2817-S AMS GO S5162.3
SHB 2817 - S COMM AMD
By Committee on Government Operations
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1. RCW 57.08.015 and 1996 c 230 s 305 are each amended to read as follows:
The board of commissioners of a district may sell, at public or private sale, property belonging to the district if the board determines that the property is not and will not be needed for district purposes and if the board gives notice of intention to sell as in this section provided. However, no such notice of intention shall be required to sell personal property of less than two thousand five hundred dollars in value.
The
notice of intention to sell shall be published once a week for two consecutive
weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the district. The notice shall
describe the property and state the time and place at which it will be sold or
offered for sale, the terms of sale, whether the property is to be sold at
public or private sale, and if at public sale the notice shall call for bids((,))
and fix the conditions of the bids ((and reserve the right to reject
any and all bids)). The board shall adopt a procedure to qualify
bidders. The board shall accept the bid of the highest qualified bidder,
except that the board may reject the highest qualified bidder if it determines
that the property is needed for district purposes. No district shall be
required to make available for public inspection or copying under chapter 42.17
RCW financial information required to be provided by the qualification
procedure.
Sec. 2. RCW 57.08.016 and 1996 c 230 s 306 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) There shall be no private sale of real property where the appraised value exceeds the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars. Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, no real property of the district shall be sold for less than ninety percent of the value thereof as established by a written appraisal made not more than six months prior to the date of sale by three disinterested real estate brokers licensed under the laws of the state or professionally designated real estate appraisers as defined in RCW 74.46.020. The appraisal shall be signed by the appraisers and filed with the secretary of the board of commissioners of the district, who shall keep it at the office of the district open to public inspection. Any notice of intention to sell real property of the district shall recite the appraised value thereof.
(2)
If no purchasers can be obtained for the property at ninety percent or more of
its appraised value after one hundred twenty days of offering the property for
sale, the board of commissioners of the district may adopt a resolution stating
that the district has been unable to sell the property at the ninety percent
amount. The district then may sell the property at the highest price it can obtain
at public auction. A notice of intention to sell at public auction shall be
published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general
circulation in the district. The notice shall describe the property, state the
time and place at which it will be offered for sale and the terms of sale, and
shall call for bids((,)) and fix the conditions thereof((, and
reserve the right to reject any and all bids)). The board shall adopt a
procedure to qualify bidders. The board shall accept the bid of the highest
qualified bidder, except that the board may reject the highest qualified bidder
if it determines that the property is needed for district purposes. No
district shall be required to make available for public inspection or copying
under chapter 42.17 RCW financial information required to be provided by the
qualification procedure."
SHB 2817 - S COMM AMD
By Committee on Government Operations
On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "districts;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "and amending RCW 57.08.015 and 57.08.016."
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