House Bill 1463

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO TRANSFER AND CONVEY CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT COLUMBIA TRAINING SCHOOL IN MARION COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO THE MARION COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING UNOBSTRUCTED ACCESS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARION COUNTY AIRPLEX; TO AMEND SECTION 43-27-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE ANY PORTION OF THE COLUMBIA TRAINING SCHOOL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THIS ACT TO BE CONVEYED OR TRANSFERRED TO THE MARION COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT; 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 transfer and convey to the Marion County Economic Development District certain real property located at Columbia Training School in Marion County, Mississippi, for the purpose of providing unobstructed access for the industrial development of the Marion County AirPlex. The real property contains approximately forty (40) acres, more or less, and is more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a found concrete monument at the Southeast corner of Section 21, Township 4 North, Range 18 West, Marion County, Mississippi, and run westerly along the southern boundary of Section 21 for a distance of 975.58 feet, more or less, to the easternmost right-of-way line of Airport Road. Thence run in a southeasterly direction along said right-of-way line the following calls; run along a curve to the right having an arc length of 261.47 feet, a radius of 735.00 feet, a chord distance of 260.09 feet, and a chord bearing of South 31 degrees 52 minutes 25 seconds East; thence continue along said right-of-way line South 21 degrees 40 minutes 56 seconds East a distance of 1,480.92 feet; thence leaving said right-of-way line run North 43 degrees 58 minutes 36 seconds East a distance of 2,219.24 feet, more or less, to the north boundary line of Section 27; thence run westerly along said north boundary line of Section 27 for a distance of 1,249.87 feet back to the Point of Beginning. Said parcel containing 40.0 acres, more or less, and being located in the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 28 and the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 28 and the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 28 and the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 27, Township 4 North, Range 18 West, Marion County, Mississippi.

(2) The State of Mississippi shall retain any mineral rights to the property transferred and conveyed under subsection (1) of this section. The Department of Finance and Administration shall have the authority to correct any discrepancies in the property descriptions provided in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) The parcels of property conveyed under this section must be conveyed to the Marion County Economic Development District without any assumption of liability or financial responsibility by the State of Mississippi for any known or unknown environmental defects contained thereon. Upon receipt of the deed of title to the property, the Marion County Economic Development District shall indemnify the State of Mississippi for any damage, injury or loss.

SECTION 2. Section 43-27-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

43-27-39. (1) The purpose of this section is to ensure that Mississippi's juvenile justice system is cost-efficient and effective at reducing juvenile crime and to create a continuum of options for Mississippi's youth court judges so that they are better equipped to protect our communities and to care for our children.

(2) The Columbia Training School shall no longer operate as a secure training school for juvenile delinquents. All youth, both male and female, committed to the custody of the Department of Human Services and adjudicated to training school shall be housed at the Oakley Youth Development Center. The Oakley Youth Development Center shall provide gender-specific treatment for youth who are adjudicated delinquent.

(3) Any portion of Columbia Training School property and facilities described in Section 1 of Chapter 553, Laws of 2012, may be conveyed or transferred to the Board of Supervisors of Marion County, Mississippi.

(4) Any portion of Columbia Training School property and facilities described in Section 1 of this act may be conveyed or transferred to the Marion County Economic and Development District for the purposes prescribed under that section.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2019.