDAHO  TRANSPORTATION
  5        DEPARTMENT SHALL BE NOTIFIED AND HAVE FIRST OPTION TO PURCHASE THE SURPLUS
  6        REAL PROPERTY.

  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

  8        SECTION  1.  That  Section 58-335A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:

 10        58-335A.  OTHER LANDS EXEMPT FROM ACT. The provisions of  sections  58-331
 11    through  58-335, Idaho Code, shall not apply to surplus real properties of the
 12    Idaho transportation department, with the exclusion of office and  maintenance
 13    yard  sites.  The  Idaho transportation board shall promulgate rules to govern
 14    the sale of surplus real properties under this section, provided  that  in  no
 15    case  shall  a property be sold or exchanged for a value less than that estab-
 16    lished through the appraisal process; and provided further that  surplus  real
 17    property  may  be  offered for sale or exchange to any tax-supported agency or
 18    political subdivision of the state of Idaho, other than the state of Idaho  or
 19    its  agencies,  in whose jurisdiction the property is located, at a negotiated
 20    price not to exceed  the  appraised  value.  Such  surplus  property  sold  or
 21    exchanged  for less than the appraised value must be used in perpetuity exclu-
 22    sively for a public purpose which shall be stated in the deed of transfer.  If
 23    the  stated use shall cease, the property shall revert to the ownership of the
 24    Idaho transportation department.
 25        For the purpose of acquiring highway rights-of-way, the Idaho  transporta-
 26    tion  board  is authorized to exchange surplus real property of the department
 27    for other parcels of real property. In exchanging real properties,  the  board
 28    shall  cause  both  parcels  of  real property to be appraised, and either the
 29    owner or the department shall pay to the other the difference in value.
 30        Before the department disposes of surplus property at public sale, if  the
 31    property is valued at less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the department
 32    shall  first notify any person who owns real property which is contiguous with
 33    the surplus property of the department that he has first  option  to  purchase
 34    the  surplus  property  for  an amount not less than the established value. If
 35    more than one (1) adjoining owner wants to purchase the  property,  a  private
 36    auction  shall  be  held  for  such parties. If no owner of adjoining property
 37    exercises his option to buy, the department may proceed to public sale.

Amendment




                                                                       
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2008

                                                                       

                                                  Moved by          Hart

                                                  Seconded by Smith (24)


                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                              HOUSE AMENDMENT TO H.B. NO. 483

  1                                AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1
  2        On page 1 of the printed  bill,  in  line  34,  delete  "established"  and
  3    insert: "established appraised".

  4                                 CORRECTION TO TITLE
  5        On page 1, in line 6, following "PROPERTY" insert: "FOR AN AMOUNT NOT LESS
  6    THAN THE APPRAISED VALUE".

Engrossed Bill (Original Bill with Amendment(s) Incorporated)




                                                                       
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2008

                                                                       

                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                               HOUSE BILL NO. 483, As Amended

                          BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE

  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO APPRAISEMENT, LEASE, AND SALE OF PUBLIC  LANDS;  AMENDING  SECTION
  3        58-335A,  IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON OWNING REAL PROPERTY CON-
  4        TIGUOUS WITH SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY FOR SALE BY  THE  IDAHO  TRANSPORTATION
  5        DEPARTMENT SHALL BE NOTIFIED AND HAVE FIRST OPTION TO PURCHASE THE SURPLUS
  6        REAL PROPERTY FOR AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN THE APPRAISED VALUE.

  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

  8        SECTION  1.  That  Section 58-335A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:

 10        58-335A.  OTHER LANDS EXEMPT FROM ACT. The provisions of  sections  58-331
 11    through  58-335, Idaho Code, shall not apply to surplus real properties of the
 12    Idaho transportation department, with the exclusion of office and  maintenance
 13    yard  sites.  The  Idaho transportation board shall promulgate rules to govern
 14    the sale of surplus real properties under this section, provided  that  in  no
 15    case  shall  a property be sold or exchanged for a value less than that estab-
 16    lished through the appraisal process; and provided further that  surplus  real
 17    property  may  be  offered for sale or exchange to any tax-supported agency or
 18    political subdivision of the state of Idaho, other than the state of Idaho  or
 19    its  agencies,  in whose jurisdiction the property is located, at a negotiated
 20    price not to exceed  the  appraised  value.  Such  surplus  property  sold  or
 21    exchanged  for less than the appraised value must be used in perpetuity exclu-
 22    sively for a public purpose which shall be stated in the deed of transfer.  If
 23    the  stated use shall cease, the property shall revert to the ownership of the
 24    Idaho transportation department.
 25        For the purpose of acquiring highway rights-of-way, the Idaho  transporta-
 26    tion  board  is authorized to exchange surplus real property of the department
 27    for other parcels of real property. In exchanging real properties,  the  board
 28    shall  cause  both  parcels  of  real property to be appraised, and either the
 29    owner or the department shall pay to the other the difference in value.
 30        Before the department disposes of surplus property at public sale, if  the
 31    property is valued at less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the department
 32    shall  first notify any person who owns real property which is contiguous with
 33    the surplus property of the department that he has first  option  to  purchase
 34    the  surplus  property  for  an amount not less than the established appraised
 35    value. If more than one (1) adjoining owner wants to purchase the property,  a
 36    private auction shall be held for such parties. If no owner of adjoining prop-
 37    erty exercises his option to buy, the department may proceed to public sale.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


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                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 17826

This legislation amends Section 58-335A of the Idaho Code to
delete the cap on the value of surplus property that May be first
offered to contiguous property owners.  The legislation will
allow all property declared surplus by the department to be first
offered for private sale or private auction to the contiguous
property owners.  Surplus properties are those properties for
which the department has no use, nor does any other state or
local agency have a use.

This will ease the sale of surplus property by the department by
avoiding the more expensive public auction process.  When there
are no interested buyers whose properties are contiguous to the
surplus property, the surplus property will be sold at public
auction.  In all cases, the minimum price or minimum bid will be
the appraised value.


                           FISCAL NOTE

There is no fiscal impact as these surplus properties are
currently required by statute to be sold at their appraised value
or more, and will continue to be required to be sold at a minimum
of their appraised value if this legislation is enacted. 
However, the department's expenses in disposing surplus
properties will be reduced as they will be holding fewer public
auctions, which have an average cost of about $5,000.00 each.


Contact
Name: Representative Phil Hart 
Phone: (208) 332-1000



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                          H 483aa   

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