Bill Text: MS HB1290 | 2010 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Corrections; revise initial period for agricultural leases.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2010-03-27 - Died On Calendar [HB1290 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2010-HB1290-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2010 Regular Session
To: Corrections
By: Representative Malone
House Bill 1290
(As Passed the House)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-64, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE LEASE PERIOD FOR AGRICULTURE LEASES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 47-5-64, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
47-5-64. (1) The commissioner is hereby directed to determine the number of acres and location of land under its jurisdiction which are needed for security purposes and for Prison Agricultural Enterprises. The commissioner shall designate and reserve such additional land for agricultural enterprise projects of the department, as he deems necessary. The commissioner shall then recommend to the Department of Finance and Administration the number of acres of department land which should be leased to private entities and the term of the leases. The Department of Finance and Administration shall have the authority to lease for agricultural purposes that Penitentiary land so recommended for not less than one (1) nor more than four (4) years, with the approval of the Public Procurement Review Board.
(2) This section shall be repealed from and after July 1, 2012.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.
