§ 3. Powers and duties; leases. 1. The office of general services\nshall have the general care and superintendence of all state lands, the\nsuperintendence whereof is not vested in some officer or in a state\ndepartment or a division, bureau or agency thereof.\n 2. The commissioner of general services may, subject to such rules as\nhe may promulgate with the approval of the state director of the budget,\nfrom time to time, lease for terms not exceeding five years, and until\ndisposed of as required by law, all such state lands which are not\nappropriated to any immediate use. Such leases shall contain proper\ncovenants to guard against trespass and waste. The use to which such\nleased property shall be put shall be consistent with local land use\nregulations. The commissioner also may grant rights and easements in\nperpetuity or otherwise in and to all state lands, including lands under\nwater, at a price to be determined by the commissioner, and in case of a\nsubsequent sale of such lands, the same may be sold subject to any\nrights and easements previously granted. The commissioner may, with or\nwithout consideration as determined by him, release and relinquish to\nthe owner of the fee title therein, any rights or easements in\nperpetuity or otherwise, as may have been previously granted to the\nstate. Provided, however, that where the superintendence of state lands\nis vested in some officer or in a state department or a division, bureau\nor agency thereof or in a public authority created or continued under\nthe public authorities law the commissioner may grant, release or\nrelinquish such rights and easements upon the written request of such\nofficer or the head of such department, division, bureau, agency or\npublic authority or of an employee thereof designated for such purpose\nby such officer or head of the department, division, bureau, agency or\npublic authority.\n 3. The commissioner of general services may repair, demolish or remove\nthe whole or a portion of any structure on such state lands, provided he\nhas filed in his office a writing specifying the structure and\ncertifying to the necessity of such repair, demolition or removal. The\nexpense of such work may be paid from any contingent funds available to\nthe commissioner, or from moneys specially appropriated for such\npurposes. If such work be done by contract, the commissioner may\ndispense with advertising and bids, or either, or may cause such work to\nbe done by direct employment of labor and purchase of material in the\nopen market, or partly by contract and partly by such direct employment\nand purchase.\n 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or other\nstatute, the commissioner of general services, upon the application of\nany state department, or a division, bureau or agency thereof, or upon\nthe application of any state agency, may transfer to such state\ndepartment, division, bureau, or agency, or state agency, the\njurisdiction over any lands, including lands under water, abandoned\ncanal lands and salt springs reservation land, upon such terms and\nconditions as the commissioner may deem just and proper and upon the\nconsent of the department, or a division, bureau or agency thereof, or\nany state agency, already having jurisdiction over such lands and\nnotwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or other statute,\nauthority to give such consent is hereby conferred upon the head of any\nsuch state department, or a division, bureau or agency thereof, or any\nstate agency; provided, however, that if the commissioner of general\nservices determines that any such land under the jurisdiction of any\nstate department, or a division, bureau or agency thereof, or any state\nagency other than a public authority or public benefit corporation is\nunder utilized or is not being utilized in a manner consistent with the\nbest interests of the state, such commissioner may on his own\ninitiative, and without the application or consen
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