HB 1320 - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 3/9/99)

     Declares that, subject to appropriation, the department is authorized to acquire by purchase, lease, condemnation, gift, devise, bequest, grant, or exchange, title to or any interests or rights in real property adjacent to or used in association with state intercity passenger rail service which may include, but are not limited to, depots, platforms, parking areas, and maintenance facilities.  The department is authorized to contract with a public or private entity for the operation, maintenance, and/or management of these facilities.

     Declares that, subject to appropriation, the department is authorized to accept and expend or use gifts, grants, and donations for the benefit of any depot, platform, parking area, maintenance facility, or other associated rail facility.  However, such an expenditure shall be for the public benefit of the state's intercity passenger rail service.