ALEC's State Budget Reform Toolkit: "Asset Sale and Lease Opportunities"

See pages 34-37 for the particulars.

Step 1:  A real property inventory

• What does the state own? 
• Where is it located? 
• What is the condition of what the state owns? 
• What is the value of what the state owns? 
• What is the best use of what the state owns?

Sidebar:  The two most common and effective ways of extracting value from government assets are

• asset divestiture (the outright sale of government land or assets) and 

• asset leases (long-term leases of public assets to private sector investor-operators)

Step 2:   The governor should commission a review to categorize all state-owned property and move toward asset divestiture and realignment opportunities.

Step 3:  Assemble a procurement team to prioritize asset lease opportunities 

Step 4:   Incentivize quick identification and disposal.

Step 5:  Contract with the private sector to conduct a market-value disposal of surplus property.

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