HB 685 -- CONVEYANCE IN HOWELL COUNTY

SPONSOR:  Franz

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee on
Corrections and Public Institutions by a vote of 7 to 0.

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

The bill 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 is not ADA
compliant and will have to be totally renovated to bring it into
compliance.  The university has determined that it would be more
cost efficient to demolish the building, sell the property, and
use the profits to build a new building elsewhere.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Franz; and Southwest
Missouri State University-West Plains.

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 1:20 pm