MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2012 Regular Session
To: Public Property
By: Senator(s) Hill, Fillingane
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-27-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A PARCEL OF LAND WITHIN THE COLUMBIA TRAINING SCHOOL PROPERTY TO BE CONVEYED OR TRANSFERRED TO ANY AGENCY, MUNICIPALITY OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. 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 youths, 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 youths who are adjudicated delinquent.
(3) After consultation with and approval by the Chairmen of the Senate and House Public Property Committees, a parcel of land within the Columbia Training School property may be conveyed or transferred to any agency, municipality or political subdivision of this state, upon the approval of the Governor and the Secretary of State.
The parcel of land is located within the City of Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, at the North East corner of the intersection of Highway 44 and National Guard Road, contains approximately two hundred fourteen (214) acres and is more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the South West corner of section 34, T4N,
RI8W, 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 O0° OO' E for
a distance of 244.75 feet; thence run S 90° 00' E for a distance or 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 Ol° 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.
(4) The State of Mississippi shall retain all rights to minerals in the parcel conveyed or transferred under subsection (3) of this section. If the parcel shall not be used for public purposes within five (5) years of the date of a conveyance or transfer, it shall revert to the State of Mississippi.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012, and shall stand repealed on June 30, 2012.