MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2002 Regular Session

To: Public Buildings, Grounds and Lands; Appropriations

By: Representative Peranich

House Bill 1222

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO ASSIGN TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CERTAIN STATE OWNED REAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI; TO PROVIDE THAT A NEW BUILDING AND RELATED FACILITIES NECESSARY TO HOUSE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED ON SUCH PROPERTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

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

     SECTION 1.  (1)  The Department of Finance and Administration may assign to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality certain state owned real property located in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, in Hinds County, Mississippi, being more particularly described as follows:

Commence at a found iron rod at the Northwest corner of the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) of the Northeast Quarter of Section 25, Township 6 North, Range 1 East, City of Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi; thence run South 00 degrees 36 minutes 58 seconds East, 112.69 feet along the apparent West line of said Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) of Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) to the point of beginning of the following described property; thence run North 89 degrees 23 minutes 02 seconds East, 1252.12 feet to a point on the West right of way of Ridgewood Road; thence run South 00 degrees 50 minutes 01 seconds East, 899.95 feet along said West right of way to the point of intersection with a flare on the right of way of Lakeland Drive; thence run South 56 degrees 10 minutes 37 seconds West, 261.31 feet along said flare to a point on the North right of way of Lakeland Drive; thence running along the North right of way of said Lakeland Drive the following courses and distances, South 85 degrees 04 minutes 10 seconds West, 38.60 feet; North 88 degrees 49 minutes 57 seconds West, 503.45 feet; North 87 degrees 29 minutes 26 seconds West, 100.84 feet; South 89 degrees 10 minutes 43 seconds West, 96.24 feet; South 88 degrees 56 minutes 23 seconds West, 45.91 feet; South 88 degrees 02 minutes 36 seconds West, 252.43 feet to a point on the apparent West line of the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of said Section 25; thence run North 00 degrees 36 minutes 58 seconds West, 1031.40 feet along said West line of the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) to the point of beginning containing 29.435 acres and located in the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) of the Northeast (NE 1/4) Quarter of Section 25, Township 6 North, Range 1 East, City of Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi.

     (2)  A new building and related facilities necessary to house the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality shall be constructed on the real property described in subsection (1) of this section. 

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.