MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2010 Regular Session

To: Public Property

By: Senator(s) King

Senate Bill 2948

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO TRANSFER CERTAIN STATE-OWNED REAL PROPERTY, LOCATED ON NORTH WEST STREET, TO THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION; TO AUTHORIZE MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY TO REMOVE ANY AND ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPERTY TO BE TRANSFERRED UNDER THIS ACT FROM ITS INVENTORY RECORDS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  (1)  The Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to transfer at no cost state-owned real property, located on North West Street, Jackson, Mississippi, to the Mississippi Transportation Commission for use by the Mississippi Department of Transportation, being more particularly described as follows:

          Starting at a concrete monument that is the point of      intersection of the north line of Woodrow Wilson Avenue and the west line of North West Street, as said avenue and street    are now laid out and improved in the City of Jackson, Hinds      County, Mississippi; run thence North 00 degrees 05 minutes West along the west line of North West Street for a distance    of 1519.80 feet to the point of beginning.

          Run thence North 00 degrees 05 minutes West along said      west line of North West Street for a distance of 161.10 feet    to a concrete monument that is the southeast corner of the Mississippi State Highway Department shop site; run thence     North 89 degrees 30 minutes West along the south line of said Mississippi State Highway Department shop site for a distance      of 443.00 feet to a point; run thence South 00 degrees 05      minutes East for a distance of 161.10 feet to a point; run     thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes East for a distance of   443.00 feet to the point of beginning.

          All of the above described land being situated in the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 27, Township 6     North, Range 1 East, in the First Judicial District of Hinds   County, Mississippi, and being wholly within the corporate     limits of the City of Jackson and containing 1.638 acres.

     (2)  The conveyance authorized in this section may be subject to terms and conditions accepted and agreed upon by the Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration and the Mississippi Transportation Commission.

     (3)  Mississippi State University and the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning are authorized to remove any and all real or personal property associated with the property described in subsection (1) from the inventory records of the university.

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