HCS SB 364 -- CONVEYANCES IN HOWELL AND GREENE COUNTIES

SPONSOR:  Purgason (Franz)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee on
Corrections and Public Institutions by a vote of 9 to 0.

This substitute authorizes the Board of Governors of Southwest
Missouri State University to convey property located in Howell
County in the City of West Plains.

The substitute also authorizes the Board of Governors of
Southwest Missouri State University to sell the university
president's home on the Springfield campus.

The substitute contains an emergency clause.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2006, FY 2007, and
FY 2008.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the property is an old church
which was donated to the West Plains campus of the Southwest
Missouri State University in 1998.  The structure does not meet
the federal Americans with Disabilities Act requirements and will
have to be totally renovated to bring it into compliance.  The
university has determined that it is more cost efficient to
demolish the building, sell the property, and use the profits to
build a new building elsewhere.  The new president of Southwest
Missouri State University would like to live in his own home and
feels that the university would be better served by selling the
president's home and using the proceeds for educational services.

Testifying for the bill was Representative Franz.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Bob Dominique, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:21 pm