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SB527 • 2026

Authorizing the secretary of corrections on behalf of the state of Kansas to convey certain real property located in Leavenworth county, Kansas, to Leavenworth county.

Authorizing the secretary of corrections on behalf of the state of Kansas to convey certain real property located in Leavenworth county, Kansas, to Leavenworth county.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2026-04-10
Official status
Died in Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Authorizing the secretary of corrections on behalf of the state of Kansas to convey certain real property located in Leavenworth county, Kansas, to Leavenworth county.

Authorizing the secretary of corrections on behalf of the state of Kansas to convey certain real property located in Leavenworth county, Kansas, to Leavenworth county.

What This Bill Does

  • Authorizing the secretary of corrections on behalf of the state of Kansas to convey certain real property located in Leavenworth county, Kansas, to Leavenworth county.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-10 Senate

    Died in Committee

  2. 2026-03-10 Senate

    Hearing: Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 9:30 AM — Room 142-S event

  3. 2026-03-04 Senate

    Referred to Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics

  4. 2026-03-04 Senate

    Introduced

Official Summary Text

Authorizing the secretary of corrections on behalf of the state of Kansas to convey certain real property located in Leavenworth county, Kansas, to Leavenworth county.

Current Bill Text

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Session of 2026
SENATE BILL No. 527
By Committee on Assessment and Taxation
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AN ACT concerning the disposition of state real property; authorizing the
secretary of corrections on behalf of the department of corrections and
the state of Kansas to convey certain real property in Leavenworth
county, Kansas, to Leavenworth county.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) The secretary of corrections is hereby authorized and
empowered, for and on behalf of the department of corrections and the
state of Kansas, to convey, without consideration, all of the rights, title and
interest in the following described real estate, and any improvements
thereon, to Leavenworth county, Kansas:
All of Blocks 20, 21, 22, 23, 33, 34, 35, 36, 46, 47, 48 in the Town of
Delaware, a subdivision recorded in Plat Book 1A, Page 50 and all that
part of Blocks 7, 8, 9, 10 in said subdivision, lying West of Union Pacific
Railroad and all that part of Blocks 49, 59, 60, 61 in said subdivision lying
East of K-5 Highway (Wolcott Road). Including all vacated alleys and
streets in said Blocks. All being located in Section 20, Township 9 South,
Range 23 East of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Leavenworth County,
Kansas.
(b) Conveyance of such rights, title and interest in such real estate,
and any improvements thereon, shall be executed in the name of the
department of corrections and the state of Kansas by the secretary of
corrections. The deed for such conveyance shall be by quitclaim deed.
(c) No conveyance of real estate and improvements thereon as
authorized by this section shall be made by the secretary of corrections
until the deed and conveyances have been reviewed and approved by the
attorney general.
(d) All costs in any way related to the conveyance shall be paid by
Leavenworth county, Kansas. The conveyance of real property authorized
by this section shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3043a,
and amendments thereto.
(e) In the event that the secretary of corrections determines that the
legal description of the real estate described by this section is incorrect, the
secretary of corrections may convey the property utilizing the correct legal
description but the deed conveying the property shall be subject to the
approval of the attorney general.
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Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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