HB 2427
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
Second Regular Session
House: GOV DPA/SE 9-0-0-0
HB 2427: active management areas; technical correction
S/E: land; conveyance; historical society; Yuma
Sponsor: Representative Dunn, LD 25
Caucus & COW
Summary of the Strike-Everything Amendment to HB 2427
Overview
Transfers ownership of prescribed land and buildings from the Arizona Historical Society to
the City of Yuma.
History
The Arizona Historical Society is tasked with procuring, by gift, exchange or purchase: books
and materials pertaining to the history of Arizona and the west, narratives of historical
events of the early settlement of Arizona, data relating to Indian tribes and historical and
scientific reports of the western states (A.R.S. § 41-823).
The Sanguinetti House Museum and Gardens is located in downtown Yuma and is the 19th-
century adobe home turned museum devoted to the life of E.F. Sanguinetti who was known
as the "Merchant Prince of Yuma" (Sanguinetti House). Riverboat captain Jack Mellon built
a prominent home in 1873 in the downtown sector of Yuma that is now an historical site.
The Molina Block is an adobe commercial structure that was built in the 1870s and used to
be considered the premier location for professional offices (Yuma Heritage).
Provisions
1. Directs the Arizona Historical Society to convey ownership of the following land and
buildings to the City of Yuma:
a) the Sanguinetti House Museum and Gardens and Jack Mellon House; and
b) the Molina Block. (Sec. 1)
2. Instructs the President of the Arizona Historical Society to deliver, within 15 days of the
general effective date, a properly signed and recorded deed or patent to the City of Yuma.
(Sec. 1)
3. Stipulates that the transferred land and buildings must be used by the City of Yuma for
public purposes perpetually and cannot be sold, exchanged or bartered. (Sec. 1)
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