Mississippi House Bill 1280 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Clarify That A Lease Of Sixteenth Section Lands That Is Duly Executed By The School Board Of The Local School District Is Presumed To Be Valid; To Clarify That The Approval Of The Secretary Of State Is Not Necessary Before The School Board May Enter Into Any Such Lease; To Provide That The Secretary Of State May Object To The Validity Of Such A Lease By Filing An Action In The Appropriate Chancery Court And Demonstrating That The Lease Is Unconscionable Or Otherwise Not Valid; To Provide That School Board Members Acting In Good Faith Are Immune From Individual Liability Associated With Entering Into The Lease; To Grant Certain Former Leaseholders Of Sixteenth Section Land Previously Classified As Farm Residential Before Being Arbitrarily Reappraised And Reclassified As Forest Land The Option Of Again Leasing The Land As Farm Residential Land; To Amend Section 29-3-63, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Section 29-3-69, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions And To Authorize The Transfer Of Farm Residential Leasehold Interests; To Bring Forward Section 29-3-65, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Sixteenth section lands; clarify provisions relating to validity of leases and fair market rental value.

Rep. Herb Frierson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2013-01-21	House	Referred To Public Property

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB1280.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1280IN.htm