Bill Amendment: MS SB2596 | 2026 | Regular Session
Bill Title: MDOT; authorize the transfer and conveyance of certain real property to the City of Ridgeland.
Status: 2026-04-08 - Approved by Governor [SB2596 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2026-SB2596-House_Committee_Amendment_No_1.html
Pending
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO
Senate Bill No. 2596
BY: Committee
Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
SECTION 1. (1) The Mississippi Department of Transportation is authorized to donate to the City of Ridgeland, Mississippi, at no cost certain real property and any improvements thereon located in Ridgeland, Mississippi, and being more particularly described as follows:
Parcel
COMMENCING at a found 1" square iron bar representing the Northwest corner of Section 24, Township 7 North, Range 1 East, Madison County, Mississippi, having grid coordinates N= 1,070,881.727, E= 2,350,696.771 based on the Mississippi State Plane Coordinates System, West Zone, NAD83 (93), coordinates and courses herein are grid values based on said coordinate system, using a combined factor of 0.999954143 and a delta alpha angle of plus (+)00�06'17'' as developed by the Mississippi Department of Transportation for this Project; run thence South 44�02'38" East a distance of 6906.45 feet to the Old Agency Road Project Centerline at Station 25+50.68, as shown �on the Appraisal Maps for Project ACNH-9204-00(001) (100486/201000), and thence South 18�35'37" West a distance of 49.86 feet to the present (2006) Southern right-of-way for the existing Old Agency Road and a found 1/2" iron rod, same being the Grantor's Northwest property corner, and being the Point of Beginning for the parcel of land herein conveyed:
From said Point of Beginning run thence along said Southern right-of-way line, same being the Grantor's Northern property line courses of South 71�13 '20" East a distance of 123.92 feet to a point being 47.59 feet Southerly of said Project Centerline at Point of Curve Station 26+75.76, and thence Southeasterly along the arc of a curve to the right with a radius of 832.88 feet, an arc distance of 120.63 feet and a chord bearing South 68�1 I '59" East for a distance of 120.53 feet to the Grantor's Northeast property corner and a found concrete right-of-way marker; thence run South 00�19'42" East along the Grantor's Eastern property line a distance of 467.16 feet to the Grantor's Southeast property corner and a found W' iron rod; thence run North 87�29'05" West along the Grantor's Southern property line a distance of 305.53 feet to the Grantor's Southwest property corner and a found 5/8" iron rod; thence run �along the Grantor's Western property line courses of North 05�31' 14" East a distance of 419.48 feet to a found W' iron rod, and thence North 15�15'35" East a distance of 125.28 feet to said Point of Beginning, containing 3.2393 acres (141,104 square feet of land, more or less, and being situated in and a part of the Southeast Quarter (SE Y.) of the Southeast Quarter (SE Y.) of Section 24, Township 7 North, Range 1 East, City of Ridgeland, Madison County, Mississippi, and
The above described parcel of land being a part of that certain tract of land acquired by Grantor by virtue of that certain Deed recorded in Deed Book 1802 at Page 497 in the Office of the Chancery Clerk for Madison County, Mississippi.
(2) The State of Mississippi shall retain all mineral rights to the real property transferred by means of donation under this section.
(3) The Mississippi Department of Transportation is authorized to correct any discrepancies in the legal description of the property provided in this section.
SECTION 2. Section 1, Chapter 414, Laws of 2025, is amended as follows:
Section 1. (1) The State
Highway Commission, acting on behalf of the Mississippi Department of
Transportation, is authorized to * * * donate to the City of Gulfport,
Mississippi, certain real property and any improvements thereon located in
Gulfport, Mississippi, for the purpose of public use or private sale and
being more particularly described as follows:
(a) The Northwest Quadrant of the intersection of 13th Street and 28th Avenue in the City of Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi, including Lots 15 through 19 in Block 176 of Original Gulfport; and
(b) The Southwest Quadrant of the intersection of 15th Street and 28th Avenue in the City of Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi, including Lots 1 through 6 in Block 176 of Original Gulfport.
(2) Of the property described in subsection (1) of this section, it is hereby understood and agreed by the City of Gulfport, Mississippi, as the grantee herein named, that all existing utilities located on, under or above the property herein described, shall remain at the discretion of the utility owners, and that the grantee, its assigns or successors in the title will not require the relocation of these utilities except by agreement with the utility owner.
(3) The State of Mississippi shall retain all mineral rights to the real property transferred by means of donation under this section.
(4) The Mississippi Department of Transportation is authorized to correct any discrepancies in the legal description of the property provided in this section.
(5) In the event that the City of Gulfport determines to offer either parcel for sale, the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall have the right of first refusal.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO DONATE TO THE CITY OF RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI, A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI; TO STIPULATE THAT THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI SHALL RETAIN MINERAL RIGHTS; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CORRECT ANY DISCREPANCIES IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 1, CHAPTER 414, LAWS OF 2025, TO CORRECT THE METHOD BY WHICH THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, IS AUTHORIZED TO DONATE TO THE CITY OF GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND SITUATED IN GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF 13TH STREET AND 28TH AVENUE AND 15TH STREET AND 28TH AVENUE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
