Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HR 49 - Fulton County and MARTA; convey property

Page Numbers - 1/ 2/ 3

1. Murphy  18th           2. McKinney  51st


House Comm: SI&P       /                Senate Comm: EDTCA      /               
House Vote: Yeas 168   Nays 0           Senate Vote: Yeas 51  Nays 0            
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               House          Action         Senate                             
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              1/10/95  Read 1st Time         1/27/95                            
              1/11/95  Read 2nd Time         2/3/95                             
              1/25/95  Favorably Reported    2/2/95                             
              Am       Committee Amend/Sub                                      
              1/26/95  Read 3rd Time         2/8/95                             
              1/26/95  Passed/Adopted        2/8/95                             
              CA       Comm/Floor Amend/Sub                                     
              2/10/95  Sent to Governor                                         
              2/13/95  Signed by Governor                                       
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HR 49                                               HR 49/CA

      H. R. No. 49 (AM)
      By:  Representatives Murphy of the 18th and McKinney of the
      51st


                             A RESOLUTION

  1- 1  Authorizing the granting of certain easements and conveyance
  1- 2  of certain state owned real property located in Fulton
  1- 3  County, Georgia, to Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit
  1- 4  Authority (MARTA) and the acceptance of certain real
  1- 5  property owned by MARTA located in Fulton County, Georgia,
  1- 6  in consideration therefor;  to provide an effective date; to
  1- 7  repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 8  WHEREAS, MARTA is the owner of approximately 1.6 acres of
  1- 9  real property air rights on the southern boundary of the
  1-10  Georgia World Congress Center in Fulton County identified as
  1-11  Tract Numbers 4, 5, 6, and 18 on that certain plat of survey
  1-12  entitled Part of Project Site GWCC-6, Georgia International
  1-13  Plaza Sheet 2 of 5 prepared by Larry Clark, Georgia
  1-14  Registered Land Surveyor No. 1709 dated December 12, 1994;
  1-15  and the State of Georgia is the owner of a portion of two
  1-16  streets known as Elliott Street and New Block Place located
  1-17  on the southern boundary of the Georgia World Congress
  1-18  Center and approximately 1.9 acres of real property air
  1-19  rights located southwest of Western and Atlantic Railroad
  1-20  right-of-way between Forsyth Street and including Spring
  1-21  Street identified as being parts of Tracts 2, 3, and 4 on
  1-22  that certain plat of survey entitled Consolidated Atlanta
  1-23  Properties, Inc. prepared by Watts and Browning Engineers
  1-24  dated August 3, 1973, in Fulton County; both plats being on
  1-25  file in the offices of the State Properties Commission; and

  1-26  WHEREAS, custody of the subject state owned real property
  1-27  air rights is vested in the State Properties Commission; and

  1-28  WHEREAS, the State of Georgia and Georgia World Congress
  1-29  Center are desirous of acquiring the above-mentioned MARTA
  1-30  owned property in conjunction with the construction of
  1-31  Georgia International Plaza; and

  1-32  WHEREAS, the exchange of the aforedescribed tracts of real
  1-33  property would be beneficial both to the State of Georgia
  1-34  and MARTA.

  1-35  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ENACTED BY THE GENERAL
  1-36  ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:


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                         ARTICLE I

                         SECTION 1.

  2- 1  That, in all matters relating to the conveyance of the
  2- 2  herein described state owned real property and the
  2- 3  acceptance of the herein described real property owned by
  2- 4  MARTA, the State of Georgia is acting by and through its
  2- 5  State Properties Commission.

                         SECTION 2.

  2- 6  That the State of Georgia, acting by and through its State
  2- 7  Properties Commission, is authorized and empowered to convey
  2- 8  by appropriate instrument to MARTA the hereinabove-described
  2- 9  air rights to Tracts 2, 3, and 4 of state owned real
  2-10  property and that portion of two streets known as Elliott
  2-11  Street and New Block Place where said streets adjoin
  2-12  property owned by MARTA, and access easements over certain
  2-13  state owned property to MARTA owned property lying beneath
  2-14  the air rights contemplated herein, and to accept in
  2-15  consideration therefor from MARTA the hereinabove-described
  2-16  property owned by MARTA.

                         SECTION 3.

  2-17  That the State Properties Commission is authorized to do all
  2-18  acts and things necessary and proper to effect such
  2-19  exchange.

                         SECTION 4.

  2-20  That such conveyance and acquisition shall be upon such
  2-21  other terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the State
  2-22  Properties Commission.

                         SECTION 5.

  2-23  That the conveyance herein considered shall contain such
  2-24  other reasonable terms and conditions as the State
  2-25  Properties Commission shall deem in the best interest of the
  2-26  State of Georgia and that the State Properties Commission is
  2-27  authorized to use a more accurate description of the
  2-28  property, so long as the description utilized by the State
  2-29  Properties Commission describes the same conveyance area
  2-30  herein considered.

                         SECTION 6.

  2-31  That the conveyance instrument authorized by this resolution
  2-32  shall be recorded in the Superior Court of Fulton County and


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                                                    HR 49/CA

  3- 1  a recorded copy shall be maintained by the State Properties
  3- 2  Commission.

                         SECTION 7.

  3- 3  That the authorization in this article to convey the
  3- 4  above-described Tracts 2, 3, and 4 of state owned property
  3- 5  to MARTA and to accept the above-described property from
  3- 6  MARTA shall expire three years after the date that this
  3- 7  resolution becomes effective.

                         SECTION 8.

  3- 8  That this resolution shall become effective upon its
  3- 9  approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without
  3-10  such approval.

                         SECTION 9.

  3-11  That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this
  3-12  resolution are repealed.





























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