House Bill 621

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO CONVEY AND TRANSFER A CERTAIN PORTION OF STATE OWNED REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT COLUMBIA TRAINING SCHOOL, IN COLUMBIA, MARION COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF MARION COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; TO AMEND SECTION 43-27-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE ANY PORTION OF THE COLUMBIA TRAINING SCHOOL PROPERTY TO BE CONVEYED OR TRANSFERRED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF MARION COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO CONVEY TO THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY ALONG NORTH WEST STREET WITHIN THE CITY OF JACKSON, HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO TRANSFER CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY IN GRENADA COUNTY TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF GRENADA COUNTY, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. (1) After consultation with the chairmen of the Senate and House Public Property Committees, the Department of Finance and Administration, acting on behalf of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, is authorized to convey and transfer to the Board of Supervisors of Marion County, Mississippi, upon approval of the Governor and the Secretary of State, certain real property and any improvements thereon, located at Columbia Training School, in Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, containing approximately 214 acres located within the City of Columbia at the North East corner of the intersection of Highway 44 and National Guard Road being more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at the southwest corner of Section 34, T4N, R18W, thence run N 00 37' 10.95" W for a distance of 973.09 feet; thence run N 89° 29' 39.93" E for a distance of 43.53 feet to a point being 50 feet East of the center line of Hwy. 44; also being the POINT of BEGINNING of said parcel, thence run N 89° 33' 52.61" E for a distance of 394.66 feet; thence run S 00° 00' E for a distance of 244.75 feet; thence run S 90° 00' E for a distance of 869.36 feet; thence run N 58° 56' 17.10" E for a distance of 636.66 feet; thence run N 45° 00' E for a distance of 1,776.45 feet; thence run N 00° 00' E for a distance of 510.0 feet; thence run N 90° 00' W for a distance of 493.36 feet; thence run N 00° 24' 31.67" E for a distance of 1,920.83 feet to a point on the South 50 foot right-of-way line of Hwy. 44; then follow the 50 foot right-of-way line of Hwy. 44 in a South-westerly direction. From said point thence run S 83° 50' 0.64" W for a distance of 541.68 feet; thence run along a counter-clock-wise curve for an arc distance of 209.59 feet and having a radius of 1,450 feet and a chord bearing and distance of S 77° 03' 30.84" W for a distance of 209.41 feet; thence run S 72° 55' 03.62" W for a distance of 1,220.06 feet; thence run along a counter-clock-wise curve for an arc distance of 650.21 feet and having a radius of 520.0 feet and a chord bearing and distance of S 37° 05' 46.76" W for a distance of 608.67 feet; thence run S 01° 16' 26.9" W for a distance of 185.67 feet; then continue following the 50 foot right-of-way line of Hwy. 44 in a Southerly direction run S 00° 17' 16.91" E for a distance of 919.44 feet; thence run S 00° 30' 20.96" E for a distance of 1,673.63 feet back to the POINT of BEGINNING.

(2) The State of Mississippi shall retain all mineral rights to the real property donated under this section.

SECTION 2. Section 43-27-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

43-27-39. (1) The purpose of this section is to ensure that Mississippi's juvenile justice system is cost-efficient and effective at reducing juvenile crime and to create a continuum of options for Mississippi's youth court judges so that they are better equipped to protect our communities and to care for our children.

(2) The Columbia Training School shall no longer operate as a secure training school for juvenile delinquents. All youth, both male and female, committed to the custody of the Department of Human Services and adjudicated to training school shall be housed at the Oakley Youth Development Center. The Oakley Youth Development Center shall provide gender-specific treatment for youth who are adjudicated delinquent.

(3) Any portion of Columbia Training School property and facilities described in Section 1 of this act may be conveyed or transferred to the Board of Supervisors of Marion County, Mississippi.

SECTION 3. (1) The Department of Finance and Administration, subject to survey, may convey to the Mississippi Transportation Commission all of the rights, title and interest in certain real property along North West Street located within the City of Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, described more specifically as follows:

Beginning at the southwest corner of a 2.888 acre parcel of land owned by Mississippi State Highway Commission recorded in Book 736 Page 501 of the records of the Chancery Clerk of Hinds County; said corner being the POINT of BEGINNING for the

following parcel:

From said corner thence run S 12° 08' 51" W for a distance of 22.14' along the ROW of North Mill St. thence run S 28° 24' 18" E for a distance of 30.45' thence run S 29° 57' 13" E for a distance of 20.22' thence run S 32° 39' .02" E for a distance of 19.96' thence run S 37° 35' 23" E for a distance of 39.91' thence run S 39° 27' 32" E for a distance of 20.11' thence run S 40° 02' 21" E for a distance of 19.81' thence run S 43° 31' 06" E for a distance of 19.64' thence run S 49° 07' 51" E for a distance of 20.00' thence run S 52° 40' 14" E for a distance of 19.12' thence run N 28° 27' 28" E for a distance of 61.40' thence run N 89° 32' 07" E for a distance of 392.06' thence run N 00° 09' 23" E for a distance of 126.11' thence run N 89° 55' 28" W for a distance of 546.06' to the POINT of BEGINNING containing 1.598 acres being located in the S 1/2 of Section 27 T6N, R1E City of Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi.

(2) The State of Mississippi shall retain all rights to minerals in the property. If the property conveyed shall not, within ten (10) years of the date of conveyance, be used for public uses, then the property shall revert to the State of Mississippi.

SECTION 4. (1) The Department of Finance and Administration, acting on behalf of the Department of Public Safety, is authorized to transfer to the Board of Supervisors of Grenada County, Mississippi, certain real property that has been in the possession of and under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Safety since 1942 which such deed was recorded on December 7, 1942, and upon which it currently operates a licensing station from a building located on the site, such property being more particularly described as follows:

Being situated in the County of Grenada and the State of Mississippi, to wit:

Lot 113 of Jackson Heights Subdivision of SE 1/4 NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 SE 1/4 of Section 19, Township 22 North, Range 5 East as same appears of record in Plat Book 1 at page 39 of the records of the Chancery Clerk's Office of said county.

There is also granted with this deed a permit to place a guy pole or wire on Lot 107 of said subdivision with the distinct understanding that same will not interfere with any buildings now on said lot or to be erected on said lot.

(2) The transfer of the real property described in subsection (1) of this section shall be contingent upon the County of Grenada entering into a written agreement with the Department of Public Safety to fund the construction of a new licensing station within the county.

(3) The State of Mississippi shall retain all mineral rights to the real property transferred under this section.

SECTION 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.