MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2011 Regular Session
To: Education
By: Representative Holloway
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO PURCHASE EASEMENTS FOR ACCESS TO SIXTEENTH SECTION LANDS OR LIEU LANDS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The school board of a school district may acquire, in the name of the district, by purchase, all easements that are necessary and desirable for access to sixteenth section lands or lieu lands. Whenever the purchase price for property on which an easement is to be located is greater than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), the school board may not purchase the property for an amount exceeding the fair market value of the property, as determined by the average of at least two (2) independent appraisals by certified general appraisers licensed by the State of Mississippi.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this act shall be codified as a new section in Chapter 3, Title 29, Mississippi Code of 1972.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2011.