2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 5 - Fort Hays Agricultural Experiment Station And Fort Hays State University › 76-523 State board of regents authorized to sell and convey certain land to city of Hays, Kansas; procedure; disposition of proceeds.

76-523.
State board of regents authorized to sell and convey certain land to city of Hays, Kansas; procedure; disposition of proceeds.
(a) The state board of regents, on behalf of Fort Hays state university, may sell and convey to the city of Hays, Kansas all of the rights, title and interest, except any and all mineral rights, in the following tracts of real estate:
That part of the North Half of Section 5, Township 14 South, Range 18 West, of the 6th Principal Meridian, Ellis County, Kansas, described as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of said Section 5; thence on an assumed bearing of N. 00° 44' 11" E., along the east line of said northwest quarter, a distance of 170.04 feet to the point of beginning of the land to be described, said point being on the northeast side of a tract (Tract A) owned by the city of Hays, Kansas and recorded in Deed Book 180, page 714, at the Ellis county Register of Deeds office, said point also being on the east side of another tract (Tract B), owned by the city of Hays, Kansas and recorded in Deed Book 619, page 54; thence continuing N. 00°44' 11" E., along the east line of said northwest quarter, also being the east line of said Tract B, a distance of 142.28 feet to the northeasterly corner of said Tract B; thence N. 39°47' 40" W., along the northeast side of said Tract B, a distance of 120.06 feet to the northerly corner of said Tract B; thence South 50° 12' 20" W., along the northwest side of said Tract B, a distance of 92.69 feet to a point on the northeast side of said Tract A; thence N. 39° 51' 08" W., along the northeast side of said Tract A, a distance of 1,051.20 feet; thence N. 53° 08' 44" E. a distance of 462.95 feet to a point on the southerly right of way line of U.S. Highway 183 Alternate; thence S. 25° 39' 58" E., along said southerly right of way line, a distance of 308.99 feet; thence continuing along said southerly right of way line, on a curve to the left, an arc distance of 981.18 feet, said curve having a radius of 2,939.79 feet, a central angle of 19° 07' 23", a chord length of 976.64 feet and a chord bearing of S. 35° 13' 39" E.; thence S. 39° 07' 13" W., a distance of 313.64 feet to the easterly corner of said Tract A; thence N. 39° 51' 08" W., along the northeast side of said Tract A, a distance of 77.83 feet to the point of beginning. This tract contains 10.037 acres.
(b) The state board of regents, on behalf of Fort Hays state university may sell and convey to the city of Hays, Kansas all of the rights, title and interest, except any and all mineral rights, in the following tracts of real estate:
That part of the north Half of Section 31, Township 13, South, Range 18 West, of the 6th Principal Meridian, Ellis County, Kansas described as follows: Commencing at the northeast corner of the northeast quarter of said Section 31; thence on an assumed bearing of S. 00° 36' 33" W. along the east line of said northeast quarter, a distance of 1,256.60 feet; thence N. 89° 23' 27" W., a distance of 63.00 feet to the point of beginning of the land to be described; thence S. 01° 54' 27" E., a distance of 500.00 feet; thence N. 89° 23' 27" W., a distance of 1,400.00 feet; thence S. 00° 36' 33" W., a distance of 600.00 feet; thence N. 89°23' 27" W., a distance of 1,720.82 feet; thence N. 00° 17' 18" E. a distance of 2,317.01 feet to a point on the north line of the northwest quarter of said Section 31; thence N. 89° 53' 44" E. along the north line of said northwest quarter, a distance of 540.86 feet to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of said Section 31; thence N. 89°54' 15" E., along the north line of the northeast quarter of said Section 31, a distance of 650.01 feet; thence S. 56° 42' 52" E., along a line that is parallel with and 260.00 feet southerly of the center of the Union Pacific Railroad, a distance of 2,282.28 feet to the point of beginning. This tract contains 120.000 acres.
(c) Conveyance of such rights, title and interest in the real estate and improvements thereon as authorized by this section shall be executed in the name of the state board of regents by its chairperson and chief executive officer. The deed for such conveyance may be by warranty deed or by quitclaim deed as determined to be in the best interests of the state by the board in consultation with the attorney general. Any proceeds from the sale of such real estate, and any improvements thereon, shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the appropriate account or accounts of the restricted fees fund of Fort Hays state university for the use and benefit of Fort Hays state university.
(d) No real estate and improvements thereon shall be sold or conveyed pursuant to this section until the deeds and conveyances have been reviewed and approved by the attorney general and if a warranty deed is to be the instrument of conveyance, a title review has been performed or title insurance has been obtained and the title opinion or the certificate of title insurance, as the case may be, has been approved by the attorney general.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 1, § 1; February 25.