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§ 12-1-101. Acceptance of Gifts

The governor is authorized to accept, on behalf of the state, gifts of real estate or personal property upon such terms and conditions and for such uses and purposes as may be agreed upon by the grantor or donor thereof and the governor. Notwithstanding subsection (a), the commissioner or appointing authority of any executive branch […]

§ 12-1-102. Authority for Purchase of Federal Surplus Property

Notwithstanding any statute, public or private, providing the details of purchases on behalf of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, the state, or any political subdivision thereof, may purchase any surplus property offered for sale by the United States government from such government in such manner and on such terms as may be agreed […]

§ 12-1-103. Commission to Purchase Federal Property

There is appointed a commission to be composed of the governor, state treasurer and attorney general and reporter, which commission is clothed with authority to purchase from the federal government such property as the federal government may offer for sale and which may be used advantageously, in the discretion of the commission, by any department […]

§ 12-1-104. Federal Improvements on State Land

This commission may contract for and purchase any improvements or installations which may be located on lands belonging to the state and which have been placed on such lands by the federal government, or by any agency thereof, with authority reserved in the federal government to remove such improvements or installations, if it so elects. […]

§ 12-1-105. Payment for Federal Property

Payment for any purchases made under §§ 12-1-103 and 12-1-104 shall be made out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, and notwithstanding any contrary provision in any other statute.

§ 12-1-106. Land Acquired by Commissioner — Payment

The commissioner of any department of the state, with the approval of the commissioner of finance and administration, is authorized to acquire land on behalf of the state either by purchase or condemnation for use for public purposes. The land shall be paid for out of any available funds in the state treasury not otherwise […]

§ 12-1-107. Application for Purchase of Land

In the event it becomes necessary to so acquire any land under authority of §§ 12-1-106 — 12-1-108, the commissioner of the department seeking to have the same acquired shall make a request in writing to the governor, giving in detail the location of the land sought to be acquired, its probable cost, the necessity […]

§ 12-1-108. Condemnation Request

In the event it becomes necessary to condemn the land, the commissioner and the governor shall request the attorney general and reporter in writing to file the proper condemnation proceedings, which shall be under the general laws relating to the acquisition of land for public purposes by condemnation, authority being granted for that purpose.

§ 12-1-109. Land for Institutional Water or Sewage System

The state, acting through the department or agency having the power of supervision over any penal, charitable, reformatory, or educational institution belonging to the state, with the approval of the governor, shall have the right to acquire by purchase, donation, or condemnation on behalf of the state, all necessary land with interests therein, including necessary […]

§ 12-1-110. Joint Purchase of Art

Any state agency authorized to purchase a work of art is authorized to enter into contracts with a private or public foundation to jointly purchase a work of art as defined in § 47-25-1002. Such contracts shall be entered into in accordance with state purchasing statutes and regulations. Such contracts, to be mutually agreed upon, […]

§ 12-1-111. Continued Validity of Agreement Between Local Government and Adjoining Private Property Owner for Agricultural Use of Government Land Upon Sale of Such Land to Another Local Government

If any real property owned by a local government, where a written agreement was executed allowing adjoining private property owners to utilize the local government’s real property for agricultural use when the property was transferred by execution of a quitclaim deed to the local government, is then sold or transferred to another local government or […]