MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2012 Regular Session

To: Public Property

By: Senator(s) Fillingane, Jackson (11th)

Senate Bill 2475

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO TRANSFER AND CONVEY CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY, KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY, IN PRENTISS, JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO THE TOWN OF PRENTISS FOR THE USE AND OCCUPANCY OF THE FACILITY BY THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  (1)  The Adjutant General of the State of Mississippi is hereby authorized, under the authority of Section 33-9-23, to transfer and convey to the Town of Prentiss, Mississippi, located in Jefferson Davis County, for the use and occupancy of the Prentiss Police and Fire Departments the following property and improvements constructed thereon owned and formerly used by the United States of America for a National Guard Armory located at 1340 Highway 84 West, Prentiss, Mississippi, which is currently under a short-term lease with the Town of Prentiss, being more particularly described as follows: 

4.36 acres, more or less, in the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 Section 11, T-7-N, R-19-W.

All bearing shown are referenced to found monuments shown on the West line of the East 1/2 of Section 11, T-7-N, R-19-W, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. They are based on the NAD 83 West Zone State Plane Coordinate System and are derived from a global positioning system observation.

The north and south property lines are subject to road right-of-way.

     (2)  Such land and improvements may be transferred or conveyed to the Town of Prentiss, Mississippi, for the use and occupancy of the Prentiss Police and Fire Departments for any consideration and upon such other terms and conditions as the Adjutant General may deem advisable.

     (3)  The Adjutant General is authorized to convey and transfer title to said land and improvements only.  Any such conveyance shall provide that title to said land and improvements shall revert to the State of Mississippi in the event the Town of Prentiss ceases to use the real property for the purposes intended in this legislation for which it was transferred or conveyed.

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