MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2007 Regular Session

To: Public Property

By: Representative Gregory

House Bill 1444

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS TO TRANSFER CERTAIN STATE-OWNED REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN WINSTON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO THE STATE VETERANS AFFAIRS BOARD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, upon consultation with the Department of Finance and Administration, may transfer to the Mississippi State Veterans Affairs Board certain real property in Winston County, Mississippi, for the purpose of establishing a state military cemetery, subject to the property meeting certain conditions of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs necessary for designating property as a state or national cemetery site.

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