(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the Director of General Services may sell or exchange, pursuant to Section 11011.1, at fair market value based upon an appraisal approved by the Department of General Services, only to the County of Napa or the Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District, upon those terms and conditions and subject to those reservations and exceptions the director determines are in the best interests of the state, all or any part of the following real property, by January 1, 2026, after which date, if not sold or exchanged to the County of Napa or the Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District, the property is no longer surplus and shall not be available for sale or exchange:
Approximately 850 acres of property, currently leased to or controlled by the County of Napa as part of Skyline Wilderness Park, located at the Napa State Hospital, 2100 Napa Vallejo Highway, Napa, in the County of Napa.
(b) An agreement for the sale or exchange of the property identified in, and pursuant to, subdivision (a), shall require the County of Napa or the Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District to retain title to the entire property sold or exchanged for use as a park or wilderness preserve, or in the event of the future sale or exchange of that property by the County of Napa or Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District, shall require the County of Napa or the Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District, by recorded easement, to limit future uses of the property to a park or wilderness preserve.
(c) An agreement for the sale or exchange of the property identified in, and pursuant to, subdivision (a), shall preserve Napa State Hospital’s ownership and use of the property known as Camp Coombs, and Camp Coombs shall not be part of the sale or exchange of the property. An agreement for the sale or exchange of the property shall include an easement, that shall be recorded, that provides Napa State Hospital with access to Camp Coombs.
(d) The Department of General Services shall be reimbursed for any cost or expense incurred in the disposition of the property described in subdivision (a) from the proceeds of the disposition. The net proceeds of any moneys received from the disposition of the property shall be paid into the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties, as established by Section 16418.
(e) The County of Napa or the Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District may enter into an agreement with a nonprofit land trust or nonprofit conservation entity for the purpose of sharing the costs associated with making the sale or exchange authorized by this section, provided that all the requirements of this section, including, but not limited to, those of subdivision (b), are met.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 240, Sec. 1. (SB 20) Effective January 1, 2020.)
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