Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 1 TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No. 1343

BY: Senator(s) Turner-Ford, Hill

     AMEND by inserting the following after line 168:

(6)  The Columbia-Marion County Airport Authority and the Marion County Economic Development District shall provide the Mississippi Department of Human Services six (6) months to harvest and sell any timber located on the property transferred using a company of the department'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 State Treasury and earmarked for use by the Department of Human Services for all administrative and program purposes deemed necessary by the executive director.  The State of Mississippi 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 State Treasury.