H.B. 15 Enrolled

STATE ARMORY BOARD AMENDMENTS
2003 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Don E. Bush
This act modifies the Militia and Armories title by requiring the State Armory Board to
notify the Legislature and receive its recommendations before legally binding the state to
purchase or sell real property. This act requires legislative approval before the board
may take an option to purchase real property under lease. This act repeals obsolete
sections.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
39-2-2, as last amended by Chapter 107, Laws of Utah 1990
REPEALS:
39-2-3, Utah Code Annotated 1953
39-2-4, Utah Code Annotated 1953
39-2-5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
39-2-6, as last amended by Chapter 64, Laws of Utah 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 39-2-2 is amended to read:
39-2-2. Powers of State Armory Board.
(1) The board shall supervise and control the armories and arsenals, and all real
property held or acquired for the military purposes of the state.
(2) The board may:
(a) provide suitable armories and arsenals for the different organizations of the
National Guard;
(b) lease buildings for armory and arsenal purposes throughout the state wherever
necessary for the use of organizations of the National Guard and for the storage of state and
government property at [such] a rental [as it] that the board considers reasonable;
[(c) take options for the purchase of any premises under lease to the state for armory

and arsenal purposes at any time within the life of such lease when the purchase is in the state's
interest, and at such prices as the board and the owner of such premises may agree upon;
provided that no option is binding upon the board until ratified by act of the Legislature;]
[(d)] (c) erect armories and arsenals at [such] places within the state [as] that it considers
necessary upon lands to which it has acquired the legal title; and
[(e)] (d) expend military funds [as it considers advisable and necessary in the hands of
the state treasurer] to acquire legal title to lands and to construct armories and arsenals.
(3) (a) Subject to Subsection (3)(b), the board may take options for the purchase of any
premises under lease to the state for armory and arsenal purposes:
(i) at any time during the life of the lease; and
(ii) when the purchase is in the state's interest.
(b) An option is not binding upon the board until it is approved by the Legislature.
(4) (a) Before legally binding the state to sell any armory, army premises, or other real
property owned by the National Guard, the board shall submit a description of the proposed sale
to the Legislative Management Committee for its review and recommendations.
(b) Before legally binding the state to purchase any interest in real property, the board
shall submit a description of the proposed sale to the Legislative Management Committee for its
review and recommendations.
(c) The Legislative Management Committee shall review each proposal and may:
(i) recommend that the board complete the purchase or sale; or
(ii) recommend that the board not complete the purchase or sale.
(5) The proceeds from the sales of armories and army premises authorized by this section
shall be appropriated to the State Armory Board to be applied toward the construction of new
armories.
Section 2. Repealer.
This act repeals:
Section 39-2-3, Construction of National Guard armories.
Section 39-2-4, Order of construction of armories.

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Section 39-2-5, Sale of Bountiful, Beaver and Provo armories -- Disposition of
proceeds.
Section 39-2-6, Sale of armories and armory premises -- Disposition of proceeds.

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