A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to prohibit any conveyance of State‑owned real property encompassing the Dorothea Dix Hospital campus without the approval of the general ASSEMBLY, as recommended by the Joint legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human SErvices.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 146‑27 reads as rewritten:
"§ 146‑27.  The role of the Department of Administration in sales, leases, and  rentals; conveyance of Dix Campus.
(a)	General. – Every sale, lease, rental, or gift of land owned by the State or by any State agency shall be made by the Department of Administration and approved by the Governor and Council of State. A lease or rental of land owned by the State may not exceed a period of 99 years. The Department of Administration may initiate proceedings for sales, leases, rentals, and gifts of land owned by the State or by any State agency.
(b)	Large Disposition. – If a proposed disposition is a sale or gift of land with an appraised value of at least twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000), the sale or gift shall not be made until after consultation with the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations.
(c)	Expired effective September 1, 2007.
(d)	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State‑owned real property encompassing the Dorothea Dix Hospital campus shall not be sold, leased, rented, or gifted without the prior approval of the General Assembly."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.