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§20-1A-1. Public land corporation.

(a) The public land corporation, heretofore created and established as an activity of the department of natural resources, is hereby continued and established within and as a unit of the department of natural resources. The personal property and employees of the public land corporation are hereby transferred to the department of natural resources: Provided, That the employees so transferred shall continue to have merit system status or are hereby vested with such merit system status if not previously included therein.
(b) The corporation shall be a public benefit corporation and an instrumentality of the state and may sue or be sued, contract and be contracted with, plead and be impleaded, have and use a common seal.
(c) The corporation shall be vested with the title of the state of West Virginia in public lands, the title to which now is or may hereafter become vested in the state of West Virginia by reason of any law governing the title of lands of the state: Provided, That those lands for which title is specifically vested by law in other state agencies, institutions and departments shall continue to be vested in such state agencies, institutions and departments.