Mississippi House Bill 671 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - 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 Applicable School Board Of The School District Is Presumed To Be Valid; To Clarify That The Approval Of The Secretary Of State Is Not Necessary Before The 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 Board Members Acting In Good Faith Are Immune From Individual Liability Associated With Entering Into The Lease; To Amend Section 29-3-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete Certain Standards Regarding The Classification And Reclassification Of Sixteenth Section Land; To Amend Section 29-3-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require An Appraisal Every 5 Years And To Provide For A Certain 16th Section Land Complaint Tribunal For Leaseholders; To Authorize The Local School Board To Charge The Leaseholder For The Cost Of The First Appraisal Of Sixteenth Section Land; To Amend Section 29-3-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Authority Of The Secretary Of State To Reclassify Any Sixteenth Section Land On His Own Motion; To Amend Section 29-3-57, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Responsibility Of Sixteenth Section Lands Managers; To Amend Section 29-3-69, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize 16th Section Land Leaseholders To Assign Or Sublease Their Lease In Their Discretion; To Amend Sections 29-3-63 And 29-3-65, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Sixteenth section land; clarify and revise provisions relating to leases, re-leases and fair market value of.

Rep. Joey Hood [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	House	Died In Committee
2015-01-19	House	Referred To Education;Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB0671.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0671IN.htm