Cotton Bayou Ass'n v. Department of Conservation

SHORES, Justice.

This appeal presents the single issue of whether a State of Alabama agency has *925the authority to negotiate for the lease of real property or must lease real property pursuant to the competitive bid law, Ala. Code 1975, § 41-16-1 et seq. The trial court held that the State may lease real estate by negotiated lease. We affirm.

The evidence is undisputed that the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources owns real property in Baldwin County, known as the “Alabama Point Property.” After advertising in the Mobile Press Register newspaper for four consecutive weeks for…