HB121 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Alan Harper

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Alan BakerApril Weaver

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Property notice of transfer property between governmental agency required to be posted for two weeks

Summary

The bill would require public notice for two weeks in a newspaper when a state government agency receives real property from another government entity before taking title.

What This Bill Does

If passed, the receiving agency would have to publish a notice of the proposed transfer for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where it is located. The transfer may not happen until after the notice has been published. The act is named the State Lands Transparency Act and specifies when it becomes law after passage and governor approval.

Who It Affects

• State agencies, boards, authorities, commissions, or other political subdivisions that receive real property from another government entity via an intergovernmental transfer; they must publish two weeks of notice.
• Residents and businesses in the receiving county who will learn about the transfer through the newspaper notice and thus gain information about government property transfers.

Key Provisions

• Two consecutive weeks of notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the receiving county before the receiving entity may take title to the real property.
• Applies to intergovernmental transfers of real property between state government entities such as agencies, boards, commissions, authorities, and other subdivisions.
• Effective date: the act becomes law on the first day of the third month after it is passed and approved by the Governor.
• The act is titled the State Lands Transparency Act.

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Subjects

Government