MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Public Buildings, Grounds and Lands; Appropriations

By: Representative Green (72nd)

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HINDS COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE THE WILLIAM H. HOLTZCLAW HOUSE; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO USE FUNDS IN THE HISTORIC PROPERTIES TRUST FUND; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE SHALL APPROPRIATE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS NEEDED TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History, in conjunction with the Hinds County Board of Supervisors and Hinds Community College, shall restore and preserve the William H. Holtzclaw House in Utica, Mississippi, a Mississippi landmark, as defined in Section 39-7-11. The department may use funds in the Historic Properties Trust Fund as created in Section 39-5-23. The funds used for this purpose must be drawn from those contributions to the trust fund which have been earmarked for the William H. Holtzclaw House or which have not been designated as to their use. The Legislature shall appropriate any additional funds that are needed to restore and preserve the William H. Holtzclaw House.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1997.