Bill Text: MS SB2633 | 2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Columbia Training School property; authorize sale or lease of certain acreage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-04-14 - Approved by Governor [SB2633 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2010-SB2633-Enrolled.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2010 Regular Session

To: Public Property

By: Senator(s) Gordon

Senate Bill 2633

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, TO LEASE CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE COLUMBIA TRAINING SCHOOL CAMPUS IN THE CITY OF COLUMBIA, MARION COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; TO AMEND SECTION 43-27-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER, TO DONATE AND CONVEY TO THE JACKSON MEDICAL MALL FOUNDATION CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON BAILEY AVENUE IN THE CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI; 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 Department of Human Services, is authorized to lease certain real property located on the Columbia Training School campus in the City of Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, being more particularly described as follows:

A parcel in Marion County, Mississippi, containing approximately 214 acres located within the City of

Columbia at the North East corner of the intersection of

Hwy. 44 and National Guard Road being more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at the South West corner of Section 34, T4N,

R18W, thence run N 00°37'10.95" W for a distance of

973.00 feet; thence run N 89°29'39.93" E for a distance

of 43.53 feet to a point being 50 feet East of the center line of Hwy. 44; also being the POINT OF BEGINNING of said parcel, thence run N 89°33'52.61" E for a distance of 394.66 feet; thence run S 00°00' E for a distance of 244.75 feet; thence run S 90°00' E for a distance of 869.36 feet;

thence run N 58°56'17.10" E for a distance of 636.66

feet; thence run N 45°00' E for a distance of 1,776.45

feet; thence run N 00°00' E for a distance of 510.0

feet; thence run N 90°00' W for a distance of 493.36

feet; thence run N 00°24'31.67" E for a distance of 1,920.83 feet to a point on the South 50 foot right-of-way line of Hwy. 44; then follow the 50 foot right-of-way line of

Hwy. 44 in a South-westerly direction.  From said point thence run S 83°50'0.64" W for a distance of 541.68 feet; thence run along a counter-clock-wise curve for an arc distance of 209.59 feet and having a radius of 1,450 feet

and a chord bearing and distance of S 77°03'30.84" W for a distance of 209.41 feet; thence run S 72°55'03.62" W for a

distance of 1,220.06 feet; thence run along a counter-clock-wise curve for an arc distance of 650.21

feet and having a radius of 520.0 feet and a chord

bearing and distance of S 37°05'46.76" W for a distance

of 608.67 feet; thence run S 01°16'26.9" W for a

distance of 185.67 feet; then continue following the

50 foot right-of-way line of Hwy. 44 in a Southerly

direction run S 00°17'16.91" E for a distance of 919.44

feet; thence run S 00°30'20.96" E for a distance of

1,673.63 feet back to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

     (2)  Money derived in the lease of the real property described in subsection (1) shall be deposited into the State General Fund.

     SECTION 2.  Section 43-27-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     43-27-39.  (1)  The purpose of this section is to ensure that Mississippi's juvenile justice system is cost-efficient and effective at reducing juvenile crime and to create a continuum of options for Mississippi's youth court judges so that they are better equipped to protect our communities and to care for our children.

     (2)  The Columbia Training School shall no longer operate as a secure training school for juvenile delinquents.  All youth, both male and female, committed to the custody of the Department of Human Services and adjudicated to training school shall be housed at the Oakley Training School.  The Oakley Training School shall provide gender-specific treatment for youth who are adjudicated delinquent.

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     SECTION 3.  (1)  The Department of Finance and Administration, acting on behalf of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, is authorized to donate and convey to the Jackson Medical Mall Foundation certain real property located on Bailey Avenue in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, being more particularly described as follows:

EXHIBIT "A"

     A certain lot or parcel of land situated in the

     NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 27, T 6 N, R 1 E,

     First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi,      fronting 80 feet on the east line of Bailey Avenue,

     and being more particularly described as follows:

     Being at an iron stake on the east line of Bailey

     Avenue a distance of 265 feet measured northerly

     along the east line of Bailey Avenue from its

     intersection with the north line of Peters Street,

     as both streets were laid out as of April, 1969, and

     improved in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, said

     point of beginning also being the northwest corner of

     that certain parcel of land conveyed by Ammco Properties,      Inc., to George E. Butler of Mississippi, Inc., by deed

     dated July 16, 1963, and recorded in Deed Book 1432,

     Page 418, in the office of the Hinds County Chancery

     Clerk at Jackson, Mississippi, and run thence southerly

     along the east line of Bailey Avenue for a distance of

     80 feet to an iron stake; run thence easterly along a

     line parallel with the north line of Peters Street, said

     line being the north line of that certain lot or parcel

     of land conveyed by George E. Butler of Mississippi, Inc.,

     to William B. Ball, Jr., et al by deed dated October 24,      1967, and recorded in Deed Book 1722, Page 313, in the

     office of said Chancery Clerk, for a distance of 193 feet

     to an iron stake; run thence southerly along a line parallel with the east line of Bailey Avenue, said line being the

     east line of the said property of William B. Ball, et al,

     for a distance of 185 feet to an iron stake on the north

     line of Peters Street at the southeast corner of the said      Ball property; run thence easterly along the north line of   Peters Street, and along the north line of Peters Street      extended easterly, for a distance of 514.45 feet to a      concrete monument at the intersection of the said north

     line of Peters Street extended easterly with the      southwesterly right-of-way line of the Yazoo Mississippi      Valley Railroad, now the Illinois Central Railroad; run      thence northwesterly along the said southwestern

     right-of-way line of the Illinois Central Railroad for a      distance of 348.75 feet to the northeast corner of the

     said property of George E. Butler of Mississippi, Inc.;

     run thence westerly and parallel with the north line of      Peters Street for a distance of 482.74 feet to the point

     of beginning.

     LESS AND EXCEPT that parcel of land located on the west

     side of the above-described property conveyed to the City

     of Jackson, Mississippi by virtue of Warranty Deed dated      7/13/79 and recorded in Deed Book 2654, Page 78.

     (2)  The State of Mississippi shall retain all mineral rights to the real property donated in subsection (1).

     SECTION 4.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

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