MDOT; authorize the transfer and conveyance of certain real property to the City of Ridgeland.

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To: Public Property
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2026

By: Senator(s) Michel, Butler

SENATE BILL NO. 2596
(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF 1
TRANSPORTATION TO DONATE TO THE CITY OF RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI, A 2
CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI; TO 3
STIPULATE THAT THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI SHALL RETAIN MINERAL 4
RIGHTS; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CORRECT 5
ANY DISCREPANCIES IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY 6
PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 1, CHAPTER 414, LAWS OF 7
2025, TO CORRECT THE METHOD BY WHICH THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, 8
ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 9
IS AUTHORIZED TO DONATE TO THE CITY OF GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, 10
CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND SITUATED IN GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, AT THE 11
INTERSECTIONS OF 13TH STREET AND 28TH AVENUE AND 15TH STREET AND 12
28TH AVENUE; TO AMEND SECTION 1, CHAPTER 393, LAWS OF 2019, TO 13
PROVIDE THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO SELL CERTAIN REAL 14
PROPERTY LOCATED IN LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, 15
MISSISSIPPI, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PROCEEDS GENERATED FROM THE SALE 16
OF THE LAND SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE MISSISSIPPI EXISTING 17
INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY LOAN PROGRAM BOND SINKING FUND; TO PROVIDE 18
THAT MDA MAY CORRECT ANY DISCREPANCIES IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 19
THE PROPERTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 20
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 21
SECTION 1. (1) The Mississippi Department of Transportation 22
is authorized to donate to the City of Ridgeland, Mississippi, at 23
no cost certain real property and any improvements thereon located 24
in Ridgeland, Mississippi, and being more particularly described 25
as follows: 26
Parcel 27
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COMMENCING at a found 1" square iron bar representing 28
the Northwest corner of Section 24, Township 7 North, Range 1 29
East, Madison County, Mississippi, having grid coordinates N= 30
1,070,881.727, E= 2,350,696.771 based on the Mississippi 31
State Plane Coordinates System, West Zone, NAD83 (93), 32
coordinates and courses herein are grid values based on said 33
coordinate system, using a combined factor of 0.999954143 and 34
a delta alpha angle of plus (+)00°06'17'' as developed by the 35
Mississippi Department of Transportation for this Project; 36
run thence South 44°02'38" East a distance of 6906.45 feet to 37
the Old Agency Road Project Centerline at Station 25+50.68, 38
as shown ·on the Appraisal Maps for Project ACNH-9204-00(001) 39
(100486/201000), and thence South 18°35'37" West a distance 40
of 49.86 feet to the present (2006) Southern right-of-way for 41
the existing Old Agency Road and a found 1/2" iron rod, same 42
being the Grantor's Northwest property corner, and being the 43
Point of Beginning for the parcel of land herein conveyed: 44
From said Point of Beginning run thence along said 45
Southern right-of-way line, same being the Grantor's Northern 46
property line courses of South 71°13 '20" East a distance of 47
123.92 feet to a point being 47.59 feet Southerly of said 48
Project Centerline at Point of Curve Station 26+75.76, and 49
thence Southeasterly along the arc of a curve to the right 50
with a radius of 832.88 feet, an arc distance of 120.63 feet 51
and a chord bearing South 68°1 I '59" East for a distance of 52
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120.53 feet to the Grantor's Northeast property corner and a 53
found concrete right-of-way marker; thence run South 54
00°19'42" East along the Grantor's Eastern property line a 55
distance of 467.16 feet to the Grantor's Southeast property 56
corner and a found W' iron rod; thence run North 87°29'05" 57
West along the Grantor's Southern property line a distance of 58
305.53 feet to the Grantor's Southwest property corner and a 59
found 5/8" iron rod; thence run ·along the Grantor's Western 60
property line courses of North 05°31' 14" East a distance of 61
419.48 feet to a found W' iron rod, and thence North 62
15°15'35" East a distance of 125.28 feet to said Point of 63
Beginning, containing 3.2393 acres (141,104 square feet of 64
land, more or less, and being situated in and a part of the 65
Southeast Quarter (SE Y.) of the Southeast Quarter (SE Y.) of 66
Section 24, Township 7 North, Range 1 East, City of 67
Ridgeland, Madison County, Mississippi, and 68
The above described parcel of land being a part of that 69
certain tract of land acquired by Grantor by virtue of that 70
certain Deed recorded in Deed Book 1802 at Page 497 in the 71
Office of the Chancery Clerk for Madison County, Mississippi. 72
(2) The State of Mississippi shall retain all mineral rights 73
to the real property transferred by means of donation under this 74
section. 75
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(3) The Mississippi Department of Transportation is 76
authorized to correct any discrepancies in the legal description 77
of the property provided in this section. 78
SECTION 2. Section 1, Chapter 414, Laws of 2025, is amended 79
as follows: 80
Section 1. (1) The State Highway Commission, acting on 81
behalf of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, is 82
authorized to * * * donate to the City of Gulfport, Mississippi, 83
certain real property and any improvements thereon located in 84
Gulfport, Mississippi, for the purpose of public use or private 85
sale and being more particularly described as follows: 86
(a) The Northwest Quadrant of the intersection of 13th 87
Street and 28th Avenue in the City of Gulfport, Harrison County, 88
Mississippi, including Lots 15 through 19 in Block 176 of Original 89
Gulfport; and 90
(b) The Southwest Quadrant of the intersection of 15th 91
Street and 28th Avenue in the City of Gulfport, Harrison County, 92
Mississippi, including Lots 1 through 6 in Block 176 of Original 93
Gulfport. 94
(2) Of the property described in subsection (1) of this 95
section, it is hereby understood and agreed by the City of 96
Gulfport, Mississippi, as the grantee herein named, that all 97
existing utilities located on, under or above the property herein 98
described, shall remain at the discretion of the utility owners, 99
and that the grantee, its assigns or successors in the title will 100
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not require the relocation of these utilities except by agreement 101
with the utility owner. 102
(3) The State of Mississippi shall retain all mineral rights 103
to the real property transferred by means of donation under this 104
section. 105
(4) The Mississippi Department of Transportation is 106
authorized to correct any discrepancies in the legal description 107
of the property provided in this section. 108
(5) In the event that the City of Gulfport determines to 109
offer either parcel for sale, the Mississippi Department of 110
Transportation shall have the right of first refusal. 111
SECTION 3. Section 1, Chapter 393, Laws of 2019, is amended 112
as follows: 113
Section 1. (1) The Mississippi Development Authority is 114
authorized to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, in whole or in 115
part, in a manner as determined in the sole discretion of the 116
authority, the following described real property and any 117
improvements thereon: 118
TRACT I DESCRIPTION #1: 119
Commencing at a set nail in pavement at the SW 1/4 of 120
the NW 1/4 of Section 15, T-18-S, R-18-W, Lowndes 121
County, Mississippi; thence N88°35'46"E, a distance of 122
499.86 feet to the point of beginning and at state plane 123
coordinate N1456560.6170 E1113430.5090, based on NAD-83, 124
Mississippi East 2301 zone; from said point of beginning 125
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thence N00°45'46"W, a distance of 751.70 feet; thence 126
N12°17'40"W, a distance of 169.79 feet; thence 127
N05°28'05"W, a distance of 263.88 feet; thence 128
N06°23'26"W, a distance of 152.45 feet; thence 129
N87°58'02"E, a distance of 1,534.95 feet; thence 130
S39°27'31"W, a distance of 1,076.12 feet; thence 131
S50°32'29"E, a distance of 41.01 feet; thence 132
S39°27'31"W, a distance of 669.20 feet; thence 133
S88°02'45"W, a distance 368.41 feet to the point of 134
beginning located in the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 and the NW 135
1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 15, T-18-S, R-18-W, Lowndes 136
County, Mississippi and containing 28.4373 acres, more 137
or less. 138
TRACT II DESCRIPTION #1: 139
Commencing at the SE corner of Block 11, lot 6 of the 140
Interstate City Addition, City of Columbus; thence 141
N27°15'13"E, a distance of 412.90 feet; thence 142
N50°32'29"W, a distance of 159.57 feet; thence 143
N50°32'29"W, a distance of 30.01 feet to the point of 144
beginning and at state plane coordinate N1457279.0334 145
E1114792.1955, based on NAD-83, Mississippi East 2301 146
zone; from said point of beginning thence S37°48'10"W, a 147
distance of 390.43 feet; thence N50°32'29"W, a distance 148
of 246.76 feet; thence N39°27'31"E, a distance of 390.27 149
feet; thence S50°32'29"E, a distance of 235.48 feet to 150
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the point of beginning, located in the Block 12, lot 3, 151
4, 5 & 6 of the Interstate City Addition, City of 152
Columbus and containing 2.1603 acres, more or less. 153
TRACT II DESCRIPTION #2: 154
Beginning and Commencing at the SE corner of Block 11, 155
lot 6 of the Interstate City Addition, City of Columbus 156
and at state plane coordinate N1456791.4860 157
E1114749.4870, based on NAD-83, Mississippi East 2301 158
zone; thence N50°32'29"W, a distance of 235.19 feet; 159
thence N37°48'10"E, a distance of 403.74 feet; thence 160
S50°32'29"E, a distance of 159.57 feet; thence 161
S27°15'13"W, a distance of 412.90 feet to the point of 162
beginning, located in the Block 11, lot 3, 4, 5 & 6 of 163
the Interstate City Addition, City of Columbus and 164
containing 1.8287 acres, more or less. 165
(2) The Mississippi Development Authority may pay the cost 166
of title search, perfection of title, title insurance, legal fees 167
and recording fees and other costs as may be required to sell, 168
lease or otherwise dispose of the property. 169
(3) In the event that any or all of the real property and 170
improvements described in subsection (1) of this section is sold, 171
the real property shall be sold for not less than the current fair 172
market value as determined by the average of two (2) appraisals by 173
qualified appraisers, one (1) of whom shall be selected by 174
the * * * Mississippi Development Authority, and both of whom 175
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ST: MDOT; authorize the transfer and conveyance
of certain real property to the City of
Ridgeland.
shall be certified and licensed by the Mississippi Real Estate 176
Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board. 177
(4) Any proceeds from the sale of the land, and any 178
improvements thereon, listed in subsection (1) of this section, 179
shall be deposited into the * * * Mississippi Existing Industry 180
Productivity Loan Program Bond Sinking Fund, established under 181
Section 57-93-1, and administered by the Mississippi Development 182
Authority. 183
(5) The * * * Mississippi Development Authority may correct 184
any discrepancies in the legal description of the property 185
provided in this section. 186
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from 187
and after July 1, 2026. 188