2005 West Virginia Code - §5-6-4a. — Review of real property contracts and agreements; master plan for office space.

§5-6-4a. Review of real property contracts and agreements; master plan for office space.

(a) The Secretary of Administration shall provide to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance a copy of a contract or agreement for real property exceeding one million dollars and a report setting forth a detailed summary of the terms of the contract or agreement, including the name of the owner of the property and the agent involved in the sale, at least thirty days prior to any sale, exchange, transfer, purchase, lease purchase, lease or rental of real property, any refundings of lease purchases, leases or rental agreements, any construction of new buildings and any other acquisition or lease of buildings, office space or grounds by any state agency, including the Higher Education Policy Commission, but excepting the transactions of the state institutions of higher education known as Marshall University and West Virginia University and the Division of Highways for state road purposes pursuant to article two-a, chapter seventeen of this code: Provided, That a contract or agreement for the lease purchase, lease or rental of real property by any state agency, where the costs of real property acquisition and improvements are to be financed, in whole or in part, with bond proceeds, may contain a preliminary schedule of rents and leases for purposes of review by the committee.
(b) For renewals of contracts or agreements required to be reported by the provisions of this section, the Secretary of Administration shall provide a report setting forth a detailed summary of the terms of the contract or agreement, including the name of the owner of the property.
(c) Within thirty days after receipt of the contract, agreement or report, the committee shall meet and review the contract, agreement or report.
(d) On or before the first day of July, two thousand six, the Secretary of Administration shall conduct an inventory of available office space and office space needs and shall develop and present a master plan for the utilization of office space for state agencies to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance.
(e) The governing boards of the state institutions of higher education known as Marshall University and West Virginia University shall provide to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance a copy of any contract or agreement for real property exceeding one million dollars and shall make available to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance upon request a summary of the terms of the contract or agreement, including the name of the owner of the property and the agent involved in the sale.