ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

 


SB 1441: land and buildings transfers; Yuma

Sponsor: Senator Fernandez, LD 23

Committee on Government

Overview

Transfers ownership of prescribed land and buildings from the Arizona Historical Society to the City of Yuma.

History

The Arizona Historical Society is tasked with procuring, by gift, exchange or purchase: books and materials pertaining to the history of Arizona and the west, narratives of historical events of the early settlement of Arizona, data relating to Indian tribes and historical and scientific reports of the western states (A.R.S. § 41-823).

The Sanguinetti House Museum and Gardens is located in downtown Yuma and is the 19th-century adobe home turned museum devoted to the life of E.F. Sanguinetti who was known as the "Merchant Prince of Yuma" (Sanguinetti House).  Riverboat captain Jack Mellon built a prominent home in 1873 in the downtown sector of Yuma that is now an historical site.  The Molina Block is an adobe commercial structure that was built in the 1870s and used to be considered the premier location for professional offices (Yuma Heritage).

Provisions

1.   Directs the Arizona Historical Society to convey ownership of the following land and buildings to the City of Yuma:

a)   the Sanguinetti House Museum and Gardens and Jack Mellon House; and

b)   the Molina Block. (Sec. 1)

2.   Instructs the President of the Arizona Historical Society to deliver, within 15 days of the general effective date, a properly signed and recorded deed or patent to the City of Yuma. (Sec. 1)

3.   Stipulates that the transferred land and buildings must be used by the City of Yuma for public purposes perpetually and cannot be sold, exchanged or bartered. (Sec. 1)

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes)	     ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes)      ☐ Emergency (40 votes)	☐ Fiscal Note

 

 

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