Columbia Training School; amend certain terms of conveyance by DFA to Marion County Economic Development District.

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To: Public Property
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2026

By: Senator(s) Fillingane

SENATE BILL NO. 2595

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 386, LAWS OF 2017, AS LAST AMENDED BY 1
SECTION 1, CHAPTER 412, LAWS OF 2022, TO AUTHORIZE THE MARION 2
COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO SELL OR CONVEY CERTAIN 3
REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT COLUMBIA TRAINING SCHOOL IN MARION 4
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, FOR SUCH CONSIDERATION AS WILL BEST PROMOTE 5
THE PUBLIC INTEREST, CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; AND FOR RELATED 6
PURPOSES. 7
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 8
SECTION 1. Chapter 386, Laws of 2017, as amended by Section 9
3, Chapter 449, Laws of 2018, as amended by Sections 1 and 2, 10
Chapter 363, Laws of 2019, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 412, 11
Laws of 2022, is amended as follows: 12
Section 1. (1) The Department of Finance and Administration 13
may transfer and convey to the Columbia-Marion County Airport 14
Authority certain real property located at Columbia Training 15
School in Marion County, Mississippi. The real property contains 16
approximately two hundred four (204) acres, more or less, lying 17
North of Highway 44 and is more particularly described as follows: 18
Commencing at the Southwest corner of Section 22, 19
Township 4 North, Range 18 West, Marion County, 20
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Mississippi; thence run north along said section line a 21
distance of 3,350 feet, more or less, to the south 22
boundary of a parcel owned by The City of Columbia; 23
thence continue to run along parcel boundary east a 24
distance of 1,320 feet, more or less, thence continue to 25
run along said City of Columbia parcel boundary north a 26
distance of 1,612 feet, more or less, to the Point of 27
Beginning; thence run N 61°40'00" E a distance of 4,470 28
feet, more or less, to the east boundary of Section 15; 29
thence run along said Section line north a distance of 30
2,954 feet, more or less; thence leaving said Section 31
line run S 48°06'08" W a distance of 5,296 feet, more or 32
less, to the east boundary of a parcel owned by The City 33
of Columbia; thence run along said boundary South a 34
distance of 1,539 feet, more or less, back to the Point 35
of Beginning. Said parcel containing 204 acres, more or 36
less, and being located in the South 1/2 and the NE 1/4 37
of Section 15, Township 4 North, Range 18 West, Marion 38
County, Mississippi, and the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of 39
Section 22, Township 4 North, Range 18 West, Marion 40
County, Mississippi. 41
(2) (a) The Department of Finance and Administration may 42
transfer and convey to the Marion County Economic Development 43
District certain real property located at Columbia Training School 44
in Marion County, Mississippi. The real property contains 45
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approximately four hundred six (406) acres, more or less, lying 46
North of Highway 44 and is more particularly described as follows: 47
Beginning at the Southwest corner of Section 22, 48
Township 4 North, Range 18 West, Marion County, 49
Mississippi; thence run north along said section line a 50
distance of 3,350 feet, more or less, to the south 51
boundary of a parcel owned by The City of Columbia; 52
thence run east a distance of 5,280 feet, more or less, 53
to the east boundary of Section 22; thence run south 54
along said section line a distance of 3,350 feet, more 55
or less, to the southeast corner of Section 22; thence 56
run west a distance of 5,280 feet, more or less, back to 57
the Point of Beginning. Said parcel containing 406 58
acres, more or less, and being located in the South 1/2 59
and the South 1/2 of the North 1/2 of Section 22, 60
Township 4 North, Range 18 West, Marion County, 61
Mississippi. 62
(b) (i) The Marion County Economic Development 63
District is authorized to transfer and convey without cost a 64
certain portion of the real property described in paragraph (a) of 65
this subsection (2) located at Columbia Training School in Marion 66
County, Mississippi, to the Board of Supervisors of Marion County 67
for the purpose of law enforcement training. The real property 68
contains approximately eighteen (18) acres, more or less, and is 69
more particularly described as follows: 70
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Commencing at a found concrete marker at the Southwest 71
corner of Section 22, Township 4 North, Range 18 West, 72
Marion County, Mississippi; thence run along said 73
section line North 00 degrees 04 minutes 43 seconds West 74
a distance of 1,859.88 feet to the Point of Beginning of 75
an easement described as follows: Thence continue North 76
00 degrees 04 minutes 43 seconds West a distance of 77
1,484.29 feet; thence run North 89 degrees 44 minutes 14 78
seconds East a distance of 1,060.04 feet, thence run 79
South 35 degrees 23 minutes 33 seconds West a distance 80
of 1,826.72 feet, back to the Point of Beginning; said 81
easement containing 18.0 acres, more or less, and being 82
located in the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 and the SW 1/4 of 83
the NW 1/4 of Section 22, Township 4 North, Range 18 84
West, Marion County, Mississippi. 85
(ii) The property transaction authorized in 86
subparagraph (i) of this paragraph (b) shall not be subject to the 87
monetary consideration requirements set forth in Section 88
19-5-99(5)(a). Additionally, the property transferred and 89
conveyed under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph (b) shall not be 90
subject to the use restrictions set forth in Section 19-5-99(5)(a) 91
and in subsection (3) of this section. 92
(3) The aggregate of parcels described in subsections (1) 93
and (2) of this section consists of six hundred ten (610) acres, 94
more or less, of the Columbia Training School Property, which the 95
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entirety of such section whereon the named property is situated 96
consists of one thousand eight hundred twenty-three (1,823) acres, 97
more or less. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2)(b) 98
of this section, the remaining property transferred and conveyed 99
under subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall only be used 100
to make improvements to the Marion County Airport and to construct 101
an adjacent industrial park or other aviation-related facility. 102
(4) The State of Mississippi shall retain any mineral rights 103
to the property transferred and conveyed under subsections (1) and 104
(2) of this section. The Department of Finance and Administration 105
shall have the authority to correct any discrepancies in the 106
property descriptions provided in subsections (1) and (2) of this 107
section. 108
(5) (a) The parcels of property conveyed under this section 109
must be conveyed to the Columbia-Marion County Airport Authority 110
and to the Marion County Economic Development District without any 111
assumption of liability or financial responsibility by the State 112
of Mississippi for any known or unknown environmental defects 113
contained thereon. Upon receipt of the deed of title to the 114
property, the respective recipients, in their individual 115
capacities, shall indemnify the State of Mississippi for any 116
damage, injury or loss. 117
(b) The Columbia-Marion County Airport Authority and 118
the Marion County Economic Development District shall provide the 119
Mississippi Department of Human Services six (6) months to harvest 120
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and sell any timber located on the property transferred using a 121
company of the department's preference prior to any improvement or 122
development being made on the property by such entities, the 123
revenue generated from which shall be deposited into the State 124
Treasury and earmarked for use by the Department of Human Services 125
for all administrative and program purposes deemed necessary by 126
the executive director. Upon harvesting the timber upon the 127
property within the time specified in this paragraph, the 128
department shall forfeit all future rights to any timber remaining 129
on or regrown on the property, as well as any right of easement 130
for accessing the land. 131
(6) The Columbia-Marion County Airport Authority and the 132
Marion County Economic Development District shall each grant the 133
Department of Human Services an easement of ingress and egress to 134
access the remaining parcels of property retained by the 135
Department of Human Services if reasonable access to such 136
remaining parcels is not otherwise available. 137
Section 2. (1) The Department of Finance and 138
Administration, acting on behalf of the Mississippi Department of 139
Human Services, is authorized to transfer and convey to the Marion 140
County Economic Development District certain real property located 141
at Columbia Training School in Marion County, Mississippi, for the 142
purpose of providing unobstructed access for the industrial 143
development of the Marion County AirPlex on the property 144
transferred under subsection (2)(a) of Section 1 of this chapter. 145
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The real property contains approximately forty (40) acres, more or 146
less, and is more particularly described as follows: 147
Beginning at a found concrete monument at the Southeast 148
corner of Section 21, Township 4 North, Range 18 West, 149
Marion County, Mississippi, and run westerly along the 150
southern boundary of Section 21 for a distance of 975.58 151
feet, more or less, to the easternmost right-of-way line 152
of Airport Road. Thence run in a southeasterly 153
direction along said right-of-way line the following 154
calls; run along a curve to the right having an arc 155
length of 261.47 feet, a radius of 735.00 feet, a chord 156
distance of 260.09 feet, and a chord bearing of South 31 157
degrees 52 minutes 25 seconds East; thence continue 158
along said right-of-way line South 21 degrees 40 minutes 159
56 seconds East a distance of 1,480.92 feet; thence 160
leaving said right-of-way line run North 43 degrees 58 161
minutes 36 seconds East a distance of 2,219.24 feet, 162
more or less, to the north boundary line of Section 27; 163
thence run westerly along said north boundary line of 164
Section 27 for a distance of 1,249.87 feet back to the 165
Point of Beginning. Said parcel containing 40.0 acres, 166
more or less, and being located in the SE 1/4 of the NE 167
1/4 of Section 28 and the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of 168
Section 28 and the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 28 169
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and the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 27, Township 4 170
North, Range 18 West, Marion County, Mississippi. 171
(2) The State of Mississippi shall retain any mineral rights 172
to the property transferred and conveyed under subsection (1) of 173
this section. The Department of Finance and Administration shall 174
have the authority to correct any discrepancies in the property 175
descriptions provided in subsection (1) of this section. 176
(3) The parcels of property conveyed under this section must 177
be conveyed to the Marion County Economic Development District 178
without any assumption of liability or financial responsibility by 179
the State of Mississippi for any known or unknown environmental 180
defects contained thereon. Upon receipt of the deed of title to 181
the property, the Marion County Economic Development District 182
shall indemnify the State of Mississippi for any damage, injury or 183
loss. 184
Section 3. (1) The Department of Finance and Administration 185
is authorized to transfer and convey to the Marion County Economic 186
Development District certain real property located at Columbia 187
Training School in Marion County, Mississippi. The real property 188
contains approximately 1,148.92 acres, more or less, and is more 189
particularly described as follows: 190
Parcel 1 Description: 191
Commencing at a found iron pin at the Northwest Corner 192
of Section 15, Township 4 North, Range 18 West, thence 193
South 88 degrees 44 minutes 13 seconds East a distance 194
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of 1,320.20 feet to the NE corner of the NW ¼ of the of 195
the NW ¼ of Section 15, Township 4 North, Range 18 West 196
and the point beginning, thence South 88 degrees 44 197
minutes 13 seconds East a distance of 4,066.30 feet to 198
the NE corner of Section 15, Township 4 North, Range 18 199
West, thence South 00 degrees 05 minutes 56 seconds West 200
a distance of 242.83 feet along the East line of Section 201
15, Township 4 North, Range 18 West, thence South 47 202
degrees 12 minutes 45 seconds West a distance of 203
4,789.95 feet along the north boundary of the 204
Columbia-Marion County Airport Authority property, 205
thence South 44 degrees 56 minutes 53 seconds West a 206
distance of 761.75 feet along the north boundary of the 207
Columbia-Marion County Airport Authority property to the 208
center of the SW ¼ of Section 15, Township 4 North, 209
Range 18 West, thence North 00 degrees 09 minutes 35 210
seconds East a distance of 4,125.33 feet to the NE 211
corner of the NW ¼ of the NW ¼ of Section 15, Township 4 212
North, Range 18 West back to an iron pin and the point 213
of beginning, Said parcel containing 202.11 acres, more 214
or less. 215
Parcel 2 Description: 216
Commencing at a found pine stake at the Southeast Corner 217
of the SE ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 27, Township 4 North, 218
Range 18 West, thence North 00 degrees 05 minutes 56 219
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seconds East a distance of 6,028.64 feet to a point on 220
the East line of Section 22, Township 4 North, Range 18 221
West to the point beginning, thence South 89 degrees 44 222
minutes 33 seconds West a distance of 4,068.43 feet to 223
the SE corner of the N ½ of the SW ¼ of the of the NW ¼ 224
of Section 22, Township 4 North, Range 18 West, thence 225
North 00 degrees 49 minutes 42 seconds East a distance 226
of 1,648.69 feet to the South boundary of 227
Columbia-Marion County Airport Authority Property, 228
thence North 62 degrees 00 minutes 33 seconds East a 229
distance of 181.98 feet along the South boundary of the 230
Columbia-Marion County Airport Authority Property, 231
thence North 62 degrees 00 minutes 33 seconds East a 232
distance of 1,448.60 feet along the South boundary of 233
the Columbia-Marion County Airport Authority Property, 234
thence North 59 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds East a 235
distance of 3,023.35 feet along the South boundary of 236
the Columbia-Marion County Airport Authority Property to 237
a point on the East line of Section 15, Township 4 238
North, Range 18 West, thence South 00 degrees 05 minutes 239
56 seconds West a distance of 3,918.86 feet to a point 240
on the east line of Section 22, Township 4 North, Range 241
18 West back to the point of beginning, Said parcel 242
containing 256.81 acres, more or less. 243
Parcel 3 Description: 244
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Beginning at a found pine stake at the Southeast Corner 245
of the SE ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 27, Township 4 North, 246
Range 18 West, thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 39 247
seconds West a distance of 1,323.60 feet to the NW 248
corner of the NE ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 27, Township 4 249
North, Range 18 West, thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 250
21 seconds West a distance of 1,320.0 feet to the SW 251
corner of the NE ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 27, Township 4 252
North, Range 18 West, thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 253
39 seconds East a distance of 662.10 feet to the NE 254
corner of the W ½ of the SE ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 27, 255
Township 4 North, Range 18 West, thence South 00 degrees 256
23 minutes 21 seconds West a distance of 1,320.0 feet to 257
the SE corner of the W ½ of the SE ¼ of the SE ¼ of 258
Section 27, Township 4 North, Range 18 West, thence 259
South 89 degrees 42 minutes 37 seconds East a distance 260
of 662.50 feet to the SE corner of Section 27, Township 261
4 North, Range 18 West, thence South 00 degrees 23 262
minutes 21 seconds West a distance of 114.57 feet to a 263
point on the north right of way line of Old Highway 44, 264
thence South 84 degrees 05 minutes 37 seconds West a 265
distance of 2,278.91 feet along said north right of way, 266
thence South 82 degrees 30 minutes 32 seconds West a 267
distance of 1,164.47 feet along said north right of way, 268
thence South 73 degrees 56 minutes 48 seconds West a 269
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distance of 1,400.42 feet along said north right of way, 270
thence South 64 degrees 06 minutes 42 seconds West a 271
distance of 277.68 feet along said north right of way, 272
thence South 38 degrees 11 minutes 49 seconds West a 273
distance of 240.36 feet along said north right of way, 274
thence South 38 degrees 11 minutes 49 seconds West a 275
distance of 69.88 feet along said north right of way to 276
the north line of the S ½ of the NW ¼ of Section 34, 277
Township 4 North, Range 18 West, thence South 89 degrees 278
45 minutes 36 seconds West a distance of 127.05 feet to 279
the NW corner of the S ½ of the NW ¼ of Section 34, 280
Township 4 North, Range 18 West, thence North 00 degrees 281
04 minutes 10 seconds West a distance of 3,929.52 feet 282
to the NW corner of the SW ¼ of Section 27, Township 4 283
North, Range 18 West, thence North 89 degrees 49 minutes 284
47 seconds West a distance of 1,294.10 feet to the NE 285
corner NW ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 28, Township 4 North, 286
Range 18 West, thence North 00 degrees 16 minutes 38 287
seconds West a distance of 2,649.20 feet to the NE 288
corner of the W ½ of the NE ¼ of Section 28, Township 4 289
North, Range 18 West. thence East a distance of 265.82 290
feet to the west right of way line of Airport Road, 291
thence along said west right of way line as follows: 292
thence South 42 degrees 05 minutes 14 seconds East a 293
distance of 107.03 feet, thence South 27 degrees 31 294
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minutes 10 seconds East a distance of 185.56 feet, 295
thence South 21 degrees 40 minutes 56 seconds East a 296
distance of 1,482.37 feet, thence North 43 degrees 56 297
minutes 03 seconds East a distance of 497.83 feet 298
crossing Airport Road and running along the south 299
boundary of Marion County Economic Development District 300
property, thence continuing along said south boundary 301
North 43 degrees 58 minutes 36 seconds East a distance 302
of 1,761.55 feet to the north line of Section 27 303
Township 4 North, Range 18 West. thence run East a 304
distance of 4,097.68 feet to the NE corner of Section 305
27, Township 4 North, Range 18 East, thence South 00 306
degrees 05 minutes 56 seconds West a distance of 307
2,684.70 feet along the east line of Section 27, 308
Township 4 North, Range 18 West back to the point of 309
beginning said parcel containing 690.0 acres, more or 310
less. 311
(2) The State of Mississippi shall retain any mineral rights 312
to the property transferred and conveyed under subsection (1) of 313
this section. The Department of Finance and Administration shall 314
have the authority to correct any discrepancies in the property 315
descriptions provided in subsection (1) of this section. 316
(3) The parcels of property conveyed under this section must 317
be conveyed to the Marion County Economic Development District 318
without any assumption of liability or financial responsibility by 319
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the State of Mississippi for any known or unknown environmental 320
defects contained thereon. Upon receipt of the deed of title to 321
the property, the Marion County Economic Development District 322
shall indemnify the State of Mississippi for any damage, injury or 323
loss. 324
(4) * * * The Marion County Economic Development District is 325
authorized to sell, lease, trade, exchange or otherwise dispose of 326
these properties upon such terms and conditions, and for such 327
considerations, with such safeguards as will best promote and 328
protect the public interest, convenience and necessity, or other 329
considerations found to be in the best interests of the public, 330
pursuant to the authorization granted in Section 19-5-99(5)(a), 331
Mississippi Code of 1972. 332
* * * 333
( * * *5) The Columbia-Marion County Airport Authority and 334
the Marion County Economic Development District shall provide the 335
Mississippi Department of Human Services six (6) months to harvest 336
and sell any timber located on the property transferred using a 337
company of the department's preference prior to any improvement or 338
development being made on the property by such entities, the 339
revenue generated from which shall be deposited into the State 340
Treasury and earmarked for use by the Department of Human Services 341
for all administrative and program purposes deemed necessary by 342
the executive director. Upon harvesting the timber on the 343
property described in subsection (1) of this section within the 344
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ST: Columbia Training School; amend certain
terms of conveyance by DFA to Marion County
Economic Development District.
time specified in this subsection ( * * *5), the Department of 345
Human Services shall forfeit all future rights to any timber 346
remaining on or regrown on the property, as well as any right of 347
easement for accessing the property, and such rights shall then 348
rest with the Marion County Economic Development District. 349
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from 350
and after July 1, 2026. 351