Senate Bill 2657

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 29-5-2, 29-5-77 AND 29-5-81, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO GRANT THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE LAWS ON, AND EXERCISE GENERAL SUPERVISION AND CARE OVER, ANY PROPERTY PURCHASED, CONSTRUCTED OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRED BY THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI FOR CONDUCTING STATE BUSINESS AND NOT SPECIFICALLY UNDER THE SUPERVISION AND CARE BY ANY OTHER STATE ENTITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 29-5-2, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

29-5-2. The duties of the Department of Finance and Administration shall be as follows:

(a) (i) To exercise general supervision and care over and keep in good condition the following state property located in the City of Jackson: the New State Capitol Building, the Woolfolk State Office Building, the Carroll Gartin Justice Building, the Walter Sillers Office Building, the War Veterans' Memorial Building, the Charlotte Capers Building, the William F. Winter Archives and History Building, the Ike Sanford Veterans Affairs Building, the Old State Capitol Building, the Governor's Mansion, the Heber Ladner Building, the Burroughs Building, the Robert E. Lee Office Building, the Robert E. Lee Parking Garage, the Manship House Restoration and Visitor Center, the State Records Center, the Robert G. Clark, Jr. Building, and all other properties acquired in the same transaction at the time of the purchase of the Robert E. Lee Hotel property from the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Jackson, Mississippi, which properties are more particularly described in a warranty deed heretofore executed and delivered on April 22, 1969, and filed for record in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, located in Jackson, Mississippi, on April 25, 1969, at 9:00 a.m., and recorded in Deed Book No. 1822, page 136 et seq., and the Central High Building and 101 Capitol Centre.

(ii) To exercise general supervision and care over and keep in good condition the Dr. Eldon Langston Bolton Building located in Biloxi, Mississippi.

(iii) To exercise general supervision and care over and keep in good condition the State Service Center, located at the intersection of State Highway 49 and John Merl Tatum Industrial Drive in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

(iv) To exercise general supervision and care over and keep in good condition any property purchased, constructed or otherwise acquired by the State of Mississippi for conducting state business and not specifically under the supervision and care by any other state entity, but which is reasonably assumed the department would be responsible for such, as approved by the Public Procurement Review Board.

(b) To assign suitable office space for the various state departments, officers and employees who are provided with an office in any of the buildings under the jurisdiction or control of the Department of Finance and Administration. However, the assignment of space in the New Capitol Building shall be designated by duly passed resolution of the combined Senate Rules Committee and the House Management Committee, meeting as a joint committee, approved by the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House of Representatives. A majority vote of the members of the Senate Rules Committee and a majority vote of the members of the House Management Committee shall be required on all actions taken, resolutions or reports adopted, and all other matters considered by the full combined committee on occasions when the Senate Rules Committee and the House Management Committee shall meet as a full combined committee.

(c) To approve or disapprove with the concurrence of the Public Procurement Review Board, any lease or rental agreements by any state agency or department, including any state agency financed entirely by federal and special funds, for space outside the buildings under the jurisdiction of the Department of Finance and Administration, including space necessary for parking to be used by state employees who work in the Woolfolk Building, the Carroll Gartin Justice Building or the Walter Sillers Office Building. In no event shall any employee, officer, department, federally funded agency or bureau of the state be authorized to enter a lease or rental agreement without prior approval of the Department of Finance and Administration and the Public Procurement Review Board.

The Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to use architects, engineers, building inspectors and other personnel for the purpose of making inspections as may be deemed necessary in carrying out its duties and maintaining the facilities.

The provisions of this paragraph (c) shall stand repealed on July 1, 2010.

(d) To acquire by lease, lease-purchase agreement, or otherwise, as provided in Section 27-104-107, and to assign through the Office of General Services, by lease or sublease agreement from the office, and with the concurrence of the Public Procurement Review Board, to any state agency or department, including any state agency financed entirely by federal and special funds, appropriate office space in the buildings acquired.

SECTION 2. Section 29-5-77, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

29-5-77. (1) The Department of Finance and Administration shall have jurisdiction relative to the enforcement of all laws of the State of Mississippi on the properties set forth in Section 29-5-2, the Court of Appeals Building, the Mississippi Department of Transportation Building and the Public Employees' Retirement System Building, and any property purchased, constructed or otherwise acquired by the State of Mississippi for conducting state business and not specifically under the supervision and care by any other state entity, but which is reasonably assumed the department would be responsible for such, as approved by the Public Procurement Review Board. The Department of Finance and Administration shall, through any person or persons appointed by the Department of Finance and Administration, or through the Department of Public Safety when requested by the Department of Finance and Administration, make arrests for any violation of any law of the State of Mississippi on those grounds of or within those properties. The Department of Finance and Administration shall enforce the provisions of Sections 29-5-57 through 29-5-67, 29-5-71 through 29-5-77, and 29-5-81 through 29-5-95, and prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary therefor.

(2) When in the opinion of the Governor or, in his absence, the Lieutenant Governor, it is readily apparent that an emergency exists that the persons appointed by the Department of Finance and Administration are unable to control in the accomplishment of the provisions of Sections 29-5-57 through 29-5-67, 29-5-71 through 29-5-77, and 29-5-81 through 29-5-95 in regard to law enforcement, then the Governor or, in his absence, the Lieutenant Governor, may call upon the Department of Public Safety, members of which shall have power to arrest and detain any persons violating the provisions of those sections of law, until the person can be brought before the proper authorities for trial.

(3) Subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, the Board of Trustees and the Department of Finance and Administration shall be authorized to enter into a contract for the Department of Finance and Administration to supply the security personnel with jurisdiction to enforce all laws of the State of Mississippi on the property of the Board of Trustees located at the corner of Ridgewood Road and Lakeland Drive in the City of Jackson.

(4) The Department of Finance and Administration and the Department of Agriculture are authorized to enter into a contract for the Department of Finance and Administration to have jurisdiction and enforce all laws of the State of Mississippi on the property of the Department of Agriculture located at 121 North Jefferson Street and the new Farmer's Market Building located at the corner of High and Jefferson Streets in the City of Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Finance and Administration will not post any security personnel at such buildings, but will provide regular vehicle patrols and responses to security system alarms.

(5) The Department of Finance and Administration and the State Tax Commission are authorized to enter into a contract for the Department of Finance and Administration to supply the security personnel with jurisdiction to enforce all laws of the State of Mississippi at the Alcoholic Beverage Control facility and the State Tax Commission main office.

SECTION 3. Section 29-5-81, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

29-5-81. Grounds of public buildings over which the Department of Finance and Administration has jurisdiction shall comprise the following:

(a) In the City of Jackson, Mississippi:

(i) New State Capitol: Bounded on the north by High Street, on the west by North West Street, on the south by Mississippi Street, and on the east by North President Street;

(ii) Governor's Mansion: Bounded on the north by Amite Street, on the west by North West Street, on the south by Capitol Street and on the east by North Congress Street;

(iii) Woolfolk State Office Building: Bounded on the north by High Street, on the west by Lamar Street, on the south by Hamilton Street and on the east by North West Street;

(iv) Old State Capitol and War Veterans' Memorial Building Complex: Bounded on the north by Amite Street, on the west by North State Street and South State Street, on the south by Pearl Street and on the east by property of the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company;

(v) Carroll Gartin Justice Building and Walter Sillers Office Building Complex: Bounded on the north by George Street, on the west by North West Street, on the south by High Street and on the east by North President Street;

(vi) Heber Ladner Building: Bounded on the north by Mississippi Street, on the west by North Congress Street, on the south by the property of Galloway Methodist Church used as a parking lot and on the east by the property on which the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Building stands;

(vii) State Board of Health Building: Bounded on the north by Stadium Drive, on the west by the property of Mississippi Hospital and Medical Service, on the southwest by property on which is located a Standard Oil service station, on the southeast by property leased by the Mississippi Federation of Women's Clubs and on the east by North State Street;

(viii) Robert E. Lee Building and other properties acquired in the same transaction: Particularly described in warranty deed executed and delivered on April 22, 1969, and filed for record in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, located in Jackson, Mississippi, on April 25, 1969, at 9:00 a.m., and recorded in Deed Book No. 1822, Page 136 et seq.;

(ix) Charlotte Capers Building: Bounded on the north by the Old Capitol Building, on the west by South State Street, on the south by Pearl Street, and on the east by the Illinois Central Railroad tracks;

(x) William F. Winter Archives and History Building: Bounded on the north by Mississippi Street, on the west by North Street, on the south by Amite Street, and on the east by Jefferson Street;

(xi) Mayfair Building: Bounded on the north by George Street, on the west by Northwest Street, on the south by Walter Sillers Office Building complex, and on the east by North President Street;

(xii) Court of Appeals Building: Bounded on the west by North State Street, on the north by George Street, on the east by North Street, and on the south by the building designated as 654 North State Street, including the parking area east of and adjacent to the 654 North State Street Building;

(xiii) Central High Building;

(xiv) 101 Capitol Centre: Located at 101 West Capitol Street, Jackson, Mississippi;

(xv) Robert G. Clark, Jr. Building: Located at 301 North Lamar Street, Jackson, Mississippi.

(b) The Dr. Eldon Langston Bolton Building: Located in the City of Biloxi, Mississippi.

(c) The State Service Center: Located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 49 and John Merl Tatum Industrial Drive in the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

(d) Any property purchased, constructed or otherwise acquired by the State of Mississippi for conducting state business and not specifically under the supervision and care by any other state entity, but which is reasonably assumed the department would be responsible for such, as approved by the Public Procurement Review Board.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.