Adopted
AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO
House Bill No. 1792
BY: Representative Smith (39th)
AMEND by striking lines 225 through 227 and inserting the following language in lieu thereof:
(ii) Construction of new buildings and facilities for the presentation, teaching or exhibition of the arts in any and all of its forms and furniture, equipment and/or technology for such buildings or facilities.
AMEND FURTHER by striking lines 232 through 241 in their entirety.
AMEND FURTHER on line 307 by inserting the language "for the purpose of providing funds to the Mississippi Museum of Art" after the comma.
AMEND FURTHER on line 308 by inserting the language "acquisition of land," after the word "of"
AMEND FURTHER on line 309 by inserting the language "on the property described in Section 37 of this act" after the word "Art"
AMEND FURTHER by inserting the following language after line 830 and renumbering the succeeding section:
SECTION 37. (1) The Department of Finance and Administration may sell and convey to the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Museum of Art two (2) parcels of property fronting the north side of Riverside Drive in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, and the south side of Woodrow Wilson Avenue in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, and lying north and east and northwest of the property owned by the Salvation Army, the property being more particularly described as follows:
Parcel A
A certain parcel of land being situated in the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 35, T6N-R1E, City of Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, and being more particularly described as follows:
Commence at an iron pin marking the Point of Intersection of the North right-of-way line of Riverside Drive with the East right-of-way line of Murrah Drive (as both are now laid out and improved); run thence North 89 degrees 47 minutes 20 seconds East along said North right-of-way line of Riverside Drive for a distance of 700.00 feet to the Southwest corner of a 5.964 acre tract of land (Belhaven College); leaving said North right-of-way line of Riverside Drive, run thence North 00 degrees 09 minutes 00 seconds West along the West line of said 5.964 acre tract for a distance of 650.00 feet to the Northwest corner thereof; run thence North 89 degrees 47 minutes 20 seconds East along the North line of said 5.964 acre tract for a distance of 40.68 feet to a set 1/2" iron pin being the POINT OF BEGINNING of the parcel of land herein described; from said POINT OF BEGINNING and leaving said North line of a 5.964 acre tract, run thence North 30 degrees 25 minutes 33 seconds East for a distance of 334.09 feet to a set 1/2" iron pin on the South right-of-way line of Woodrow Wilson Drive (Interstate Highway 55, Ramp "D", Project I-IF-55-2(31)96); run thence South 78 degrees 57 minutes 13 seconds East along said South right-of-way line of Woodrow Wilson Drive for a distance of 45.46 feet to a set 1/2" iron pin being the Point of Curvature of a 9.56412 degree curve bearing to the right having a central angle of 14 degrees 32 minutes 19 seconds and a radius of 599.07 feet; run thence along said South right-of-way line of Woodrow Wilson Drive and along the arc of said curve an arc length of 152.01 feet; said curve having a chord bearing of South 71 degrees 44 minutes 16 seconds East and a chord distance of 151.60 feet to an existing 1/2" iron pin marking the Northeast corner of a 10.707 acre tract of land (Belhaven College); leaving said South right-of-way line of Woodrow Wilson Drive and the arc of said curve, run thence South 00 degrees 12 minutes 40 seconds East along the West line of said 10.707 acre tract for a distance of 230.54 feet to an existing 1/2" iron pin marking the Northwest corner of the aforesaid 5.964 acre tract of land; run thence South 89 degrees 47 minutes 20 seconds West along the North line of said 5.964 acre tract for a distance of 358.63 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 1.703 acres, more or less.
Parcel B
A certain parcel of land being situated in the North 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 35, T6N-R1E, City of Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, and being more particularly described as follows:
Commence at an existing iron pin marking the Point of Intersection of the North right-of-way line of Riverside Drive with the East right-of-way line of Murrah Drive (as both are now laid out and improved); run thence North 89 degrees 47 minutes 20 seconds East along said North right-of-way line of Riverside Drive for a distance of 1,476.70 feet to the Southeast corner of the Salvation Army property as described in deed recorded in Deed Book 2076 at Page 490 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Hinds County at Jackson, Mississippi; said point further being the POINT OF BEGINNING of the parcel of land herein described; from said POINT OF BEGINNING and leaving said North right-of-way line of Riverside Drive, run thence North 00 degrees 12 minutes 40 seconds West along the East line of said Salvation Army property for a distance of 500.00 feet to the Northeast corner thereof; leaving said East line of the Salvation Army property, run thence South 89 degrees 47 minutes 20 seconds West along the North line of said Salvation Army property for a distance of 375.00 feet to the Northwest corner thereof; leaving said North line of the Salvation Army property, run thence North 00 degrees 12 minutes 40 seconds West for a distance of 380.59 feet to a point on the South right-of-way line of Woodrow Wilson Avenue (according to the plans for Federal Aid Project Number I-IG-55-2(31)(96); said point also being on the arc of a 9.56412 degree curve bearing to the right having a central angle of 11 degrees 28 minutes 50 seconds and a radius of 599.07 feet; run thence along the arc of said 9.56412 degree curve bearing to the left an arc length of 120.04 feet; said curve having a chord bearing of South 58 degrees 44 minutes 38 seconds East and a chord distance of 119.84 feet to the Point of Tangency of said curve; run thence South 53 degrees 00 minutes 11 seconds East for a distance of 400.06 feet; run thence South 55 degrees 03 minutes 09 seconds East for a distance of 157.78 feet to the Point of Curvature of a 7.24163 degree curve bearing to the left having a central angle of 12 degrees 57 minutes 59 seconds and a radius of 791.20 feet; run thence along the said 7.24163 degree curve bearing to the left arc length of 179.05 feet; said curve having a chord bearing of South 65 degrees 29 minutes 11 seconds East and a chord distance of 178.67 feet to the Point of Tangency of said curve; run thence South 75 degrees 55 minutes 12 seconds East for a distance of 157.78 feet; run thence South 77 degrees 58 minutes 10 seconds East for a distance of 166.56 feet; run thence South 74 degrees 57 minutes 08 seconds East for a distance of 187.53 feet; run thence South 35 degrees 48 minutes 13 seconds East for a distance of 235.88 feet; run thence south 43 degrees 11 minutes 54 seconds East for a distance of 130.00 feet to the Point of Intersection of said South right-of-way line of Woodrow Wilson Avenue with the aforesaid North right-of-way line of Riverside Drive; leaving said South right-of-way line of Woodrow Wilson Avenue, run thence South 89 degrees 47 minutes 20 seconds West along said North right-of-way line of Riverside Drive for a distance of 1,059.64 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 10.707 acres, more or less.
The Department of Finance and Administration may have the parcels of property surveyed in order to determine the specific legal description, but the total property conveyed shall not exceed thirteen (13) acres.
(2) The sale and conveyance authorized in this section may be made on such terms and conditions agreed upon by the Department of Finance and Administration and the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Museum of Art to be in the best interests of both parties.
(3) Any funds received by the State of Mississippi for the conveyance of the real property described in subsection (1) of this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund.
(4) The State of Mississippi shall retain all mineral rights to the real property sold pursuant to this section.
AMEND FURTHER the title to conform.