MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
1998 Regular Session
To: Public Property
By: Senator(s) Tollison, Robertson, Moffatt, Gollott, Kirby, Mettetal
Senate Bill 2306
(As Passed the Senate)
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO SELL AND CONVEY TO THE UNITED STATES FORESTRY SERVICE CERTAIN LAND OWNED AND HELD BY THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF SUCH LAND SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO AN ENDOWMENT FUND ESTABLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI; TO PROVIDE THAT THE INCOME AND EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE FUND SHALL BE USED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI AND FOR REPAIR AND RENOVATIONS OF PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI; TO AMEND SECTION 3-5-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT THE SALE OF SUCH LAND FROM THE PROVISION THAT LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF LAND THAT MAY BE ACQUIRED BY THE UNITED STATES WITHIN OR ADJACENT TO EXISTING NATIONAL FOREST LANDS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The State of Mississippi may sell and convey to the United States Forestry Service, all of its right, title and interest in certain lands owned and held by the State of Mississippi for the benefit of the University of Mississippi pursuant to the act of the United States Congress dated June 30, 1894, Ch. 110, 28 Stat. 94 (1894), such lands being more particularly described as follows:
STONE COUNTY
Township 3 South Range 9 West Acres
Section 4 - E2 320
Section 28 - E2, N2 of NW3, SE3 of NW3 440
Section 29 - W2 320
Section 31 - SE3, E2 of W2, SW3 of NW3,
W2 of SE3 of NE3 380
Section 30 - All Less SW3 of SW3 600
Section 33 - All Less SW3 of NE3 600
Township 3 South Range 10 West
Section 25 - All Less E2 of SE3 560
Section 36 - All Less SE3 of SE3, Less N2 of SW3,
Less SE3 of SW3, Less SW3 of NW3 440
Section 35 - All 640
Section 34 - All 640
Section 33 - All 640
Section 32 - All Less NE3 480
Section 31 - All Less S2 of NW3, Less NW3 of NW3 520
Township 4 South Range 9 West
Section 4 - W2 320
Section 5 - All Less NE3, Less SE3 of NW3 440
Section 6 - All Less NE3 of NW3 600
Section 7 - All 640
Section 8 - All 640
Section 9 - All 640
Section 17 - N2 of NW3, SW3 of NE3, N2 of SE3,
E2 of NE3 280
Township 4 South Range 10 West
Section 5 - All Less NE3 of SE3 600
Section 4 - N2 320
Section 3 - N2 320
Section 2 - All Less SW3 of SW3 600
Section 1 - All Less NW3 of SE3, Less W2 of NE3,
Less NE3 of NW3 480
TOTAL 12,460
GEORGE COUNTY
Township 3 South Range 9 West
Section 3 - All Less S2 of NW3, Less SE3 400
Section 2 - W2, NW3 of NE3 360
Section 10 - All 640
Section 11 - All Less W2 of W2 480
Section 12 - N2 Less NE3 of NE3 280
Section 22 - S2 Less N2 of SE3 240
Section 24 - S2 of N2 160
Section 27 - All 640
Section 26 - All 640
Section 35 - All 640
Section 34 - All 640
Section 25 - All Less N2 of NE3, Less SE3 400
Section 36 - NW3, SW3 of NE3 200
Township 2 South Range 5 West
Section 6 - SW3 of SE3 40
Township 1 South Range 6 West
Section 5 - NW3 of NE3, SW3 of SW3 80
Township 3 South Range 6 West
Section 13 - SE3 160
Township 2 South Range 7 West
Section 3 - SW3 of SE3 40
Section 21 - W2 of NE3 80
Section 4 - NE3 of SE3 40
TOTAL 6,160
JACKSON COUNTY
Township 4 South Range 9 West
Section 2 - NE3, NW3 of NW3 200
Section 10 - W3/4 of NW3 120
Section 11 - All 640
Section 12 - All Less NE3 of NE3 600
Section 13 - All 640
Section 14 - All 640
Section 15 - All 640
Township 4 South Range 8 West
Section 19 - NE3 of NW3 40
Section 29 - SW3 of NE3 40
Section 31 - S2 of NW3, NE3 of NW3 120
Section 36 - SW3 of SE3 40
Township 5 South Range 8 West
Section 18 - E2 Less NE3 of NE3 280
Township 5 South Range 7 West
Section 6 - SW3 of SW3, NW3 of NE3 80
TOTAL 4,080
TOTALS
Stone County 2,460
George County 6,160
Jackson County 4,080
TOTAL 22,700
(2) Proceeds from the sale of the land described in subsection (1) of this section shall be deposited into an endowment fund established by the University of Mississippi. The principal of the fund shall remain inviolate and shall be invested by the University of Mississippi. Interest and income from the investment of the principal of the fund shall be used by the University of Mississippi exclusively for the construction of permanent improvements on the campus of the University of Mississippi and for the repair and renovation of permanent improvements on the campus of the University of Mississippi.
SECTION 2. Section 3-5-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
3-5-13. (1) The consent of the State of Mississippi is hereby given to the acquisition by the United States, by purchase or gift, of land within or adjacent to existing national forests in Mississippi, subject to prior approval of: (1) the board of supervisors of the county wherein such land is located, by order spread upon its minutes; and (2) the Mississippi Forestry Commission; provided, however, that not more than twenty-five thousand (25,000) acres may be acquired in the entire state under the provisions of * * * this section and Section 3-5-15.
Provided further, that not more than five hundred (500) acres may be purchased or donated in any one (1) county outside the existing boundaries of any one (1) existing national forest.
The provisions of * * * this section and Section 3-5-15 shall not apply to, or be construed to prohibit, any landowner owning lands in the State of Mississippi who may desire to exchange any part or all of such lands with the United States government, or any agency thereof, within the external boundaries of an existing national forest for an equal amount of land or lands of equal value owned by the United States government, or any agency thereof.
(2) There is hereby exempted from the provisions of * * * this section and Section 3-5-15 any county in which State Highway No. 18 intersects State Highway No. 35 and any county in which State Highway No. 18 intersects State Highway No. 15.
(3) There is hereby exempted from the provisions of this section any lands sold and conveyed by the State of Mississippi pursuant to Section 1 of Senate Bill No. 2306, 1998 Regular Session.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.