Not Germane
AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO
House Bill No. 807
BY: Senator(s) Hill
AMEND by inserting the following after line 33 and renumbering subsequent sections:
SECTION *. Section 1, Chapter 386, Mississippi General Laws of 2017, is amended as follows:
(1) The Department of Finance and Administration may transfer and convey to the Columbia-Marion County Airport Authority certain real property located at Columbia Training School in Marion County, Mississippi. The real property contains approximately two hundred four (204) acres, more or less, lying North of Highway 44 and is more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the Southwest corner of Section 22, Township 4 North, Range 18 West, Marion County, Mississippi; thence run north along said section line a distance of 3,350 feet, more or less, to the south boundary of a parcel owned by The City of Columbia; thence continue to run along parcel boundary east a distance of 1,320 feet, more or less, thence continue to run along said City of Columbia parcel boundary north a distance of 1,612 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning; thence run N 61°40'00" E a distance of 4,470 feet, more or less, to the east boundary of Section 15; thence run along said Section line north a distance of 2,954 feet, more or less; thence leaving said Section line run S 48°06'08" W a distance of 5,296 feet, more or less, to the east boundary of a parcel owned by The City of Columbia; thence run along said boundary South a distance of 1,539 feet, more or less, back to the Point of Beginning. Said parcel containing 204 acres, more or less, and being located in the South 1/2 and the NE 1/4 of Section 15, Township 4 North, Range 18 West, Marion County, Mississippi, and the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 22, Township 4 North, Range 18 West, Marion County, Mississippi.
(2) The Department of Finance and Administration may transfer and convey to the Marion County Economic Development District certain real property located at Columbia Training School in Marion County, Mississippi. The real property contains approximately four hundred six (406) acres, more or less, lying North of Highway 44 and is more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the Southwest corner of Section 22, Township 4 North, Range 18 West, Marion County, Mississippi; thence run north along said section line a distance of 3,350 feet, more or less, to the south boundary of a parcel owned by The City of Columbia; thence run east a distance of 5,280 feet, more or less, to the east boundary of Section 22; thence run south along said section line a distance of 3,350 feet, more or less, to the southeast corner of Section 22; thence run west a distance of 5,280 feet, more or less, back to the Point of Beginning. Said parcel containing 406 acres, more or less, and being located in the South 1/2 and the South 1/2 of the North 1/2 of Section 22, Township 4 North, Range 18 West, Marion County, Mississippi.
(3) The aggregate of parcels described in subsections (1) and (2) of this section consists of six hundred ten (610) acres, more or less, of the Columbia Training School Property, which the entirety of such section whereon the named property is situated consists of one thousand eight hundred twenty-three (1,823) acres, more or less. The property transferred and conveyed under subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall only be used to make improvements to the Marion County Airport and to construct an adjacent industrial park or other aviation-related facility.
(4) The State of Mississippi shall retain any mineral rights to the property transferred and conveyed under subsections (1) and (2) of this section. The Department of Finance and Administration shall have the authority to correct any discrepancies in the property descriptions provided in subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
(5) (a) The parcels of property conveyed under this section must be conveyed to the Columbia-Marion County Airport Authority and to the Marion County Economic Development District without any assumption of liability or financial responsibility by the State of Mississippi for any known or unknown environmental defects contained thereon. Upon receipt of the deed of title to the property, the respective recipients, in their individual capacities, shall indemnify the State of Mississippi for any damage, injury or loss.
(b) The Department
of Finance and Administration shall transfer all timber rights to the property
described in subsections (1) and (2) of this section to the Marion County Board
of Supervisors. The Columbia-Marion County Airport Authority and the
Marion County Economic Development District shall provide the * * * Marion
County Board of Supervisors six (6) months to harvest and sell any timber
located on the property transferred using a company of the * * * board's preference prior to
any improvement or development being made on the property by such entities, the
revenue generated from which shall be deposited into the * * * county treasury and earmarked for
use by the * * * board for the county as otherwise
provided by law. * * * The Marion County Board of Supervisors shall retain
timber rights to any nonharvested timber remaining on the property described in
subsections (1) and (2) of this section. The revenue generated from the
harvest and sale of the remaining timber shall be deposited into the county
treasury and earmarked for use by the board for the county as otherwise
provided by law.
(6) The Columbia-Marion County Airport Authority and the Marion County Economic Development District shall each grant the Department of Human Services an easement of ingress and egress to access the remaining parcels of property retained by the Department of Human Services if reasonable access to such remaining parcels is not otherwise available.
FURTHER, AMEND the title by inserting the following after the semicolon on line 4:
TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO TRANSFER AND CONVEY THE TIMBER RIGHTS TO CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT COLUMBIA TRAINING SCHOOL IN MARION COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO THE MARION COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS;