MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Public Property
By: Representative Morgan
AN ACT TO RATIFY, CONFIRM AND VALIDATE THE PURPORTED CONVEYANCE OF REAL PROPERTY IN MARION COUNTY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO THE MARION COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IN 2011; TO AMEND SECTION 1, CHAPTER 553, LAWS OF 2012, TO REVISE THE PROPERTY DESCRIPTION ON A CERTAIN PORTION OF STATE OWNED REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT COLUMBIA TRAINING SCHOOL, IN COLUMBIA, MARION COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AUTHORITY TO WHICH HAS BEEN GRANTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO CONVEY AND TRANSFER TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF MARION COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The purported conveyance of the real property described in subsection (2) of this section by the Mississippi Department of Human Services to the Marion County Economic Development District under the authority of Executive Order No. 2011-001 executed by Don Thompson, Executive Director of the Department of Human Services, on April 13, 2011, and the special warranty deed dated May 3, 2011, from the Department of Human Services to the Marion County Economic Development District, is ratified, approved, confirmed and validated. The special warranty deed appears in the land deed records in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Marion County, Mississippi, in Book 1663 at pages 99 through 104, and Executive Order No. 2011-001 appears in the land deed records in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Marion County, Mississippi, in Book 1663 at pages 105 through 107.
(2) The real property referenced in subsection (1) of this section is described as follows:
SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 4 NORTH, RANGE 18 WEST, MARION COUNTY,
MISSISSIPPI
Tract 1:
All that part of the N1/2 of the NW1/4, and the N1/2 of
The NE1/4 of Section 34, Township 4 North, Range 18 West,
Marion County, Mississippi, lying South of Mississippi
Highway No. 44.
Tract 2:
The S1/2 of the NE1/4 of Section 34, Township 4 North,
Range 18 West, Marion County, Mississippi, LESS AND EXCEPT
the NE1/4 of the SE1/4 of the NE1/4.
Tract 3:
The N1/2 of the SE1/4; the SW1/4 of the SE1/4; and the S1/2
of the SW1/4; all in Section 34, Township 4 North, Range 18
West Marion County, Mississippi, LESS AND EXCEPT that portion
of the SW1/4 of the SW1/4 heretofore conveyed unto the City of
Columbia, Mississippi, by Special Warranty Deed dated July
22, 2009, and of record in Book 1610, at page 44 of the land
deed records as contained in the office of the Chancery
Clerk of Marion County, Mississippi, and more particularly
described as follows, to wit:
Commencing at the intersection of the North right of way of
National Guard Road with the East right of way of Mississippi
Highway No. 44 in the SW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 34,
Township 4 North, Range 18 West, Marion County, Mississippi,
and thence run North along the said East right of way line
of Mississippi Highway No. 44 a distance of 950 feet, more or
less, to an existing fence; thence run in an Easterly
direction along said fence a distance of 450 feet, more or
less, to the intersection of a fence running North and South;
thence run South along said second fence a distance of 950
feet, more or less, back to the North right of way of
National Guard Road; thence run in a Westerly direction along
the said North right of way of said National Guard Road a
distance of 450 feet, more or less, and back to the point of
beginning, said exception containing 10 acres, more or less
and being located in the SW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 34,
Township 4 North, Range 18, West, Marion County, Mississippi.
SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 4 NORTH, RANGE 18 WEST, MARION COUNTY,
MISSISSIPPI
Tract 4:
The NW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 35, Township 4 North, Range
18 West, Marion County, Mississippi.
All four tracts contain in the aggregate, 370 acres, more
or less.
SECTION 2. Section 1, Chapter 553, Laws of 2012, is amended as follows:
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 and the State of Mississippi, 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 160 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:
North 1/2 of Southwest 1/4 and South 1/2 of Northwest 1/4, all being in Section 34, Township 4 North, Range 18 West, Marion County, Mississippi, and containing 160 acres more or less.
(2) The State of Mississippi shall retain all mineral rights to the real property donated under this section.
SECTION 3. The real property conveyed under Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall be conveyed to the respective recipients without any assumption of liability or financial responsibility by the State of Mississippi for any known or unknown environmental defects contained thereon. The entities acquiring the properties indemnifies the State of Mississippi upon receipt of said properties.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.