House Bill 768

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI BOARD OF MENTAL HEALTH, ACTING ON BEHALF OF AND THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, TO SELL CERTAIN STATE-OWNED REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENT THEREON, WHICH SERVED AS THE FORMER OLD FRIENDSHIP CENTER PROPERTY, LOCATED IN THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, LAUDERDALE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO RECONVEY TO THE ORIGINAL GRANTOR, A CERTAIN PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY ORIGINALLY CONVEYED TO THE COUNTY IN 2009 THROUGH EXECUTION OF A WARRANTY DEED BY B&S PLANTING COMPANY, INC., LYING AND SITUATED IN THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. (1) The Mississippi Board of Mental Health, acting on behalf of and 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 Old Friendship Center located in the City of Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, such property being more particularly described as follows:

Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 in Block 8, Section 13, Township 6, Range 15 of Gallagher's (addition) Survey; recorded in Book 2294, page 65 of the records in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Lauderdale County, Mississippi.

(2) The real property and any improvements thereon described under subsection (1) of this section shall be sold for not less than the 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 East Central State Hospital. 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 remaining 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) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors is authorized to reconvey and transfer, back to the original grantor, a certain piece of real property, and all rights, title and interest therein, which was conveyed to Tallahatchie County through a warranty deed and valuable consideration of Ten Dollars ($10.00) by B&S Planting Company, Inc., a Mississippi Corporation, lying and being situated in the Second Judicial District of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, such property being more particularly described as follows:

A parcel of land containing 1.10 acres located in the N/W ¼ of the S/W ¼ of Section 14, Township-23-North, Range-1-West, Second Judicial District, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi and being more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at a found fence post accepted at the N/E Corner of said Section 14; then run South for 3,397.74 and then West for 4,585.44 feet to an iron bar set on the easterly right-of-way of River Road, said bar being the POINT OF BEGINNING; then, leaving said right-of-way, run South 87 Degrees 03 Minutes 04 Seconds East for 204.01 feet to a set iron bar; then run South 05 Degrees 15 Minutes 00 Seconds East for 88.62 feet to a set iron bar; then run South 08 Degrees 13 Minutes 06 Seconds East for 159.49 feet to a set iron bar; then run South 81 Degrees 34 Minutes 10 Seconds West for 141.50 feet to an iron bar set on said right-of-way; then run, along said right-of-way, North 26 Degrees 56 Minutes 09 Seconds West for 112.80 feet to an iron bar set at a point of curvature; then continue along said right-of-way, along a curve to the Right bearing North 15 Degrees 26 Minutes 52 Seconds West, having a Delta Angle of 12 Degrees 08 Minutes 45 Seconds and a Radius of 618.78 feet for a distance of 131.17 feet to a set iron bar; then continue along said-right-of-way, North 09 Degrees 46 Minutes 06 Seconds West for 51.33 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

LESS AND EXCEPT a parcel of land containing 296 Square Feet and further described as follows:

Commencing at said N/E Corner of said Section 14; then run South 3,462.59 feet and then West for 4,422.30 feet to a found fence corner; then run North 86 Degrees 10 Minutes 22 Seconds East for 23.57 feet to a found fence corner; then run South 08 Degrees 48 Minutes 37 Seconds East for 12.61 feet to a found fence corner; then run South 86 Degrees 10 Minutes 22 Seconds West for 23.57 feet to a found fence corner; then run North 08 Degrees 48 Minutes 37 Seconds West for 12.61 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

(2) The real property described in subsection (1) of this section shall be conveyed upon such terms and conditions as deemed necessary and proper by the Board of Supervisors of Tallahatchie County, and recorded upon its minutes.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.