Bill Text: MS SB2691 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: DFA; authorize to lease certain property to nonprofit entity for the development of pediatric palliative care facility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee [SB2691 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2018-SB2691-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2018 Regular Session

To: Public Property

By: Senator(s) Blount

Senate Bill 2691

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO LEASE CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF JACKSON, HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO A NONPROFIT ENTITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING A PEDIATRIC SKILLED NURSING, PALLIATIVE CARE AND RESPITE FACILITY FOR THE SEVERELY DISABLED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE TERM OF THE INITIAL LEASE SHALL NOT EXCEED 40 YEARS AND CONTAIN ONE ADDITIONAL TEN-YEAR RENEWAL PERIOD AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DEPARTMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  (1)  The Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to enter into an agreement to lease no more than seven (7) acres of real property in the City of Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, to a nonprofit entity for the purpose of creating a pediatric skilled nursing, palliative care and respite facility for the severely disabled, and for the use of associated administrative office space.  No lease may be for an initial term of more than forty (40) years and one (1) additional ten-year renewal period at the discretion of the Department of Finance and Administration.      

     (2)  The real property described in subsection (1) of this section shall consist of a patient care facility which, at a minimum, will contain:

          (a)  Approximately thirty thousand (30,000) square feet of patient care and related support space;

          (b)  Approximately thirty (30) patient care beds;

          (c)  Surface parking; and

          (d)  Landscaping and green space buffers.

     (3)  Any lease and any amendments to the lease shall be prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration and subject to approval by the Public Procurement Review Board.

     (4)  All proceeds derived or received from all leases entered into under this section shall be deposited into the State Land Acquisition Fund.

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