Whenever the commissioner determines that certain acquired or abandoned rail properties owned by the state pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 228:60-a, II; 228:60-a, VI; 228:60-b; or any other means are no longer needed, the commissioner may transfer or sell such rail properties to any other state department or agency, or political subdivision of the state, which will utilize such properties for public uses and, if no state department or agency, or political subdivision, wants such properties, the commissioner may sell them, in accordance with N.H. Rev. Stat. § 4:40 with the proceeds from the sale deposited into the special fund established in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 228:68. Such transfer or sale shall require approval of the long range capital planning and utilization committee and the governor and council.