Senate Bill 2292

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO TRANSFER AND CONVEY THE FACILITY CURRENTLY USED BY THE BUREAU OF NARCOTICS TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE UPON VACATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. (1) The Department of Finance and Administration, acting on behalf of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, hereinafter DPS, shall transfer and convey the facility currently used by and for the benefit of the Bureau of Narcotics as its headquarters facility in Jackson, Mississippi, to the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, hereinafter MDAC, for the use and benefit of the Agricultural & Livestock Theft Bureau, the following real property situated at 6090 I-55 South Frontage Road in Hinds County, Mississippi:

Parcel 1

Parcel 2

Commence at the Southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 23, Township 4 North, Range 1 West, Hinds County, Mississippi, and from this point run thence South 85 degrees 51 minutes West for a distance of 256.30 feet to the Southeast corner of that certain parcel of land conveyed to Hawera Tool Manufacturing Company by a deed recorded in Deed Book 2554 at Page 722 thereof in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Hinds County at Jackson, Mississippi; run thence North 60 degrees 51 minutes West along the South line of the said Hawera Tool Manufacturing Company property for a distance of 580.0 fee to the Southwest corner of said property, said point being located on the East right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 55, as said highway exists this date; run thence North 29 degrees 07 minutes East along the said East right-of-way line for a distance of 64.80 feet to the point of beginning of the herein described property. Run thence North 60 degrees 51 minutes 30 seconds West along the said East right-of-way line for a distance of 20.0 feet to a point; run thence North 29 degrees 08 minutes 30 seconds East along the said East right-of-way line for a distance of 435.2 feet to a point; thus leaving the said East right-of-way line, run thence South 60 degrees 51 minutes East for a distance of 20.0 feet to the Northwest corner of the aforesaid Hawera Tool Manufacturing Company property; run thence South 29 degrees 08 minutes 30 seconds West along the West line of the said Hawera Tool Manufacturing Company property for a distance of 435.2 feet to the point of beginning. The herein described property lying and being situated in the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 23, Township 4 North, Range 1 West, Hinds County, Mississippi, and containing 0.20 acres, more or less.

Parcel 3

Begin at the Southeast corner of the Northeast One-Quarter of the Southeast One-Quarter of Section 23, Township 4 North, Range 1 West, Hinds County, Mississippi, and from this point run thence North 00 degrees 08 minutes 54 seconds East along the East line of the said Northeast One-Quarter of the Southeast On-Quarter for a distance of 430.08 feet to a point; run thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 06 seconds West for a distance of 9.20 feet to the Northeast corner of that parcel of property conveyed to Hawera Tool Manufacturing Company by a deed recorded in Deed Book 2554 at Page 722 thereof in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Hinds County at Jackson, Mississippi; run thence South 29 degrees 46 minutes 40 seconds West along the East line of the said Hawera Tool Manufacturing Company property for a distance of 500.00 feet to the Southeast corner thereof; run thence North 86 degrees 54 minutes 10 seconds East for a distance of 256.81 feet to the point of beginning. The herein described property lying and being situated in the East One-Half of the Southeast One-Quarter of Section 23, Township 4 North, Range 1 West, Hinds County, Mississippi, and containing 1.282 acres, more or less.

(2) The parcels shall be transferred upon relocation of the Bureau of Narcotics to their new facilities in Rankin County.

(3) The State of Mississippi shall retain all rights to minerals in the partitioned property transferred under subsection (1) of this section.

(4) The Department of Finance and Administration is vested with the authority to correct any discrepancies in the legal description of the property described in subsection (1) of this section.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.