HB0767_S_Amend

SECTION 1. (1) The Mississippi Board of Mental Health, acting through the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, is authorized to sell certain state-owned real property and any improvements thereon, which served as the former Waveland group home property located in the City of Waveland, Hancock County, Mississippi, such property being more specifically described as follows:

Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16, Block 1, Heritage Subdivision, as per the Official Plat of said subdivision on file in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Hancock County, Mississippi.

AND

Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, Block 2, Heritage Subdivision, as per the Official Plat of said subdivision on file in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Hancock County, Mississippi.

(2) The real property and any improvements thereon described in subsection (1) of this section shall be sold for not less than the current fair market value as determined by the average of at least two (2) appraisals by qualified appraisers, one (1) of which shall be selected by the Department of Finance and Administration, and both of whom shall be certified and licensed by the Mississippi Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.

(3) All monies derived from the sale of the property described in subsection (1) of this section shall be deposited into a special fund created in the State Treasury for the use and benefit of the South Mississippi Regional Center. Unexpended amounts remaining in the special fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned on the amounts in the special fund shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund.

(4) The Department of Finance and Administration may correct any discrepancies in the legal description provided in this section.

(5) The State of Mississippi shall retain all mineral rights to the property sold under this section.

SECTION 2. (1) The Department of Finance and Administration, acting on behalf of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, is authorized to convey and transfer certain real property to the governing authorities of the City of Corinth, Mississippi, and Alcorn County, Mississippi. The property is located in Alcorn County, Mississippi, and more particularly described as follows:

COMMENCING at the Northwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of Section 15, Township 2 South, Range 7 East, Alcorn County, Mississippi, said point being the intersection of Mason/Luke Road and Norman Road; thence run South along said centerline of Norman Road for a distance of 26.30 feet, more or less, to a point; thence run South 89 degrees 44 minutes 00 seconds East for a distance of 20.00 feet, more or less, to a point; thence run South 00 degrees 22 minutes 10 seconds West for a distance of 2,133.63 feet, more or less, to a point on the South Right-of-Way line of Harper Road; thence run along said Right-of-Way line South 89 degrees 12 minutes 40 seconds East for a distance of 441.73 feet, more or less, to a point; thence run South for a distance of 600.05 feet, more or less, to the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence run South 89 degrees 12 minutes 40 seconds East for a distance of 400.00 feet, more or less, to a point; thence run South 00 degrees 47 minutes 20 seconds West for a distance of 538.66 feet, more or less, to a point; thence run North 89 degrees 12 minutes 40 seconds West for a distance of 400.00 feet, to a point; thence run North 00 degrees 47 minutes 20 seconds East for a distance of 538.66 feet, more or less, to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

Also: A 60 feet wide strip of land to be used for an ingress and egress permanent easement, described as follows:

COMMENCING at the Northwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of Section 15, Township 2 South, Range 7 East, Alcorn County, Mississippi, said point being the intersection of Mason/St. Luke Road and Norman Road, thence run South along said centerline of Norman Road for a distance of 26.50 feet, more or less, to a point, thence run South 89 degrees 44 minutes 00 seconds East for a distance of 20.00 feet, more or less, to a point, thence run South 00 degrees 22 minutes 10 seconds West for a distance of 2,133.63 feet, more or less, to a point on the South Right-of-Way line of Harper Road; thence run along said Right-of-Way line South 89 degrees 12 minutes 40 seconds East for a distance of 441.73 feet, more or less, to a point on the said South Right-of-Way line; thence run South for a distance of 600.05 feet, more or less, to the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence run South 00 degrees 47 minutes 20 seconds West for a distance of 60.00 feet, more or less, to a point, thence run North 89 degrees 12 minutes 40 seconds West for a distance of 460.29 feet, more or less to a point on the East Right-of-Way line of Norman Road; thence run North 00 degrees 47 minutes 20 seconds East along the said East Right-of-Way line for a distance of 60.00 feet, more or less, to a point; thence run South 89 degrees 12 minutes 40 seconds East for a distance of 460.29 feet, more or less, to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

SUBJECT TO: Transmission power line easement to Alcorn County Electric Power Association recorded in the Chancery Clerk's Office of Alcorn County, Mississippi, in Deed Book 63 at page 214, and easement to the City of Corinth, Mississippi, recorded in Deed Book 278, pages 659-662.

(2) The Department of Finance and Administration may correct any discrepancies in the legal description of the property provided in this section.

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

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018, and shall stand repealed on June 30, 2018.