House Bill 920

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE NOT MET, THEN THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, SHALL CONVEY TO THE MARION COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE MARION COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS "THE CAMPUS" OF THE COLUMBIA TRAINING SCHOOL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. (1) If the Department of Human Services is unable to lease or convey the land described in this section within the prescribed time period as authorized by law, then the Department of Finance and Administration, acting on behalf of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, being in exclusive control of all lands, buildings and other real and personal property now belonging to or assigned to the use and benefit or under the control of the Columbia Training School (formerly known as the Mississippi Industrial and Training School), shall convey to the Marion County Board of Supervisors and the Marion County Economic Development District the tract of land that has commonly been referred to as "The Campus" of the Columbia Training School, that contains approximately two hundred (200) acres, being more particularly described as follows:

The N 1/2 of the SW 1/4; also, all that part of the NW 1/4 lying South of Mississippi Highway #44; all in Section 34, Township 4 North, Range 18 West, Marion County, Mississippi.

(2) It is expressly provided that the conveyance under this section is to be subject to, and there is excepted from the warranty hereof the following:

(a) Any and all prior valid reservations or conveyances of oil, gas and other minerals in, on and under the property; and

(b) Any and all easements, rights-of-way, restrictive covenants or building restrictions of record pertaining to the property.

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