HCSHB1597--CONVEYANCEOFSTATEPROPERTY
SPONSOR: Busick
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPasswithHCS"bytheStanding
CommitteeonCorrectionsandPublicInstitutionsbyavoteof9to
0.
ThefollowingisasummaryoftheHouseCommitteeSubstituteforHB
1597.
ThisbillauthorizestheGovernortosell,transfer,grant,convey,
remise,release,andforeverquitclaimallinterestofthestateof
MissouriinlandlocatedintheCityofKirksvilleinAdairCounty
totheKirksvilleR-IIISchoolDistrict. Thelandtobeconveyed
isdescribedinthebill.
Anadditionallandtransferfromthestateregardinglandlocated
inCityofKirksvilletoTrumanStateUniversityisalso
authorized. Thelandtobeconveyedisdescribedinthebill.
TheCommissioneroftheOfficeofAdministration shallsetthe
termsandconditionsfortheconveyance.
TheAttorneyGeneralshallapprovetheformoftheinstrumentof
conveyance.
ThisbillisthesameasHB1032(2021).
Thefollowingisasummaryofthepublictestimonyfromthe
committeehearing. Thetestimonywasbasedontheintroduced
versionofthebill.
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatthelandwasoriginallyownedby
theschooldistrictandthatanagreementmeansitshouldgoback
totheschooldistrictoncenolongerusedforstatepurposes. The
citymaintainsthepropertyatitscost,butinthefutureitcould
beusedforprojectssuchastheMissouriNationalGuardHallof
Fame.
TestifyingforthebillwereRepresentative BusickandArnieC.Ac
Dienoff.
OPPONENTS: Therewasnooppositionvoicedtothecommittee.
OTHERS:Otherstestifyingonthebillsaythereisnoformal
contractbetweentheCityofKirksvilleandtheschooldistrictat
thistime.Thecitycurrentlymaintainstheproperty. TestifyingonthebillwereRodneySadler,CityofKirksville;and
RasheedaMaxwell.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonycanbefoundunderTestimonyonthebillpageon
theHousewebsite.