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75-3352. Same; procedures for sale; conveyance of title; disposition of proceeds. (a) Before any property is sold under the provisions of this act, the real estate described in K.S.A. 75-3351, and amendments thereto, shall be appraised by three disinterested appraisers acquainted with land values in the county in which such land is located and appointed as provided in K.S.A. 75-3043a, and amendments thereto. The appraisal shall be in writing and filed with the secretary, and the cost of the appraisal shall be paid from the proceeds of the sale.

(b) Upon the filing of such appraisal the secretary of administration shall proceed to sell the real estate described in K.S.A. 75-3351, and amendments thereto, in accordance with this section. The secretary of administration shall develop and adopt procedures for the sale of the real estate described in K.S.A. 75-3351, and amendments thereto. The procedures adopted for such sale may prescribe competitive bidding procedures, public auction, public requests for proposals and negotiation with interested parties or such other process as may be deemed by the secretary of administration to be in the best interests of the state in consultation with the commissioner of juvenile justice. The procedures may include provisions for bid bonds or such other sureties as may be required thereunder.

(c) Conveyance of title in such real estate offered for sale by the secretary of administration in accordance with this section shall be executed on behalf of the state of Kansas by the secretary of administration. The deed for the conveyance may be by warranty deed or by quitclaim deed as determined to be in the best interests of the state by the secretary of administration in consultation with the commissioner of juvenile justice.

(d) The proceeds of the sale of such real estate under this section, after deduction of the expenses of such sale and the cost of the appraisal of the real estate, shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state general fund. The amount deducted for the expenses of such sale and the cost of the appraisal shall be credited to the property contingency fund of the department of administration.

History: L. 1979, ch. 271, § 2; L. 2000, ch. 149, § 4; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 382; July 1.