Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No. 1185

BY: Senator(s) Branning

     AMEND by inserting the following below line 328 and renumbering subsequent section(s) accordingly:

     SECTION *.  (1)  The Mississippi Transportation Commission, acting through the Mississippi Department of Transportation, is authorized to sell certain state-owned real property and any improvements thereon, which is located in Winston County, Mississippi, such property being more specifically described as follows:

Begin at a point that is 75.88 feet Easterly of and perpendicular to the centerline of Baremore Street at Station 14 + 67.76 as shown on the plans for State Project No. 79-0022-02-015-10; from said point of beginning run thence East, a distance of 469.88 feet; thence run North, a distance of 79.6 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 10 of the Day Road Subdivision; thence continue North, a distance of 186.4 feet; thence run West, a distance of 500.37 feet to the East right-of-way line of said Baremore Street; thence South 3° 29' West along said right-of-way line, a distance of 131.19 feet; thence South 86° 31' East, a distance of 10.0 feet; thence South 15° 52' East along said right-of-way line, a distance of 105.4 feet; thence South 1° 54' West along said right-of-way line, a distance of 32.76 feet to the point of beginning, containing 3.00 acres, more or less, and being situated in the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 4, Township 14 North, Range 12 East, City of Louisville, Winston County, Mississippi.

     (2)  The real property and any improvements thereon described in subsection (1) of this section shall be sold by negotiated sale to the Board of Supervisors of Winston County, Mississippi, on such terms as the parties agree.  The sale shall not be subject to any requirements as to fair market value or appraisals, except as agreed by the parties.

     (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 Mississippi Department of Transportation.  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.

     FURTHER, AMEND the title to conform by inserting the following on line 6 after the semicolon:

TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, ACTING THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, TO SELL CERTAIN STATE-OWNED REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, WHICH ARE LOCATED IN WINSTON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS;