Code of Alabama - Title 29: Legislature - Section 29-2-201 - Conveyance of State House property to Legislative Building Authority

Section 29-2-201 - Conveyance of State House property to Legislative Building Authority.

(a)(1) For purposes of this article, State House property means the real property bordered by Union Street, McDowell Lee Lane, Ripley Street, and Washington Avenue and the building, parking deck, and improvements located thereon.

(2) The Alabama Building Renovation Finance Authority, hereafter referred to as ABRFA, created pursuant to Article 14 (commencing with Section 41-10-450) of Chapter 10 of Title 41, shall execute and deliver on June 14, 2007, an appropriate deed or deeds and accompanying documents conveying State House property in fee simple absolute to the Legislative Building Authority.

(3) Upon delivery of the deed and documents, the Legislative Building Authority shall be invested with all rights and title to the State House property.

(4) The consideration for the conveyance shall be the amounts appropriated in Section 29-2-202. This consideration is conclusively determined to be valuable, adequate, and fair.

(b) The right of reverter created in Section 41-10-470, in relation to the land upon which the Alabama State House is situated is abolished on the date of the conveyance.

(c) Any statutory lien created under Section 41-10-472, in relation to the land upon which the Alabama State House is situated is abolished on the date of the conveyance.

(d) The Legislative Building Authority shall be vested with absolute title and control of the State House property.

(e) Commencing October 1, 2015, absolute title and control of the State House property shall transfer to the Legislative Council by operation of law.

(Act 2007-487, p. 1035, §2; Act 2015-408, §1.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021